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Embrace Extravagance Returns in $97,700 Picov Derby Final
Embrace Extravagance will head the Picov Derby finals on Sunday at Ajax Downs.

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Embrace Extravagance Returns in $97,700 Picov Derby Final

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

AJAX, ONTARIO—AUGUST 28, 2015—Fastest qualifier Embrace Extravagance is one of 10 sophomores entered back in Sunday’s 350-yard, $97,700 Picov Derby at Ajax Downs.

A sorrel daughter of the First Down Dash stallion Wild Boyz, Embrace Extravagance races for Patricia Ball, Gary McNichol and trainer Michelle Woodley. The filly is coming off of a wire-to-wire, 1 1/2-length victory in the third of three trials on August 9.

Embrace Extravagance drew post 5 and will be ridden by Cassandra Jesschke on Sunday.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds--

  1. Eyes That Tell (Brian Bell), 8-1
  2. Irish Whiskey (Brittany Vanden Berg), 5-1
  3. Fearghas (Ed Walton), 6-1
  4. Fiesty Icon (Carly Furlonger), 10-1
  5. Embrace Extravagence (Cassandra Jesschke), 3-1
  6. Eyesa Speedy Simon (Shanley Jackson), 8-1
  7. Selective Memory (Tony Phillips), 4-1
  8. Im Aquicktrick (Helen M. Vanek), 12-1
  9. Toodles Destiny (Dylan Williams), 7-2
  10. Deal A Fortune (Danielle Dibert), 10-1.

The Picov Derby, and all Ajax Downs races, can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.