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Up With the Birds wins Nijinsky Stakes again
- Updated: July 24, 2016
6:49 PM ET
ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Up With the Birds won his first race since the 2014 Nijinsky Stakes in Sunday’s renewal of the nine-furlong turf route at Woodbine, flying home from last to first in the stretch under Eurico Da Silva.
Up With the Birds ($5) rated kindly down the backstretch, as Dynamic Sky set slow fractions while being pressed by Halo Nation. Button Down, the lone mare in the five-horse field, stalked along the inside in fourth, and lacked room through the stretch, as Up With the Birds came sweeping by the entire field on the outside.
Up With the Birds takes the Nijinsky Stakes at Woodbine. Michael Burns Photo
Up With the Birds prevailed by 1-1/4 lengths, in a time of 1:49.18. Button Down closed late to nose out Halo Nation for second. Kaigun wound up …
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