Weekend GamePlan returns from an extended vacation and runs smack into massive stakes fields at Woodbine. The best racing this Saturday comes north of the border, though Aqueduct’s three grass stakes hold appeal. Laurel hosts three dirt stakes, but we’ll stick with Tapeta and turf. Maple Leaf Hard to imagine Caitlinhergrtness could go off at odds as high as 5-1, but here’s hoping. The morning-line lists Fashionably Fab as the 3-1 favorite, Queen’s Regent the 4-1 second choice, and it’s not easy wrapping one’s brain around either one of those prices. Fashionably Fab has won nine of 15 and exits a Grade 3 win over Woodbine Tapeta, but there’s zero evidence she wants to run even 1 1/8 miles, much less the 1 1/4 before her Saturday. Queen’s Regent does have competitive 1 1/4-mile form on synthetic surfaces in England, but only in handicaps. She beat a modest bunch at Kentucky Downs making her North American debut, then flopped on Keeneland turf last month. So, no, don’t expect 5-1 on Caitlinhergrtness – but 7-2, maybe even 3-1 would suffice. She’s drawn in post 13, but so what? Jockey Rafael Hernandez has a long straightaway to find position before the first turn, and ought to find a great one. This race lacks pace, and only the horse drawn on the rail, Aha Moment, might beat Caitlinhergrtness to the first turn. A pressing trip would work just fine. :: Bet the races with a $200 First Deposit Match + FREE All Access PPs! Join DRF Bets. Caitlinhergrtness already showed she can do 10 furlongs over Tapeta winning the King’s Plate this summer. Even better than that was her performance in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland last month. Frankly, Caitlinhergrtness went too fast setting the pace in the QE II. She ran the other speed off their feet, was never beating a monster run from She Feels Pretty, but with a more moderate tempo would have saved second from England shipper Soprano, who was beaten only 5 1/2 lengths in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf. Caitlinhergrtness doesn’t need to be great to win the Maple Leaf – she just needs to be herself. Bessarabian Staying at Woodbine, we find another pace void in the Bessarabian Stakes. Look for Stormcast to fill it. Of the 14 entrants in this seven-furlong sprint, no one save Stormcast possesses real sprint speed. None of the shorter prices on the morning line inspire fear. Gal in a Rush, the 3-1 morning-line favorite, brings solid but far from spectacular form while making her third trip to Woodbine this year. She rallied into a hot pace winning the 6 1/2-furlong Hendrie in July and ran with the race flow again while settling for second going seven furlongs Aug. 24 in the Seaway. Somewhat pace-dependent, possibly better at a slightly shorter trip, and very much exposed at age 5, Gal in a Rush is what she is. I’m very unclear about what would make Storm Miami, marooned in post 14, as short as 4-1. Love to Shop at 5-1 makes more sense, but she and everyone else ought to be chasing Stormcast. Granted, Stormcast’s front-running August win came in a heavily restricted race over 1 1/16 miles. Note, as well, she won that by nearly eight lengths and had enough speed to make the lead or come close to it sprinting three times at age 2. She’s by a sprinter, Mitole, and as a lightly raced 3-year-old running fresh, Stormcast brings more upside to Saturday’s contest than any of her rivals. Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship Do you see what happened when Senbei moved from a second-level allowance win into East Coast turf-sprint stakes competition earlier this year? He nearly won the Select at Monmouth, then did win the $200,000 Belmont Turf Sprint. That’s because this division lacks any standouts, and a sharp class-riser can slot in competitively. Twenty Six Black fits that description. The 4-year-old won a first-level allowance three back at Saratoga and impressively captured a second-level allowance last out at Aqueduct. :: Subscribe to the DRF Post Time Email Newsletter: Get the news you need to play today's races!  That last race marked a career peak. No accident that it came over six furlongs. Twenty Six Black doesn’t have quite enough quickness to hit his peak at 5 1/2 furlongs, but he’s 4 for 4 going six, and he finished off his last race with a 10.99 final furlong before galloping out like a pride of lions nipped at his heels. Jean Valjean assures a fast pace and Twenty Six Black improves again at a fair price. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.