Last year's champion 2-year-old filly, in her first race since March, captured the Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita and earned a berth into the Breeders' Cup Distaff.
With jockey Jalon Samuel perfectly executing a frontrunning ride, Fire and Wine took the final jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown Sept. 27 in the $353,539 Breeders' Stakes at Woodbine.
Owner and trainer Mick Ruis Sr. is one of three scaffolding executives indicted by San Diego federal prosecutors for allegedly conspiring to defraud the U.S. by using deceptive tactics to secure construction contracts with the U.S. Navy.