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Toughie to Make Season Debut in Markel Northlands Park Bonus Challenge
Charles G. Stojan’s Toughie will make her 2017 debut in Saturday’s $20,000 Markel Northlands Park Bonus Challenge Stakes at Northlands Park.

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Toughie to Make Season Debut in Markel Northlands Park Bonus Challenge

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA—MAY 5, 2017—Charles G. Stojan’s Toughie, a graded stakes winning daughter of Stel Corona, will make her first start in more than six months in Saturday’s 330-yard, $20,000 Markel Northlands Park Bonus Challenge Stakes at Northlands Park.

A 4-year-old California-bred mare trained by William Leech, Toughie is coming off of a sophomore campaign during which she won four of six races, including two stakes, and ran third, a half of a length behind winner Jess Good Reason, in the 400-yard, $202,000 Adequan Derby Challenge Championship (G2) at Los Alamitos on October 29.

Toughie drew post 6 and will be ridden by Ricardo Moreno.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments--

  1. Cruisinfourabruisin (Alejandro Almazan)
  2. First Prize Sass (Shannon Beauregard)
  3. Fiftys Carbon Copy (Brandon Duchaine)
  4. Mals First Down (Jose O. Rocha)
  5. Canadian Timber (Adrian Gonzalez)
  6. Toughie (Ricardo Moreno)
  7. Experimental Rocket (J.B. Botello).

All Northlands Park races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.