No Nay Hudson (IRE) earns first graded badge with Grade 2 Nearctic score
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TORONTO, October 4, 2025 – No Nay Hudson (IRE), ridden by Pablo Morales, surged late to capture the $250,000 Nearctic Stakes Presented by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G2T), on Saturday at Woodbine.
The five-furlong inner turf stakes for 3-year-olds and upward attracted a competitive field of seven, including No Nay Hudson (IRE), who looked right at home in his first appearance at the Toronto oval.
Trained by Wesley Ward for Andrew Farm and For the People Racing Stable LLC, the well-travelled 5-year-old bay gelding arrived at the Nearctic off a fourth in the Green Flash Handicap (G3T) at Del Mar on August 30, a race he finished third in the year prior.
Western Whirl and 2-5 choice Bring Theband Home locked horns early, with the two matching strides through a brisk opening panel in :21.65, while Morales No Nay Hudson (IRE) were last of all.
The pacesetters continued their toe-to-toe tussle into the turn for home with little separating them, as No Nay Hudson (IRE) began to wind up mid-pack four to five wide.
Western Whirl, along the rail, and Bring Theband Home found themselves under siege with about 175 yards to the wire, as No Nay Hudson (IRE) and multiple graded stakes winner Nobals had both burst onto the scene.
At the wire, No Nay Hudson (IRE), who had struck front past the sixteenth pole, eked out a neck win. Nobals finished a neck ahead of a game Western Whirl for the runner-up spot. The Striking Viking (IRE) rallied to finish fourth.
The final time over firm ground was :56.19.
"If you happen to go back and watch the head-on, the inside horse breaks out really, really hard, and I got pinched bad out of there, crossing heels for a couple of jumps, so I had no other choice but to take a little hold and take Plan B,” said Morales.
The plan ultimately worked to perfection.
“I felt that they were flying, so I felt like I had a really good shot to win this. I kind of let my horse get it straight underneath, and in the turn picked it up and I'm thinking, ‘I'm going to get this because they have to come back a little bit. I have tons of horse, so the horse will outrun them in the end, and I'll finish them.’”
No Nay Hudson (IRE) debuted on April 28, 2022, and recorded a four-length score at 4 ½ furlongs over the dirt. His stakes breakthrough came the following May in the William Walker (Listed) at Churchill Downs.
With the Nearctic score, No Nay Hudson (IRE), sired by No Nay Never out of the Malibu Moon mare Raw Silk, is now 5-4-2 from 19 starts.
Bred by RJB Bloodstock, he was a $190,000 purchase at the 2021 Keeneland Association September Yearling Sale.
No Nay Hudson (IRE) paid $18.90 for the Nearctic win.
Chris Lomon, Woodbine
