Everatt Family Bred No Time Best in Woodbine Oaks

Gary Barber’s No Time flew home to take the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks July 20, to give trainer Mark Casse his fifth win in the race, tying trainer Jim Day’s record. Her two stablemates—Shifty and Winterberry finished second and third, respectively.

No Time was bred in Canada by James Everatt, Janeane Everatt and their daughter Arika Everatt. She was purchased by TMC at Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga Select Yearling Sale in 2023 for $250,000.

The 3-year-old daughter of Not This Time stalked the pacesetters under Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez, rating off fractions of :22.97, :46.47, 1;10.97, and 1:36.94 before taking command at the eighth pole and drawing away to win by 3 3/4 lengths in a final time of 1:50.14.

“We know it’s going to be a lot of pace in the race, so I wanted to see how it developed and developed in front of us,” said Velazquez, who won his first Oaks. “She held her ground pretty well going to the first turn. So, kind of held it there. By the time she got to the backstretch, she switched and got a little bit on the bridle a little sooner than I wanted to. So, I kind of give and take a little bit. By the time we got to the half-mile pole, I just kind of kept it nice and easy.

“I didn’t want to make a premature move, but let her do whatever she was doing, easy at the same time the quarter pole came, and she switched on down the lane, and she gave another gear.”

The Oaks serves as a prep for the King’s Plate, which will be held Aug. 16 at Woodbine.

When asked about a possible chance in the King’s Plate, Velazquez responded: “I think if she can do that again and relax the first part, obviously, the way she did today, I think she has a very good chance.”

She paid $15.50 to win while earning her third win from eight starts and improving her earnings to $324,000.

-edited from http://www.bloodhorse.com