Guest drawmaster Darrell Fox (center) assists racing secretary Steve Lym (right) and track announcer Dan Loiselle (left) with drawing the numbers.
The honorary drawmaster was Darrell Fox, brother of Canadian icon Terry Fox and the National Director of the Terry Fox Foundation. Since 1981, the Terry Fox Foundation has raised more than $350 million for cancer research and is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Fox's run this weekend. The charity has very low overhead and 87 cents from every dollar raised goes to cancer research. After the draw, Woodbine Entertainment Group and the Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association announced that they will donate 10% of the income from wagering on the Atto Mile to the Terry Fox Foundation, a donation which should top $20,000.

Leroidesanimeaux
As expected, Fourstardave Handicap winner Leroidesanimeaux was installed as the 9-5 morning line favorite and will break from the rail. The Brazilian-bred goes into the race with a seven-race winning streak and is currently the highest ranked horse among Breeders' Cup Mile contenders. Although he won at Saratoga last out on the front end, trainer Bobby Frankel said, "Yes, he waits on horses a little bit. But he's a very nice horse, very easy to train, good looking horse, does everything right. He definitely doesn't have to be on the front." Frankel opted to race him here instead of in the Kelso at Belmont Park in order to hopefully earn enough money to draw into the Breeders' Cup Mile field.

The second choice at 3-1 is King of Happiness, owned by Gainsborough Farm, who will break just outside the favorite in post 2. Drysdale said, "We anticipated that he was going to be a better horse this year. The race record speaks for itself. He warrants a crack at the Atto Mile. Obviously our competition is going to be tough with Bobby Frankel's horse (Leroidesanimaux) in there." Drysdale and Gainsborough have won the Atto twice already, with Labeeb in 1998 and Touch of the Blues in 2003.

Jockey Robert Landry who will ride Awesome Action and guest drawmaster Darrell Fox head of the Terry Fox Foundation and Terry's younger brother.
The local hope is 6-1 third choice Royal Regalia out of the 5 hole, the Woodbine course record holder at the 1 mile distance who failed to draw in to last year's Breeders' Cup Mile field. Trainer Justin Nixon said, "To be realistic, it's an awfully tough Atto Mile field, maybe the toughest we've had. He could maybe lay a length or 3/4 of a length off the leaders and wear them down late. This horse doesn't have a great explosion or real quick turn of foot, but he can gallop along pretty rapidly. He can sustain a high rate of speed, so maybe we can wear them down instead of blow by them."

Local jockey Robert Landry has his work cut out for him with Awesome Action, a 20-1 outsider coming out of post 6. He said, "He's a closer, so pretty much any post would be okay. We look forward to the day. Breeders Cup Picks are coming soon.A lot more have early foot, so they'll clear him and I'll be able to pick my path, hopefully. There's a lot of things that you aren't able to control. But for my horse to perform his best, I think there's going to have to be a pretty good pace. If not, we'll have go to 'Plan B.' But he's in good order and the best shape he can be in. It's a tough race. If he shows up and runs his best, that's all we can ask for. He's getting better. He's kind of like his rider. The older he gets, the better he gets. I'd like to think that anyway."

Post time will be 5:06 pm ET on Sunday. The race can be seen at simulcast locations across North America, with The Score carrying a special one-hour live telecast across Canada from 4:30 to 5:30 pm ET.

Here are the entries with post positions and morning line odds followed by a brief description and photograph of each. Free past performances are available from Daily Racing Form.

PP Horse Trainer Jockey M/L
Odds
1 Leroidesanimaux Robert Frankel John Velazquez 9-5
2 King of Happiness Neil Drysdale Pat Valenzuela 3-1
3 Vanderlin Andrew Balding Martin Dwyer 8-1
4 A to the Z Paula Capestro Todd Kabel 8-1
5 Royal Regalia Justin Nixon Jono Jones 6-1
6 Awesome Action Sue Leslie Robert Landry 20-1
7 Sophia's Prince John LeBlanc, Jr. Simon Husbands 20-1
8 Le Cinquieme Essai Paul Nielsen Steven Bahen 10-1
9 Mobil Mike Keogh Patrick Husbands 15-1