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TORONTO -- After falling just short in last months $1-million Queens Plate, jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva and Up With the Birds le

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TORONTO -- After falling just short in last months $1-million Queens Plate, jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva and Up With the Birds left nothing to chance Sunday in the $500,000 Breeders Stakes. Cheap Sneakers From China . Da Rosa moved Up With the Birds into the lead down the stretch, then emphatically held off a spirited River Seven to win the final leg of Canadian thoroughbred racings Triple Crown at Woodbine Racetrack. The Queens Plate runner-up easily handled the 1 1/2-mile distance, winning in 2:28.69 on a firm turf. "I think he knew he lost last time (in Queens Plate) so he said, This time Eurico, I do the job, " Da Silva said. "When he took the lead, it was hard for another horse to catch him because he wants to take off. Hes all heart, hes a very good horse." Up With the Birds fell well back in the 1 1/4-mile Queens Plate on July 7 but rallied strong to finish second, a half-length behind Midnight Aria in rainy conditions on a speed-favouring Woodbine polytrack. The race took its toll on Midnight Aria, who skipped the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on July 30 at Fort Erie Racetrack due to fatigue while Up With the Birds was always being pointed towards the Breeders Stakes. Up With the Birds didnt have to contend with either Midnight Aria or Prince of Wales victor Uncaptured as neither ran Sunday. Winning trainer Malcolm Pierce said the rest certainly helped Up With the Birds easily pass his stiffest test. In fact, after taking the lead the three-year-old son of Stormy Atlantic showed why he was the overwhelming favourite, holding off a game River Seven before pulling away for a 2 3/4-length victory. "He answered (questions about distance) them today," Pierce said. "I was real worried at the head of the stretch because River Seven was giving him all he wanted but the last eighth of a mile I got a little more relief as he pulled away. "We didnt think there would be much pace so we were sure hoping to maybe be a little closer than we were in the Plate and just have some luck and a good trip. Thats half the battle because we thought we had the right horse." Owner Sam-Son Farm earned the $300,000 winners share with a record sixth Breeders victory. River Seven was second in the 10-horse field, a neck ahead of third-place finisher Pyrite Mountain. The remainder of the field, in order of finish, was: Global Express; Whos Mr. Hughes; Highland Bay; Dragon Puff; Scipio; Bookies Nightmare; and Faithful Rose. Wando is the last Canadian Triple Crown winner, achieving the feat in 2003. Pierce said had Up With the Birds won the Plate, he wouldve run at Fort Erie and taken a run at the Triple Crown. But with a first- and second-place finish, Pierce wasnt lamenting about what mightve been. "Weve never really tried him on dirt," Pierce said. "He worked on dirt in New Orleans over the winter but we didnt think it really needed to happen. "If we wouldve won the Queens Plate we probably wouldve gone to Fort Erie and tried it but after getting beat (in Plate) it sure made a lot of sense to come into this race really fresh." Up With the Birds paid $3.10, $2.30 and $2.10 while River Seven returned $5.20 and $3.40. Pyrite Mountain paid $3.10. River Seven was the only horse to run in all three Triple Crown races this year, taking second in the Prince of Wales after finishing 10th in the Plate. But trainer Nick Gonzalez, who also conditioned Midnight Aria, was pleased with River Sevens first effort on grass. "I knew it was going to be a fight," he said. "A lot of the horses in the race were proven accomplished turf horses. "We were experimenting but Im very happy." Gary Boulanger, Pyrite Mountains jockey, said Up With the Birds was a deserving winner but added with a little bit of luck his horse couldve taken second. "I was following Eurico (Up With the Birds), I was stuck there the whole way," he said. "If I had a little better trip down the lane, I dont think Id beat Eurico but Id have finished second." Up With the Birds also continued a trend in this race, becoming the 26th of 55 race favourites in the Triple Crown era to emerge victorious. The three-year-old colt has also finished in the money in all eight career starts (five wins, two seconds, one third) and boosted his lifetime earnings past $870,000. Up With the Birds has also been impressive on turf, winning twice and earning a second-place finish in three career starts. "I dont know, I think hes equally adept at both poly and turf to be honest," Pierce said when asked which surface Up With the Birds favours most. "He has never run on dirt. "I was very proud of his race in the Plate although I was disappointed he got beat. Hes just a good horse and Im happy hes in my barn." Pierce was brutally honest when asked whats next for Up With the Birds. "Not a clue, I was just hoping to get through today," he said. "There will be no rush and no real plans. "We wouldnt be looking for anything until October. Ill have to talk to the Sam-Son people and see what they want to do and make a plan." Adidas Sneakers Cheap . -- Jerel Worthy and his Michigan State teammates charged across the field, holding four fingers in the air while celebrating another sweet victory over their biggest rival. Wholesale Sneakers . Mission accomplished. Now the Royals will take the field on Saturday with a World Series lead for the first time in team history when they play Game 4 of the Fall Classic against the Giants at AT&T Park. http://www.cheapsneakers.us/ . 5 Trade Deadline is drawing closer and teams will be deciding on whether to buy or sell while figuring out which players can make the biggest difference and hold the greatest value.MELBOURNE, Australia - A bad start led to the end of Eugenie Bouchards run at the Australian Open.Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., was eliminated from the Grand Slam tournament on Tuesday after a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Russias Maria Sharapova in the quarter-finals. It was especially disappointing for Bouchard, who hoped to better her semifinal loss a year ago at Melbourne Park.Bouchard finished with 13 winners and 30 unforced errors on Tuesday, missing on both of her break point chances while dropping serve four times.I felt under pressure the whole time, a bit on my back foot, said Bouchard. Thats not how I want to play. I feel like I didnt start well, and it kind of all went downhill from there.Its definitely easier when you have a good start to the match.Seventh-seeded Bouchards defeat in 78 minutes was her eighth at a Grand Slam and first of the season after four victories in 2015.Bouchard dropped serve in the opening game of the high-profile quarter-final, but regained her composure, holding for 1-2 with a winning backhand return.But Bouchard was never able to close the gap despite forcing Sharapova to save break points in the sixth game. Three games later, Bouchard saved a set point with a winner but lost the set a point later after sending a backhand wide.She definitely played well today and she didnt give me many chances. I know I could have done better for sure, said Bouchard. Wholesale Sneakers Free Shipping. Im disappointed with not taking the few chances I got here and there. Against great players, you have to take every little chance you can get.Sharapova took a 3-1 lead in the second set after another misplaced backhand by Bouchard. Sharapova earned a match point from a Bouchard forehand error and landed a winner of her own in the corner to seal the victory and advance to the tournaments semifinal.I had to produce a really good performance against Genie, said Sharapova. Shes been playing so confidently and aggressively.Three of the four matches played between Bouchard and Sharapova have come at majors, with the Russian beating Bouchard at the French Open the past two years.Bouchard is the first Canadian — female or male — to play a Grand Slam singles final, losing to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic at Wimbledon last year.She will now return home and decide if she will play for Canada in the Fed Cup in early February against the visiting Czech Republic.Im going to go visit the family, thats for sure. Take some time off, rest the body a bit, said Bouchard. (Fed Cup) is something I was going to decide after the tournament. My tournament ended like half an hour ago, so Im still going to talk to my team and make the best decision for me if I can play or not. ' ' '

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