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Bill Tallon, DRF
It was just another weekend at the office for trainer Mark Casse . . .
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 Dixie Strike takes Florida Oaks by a nose
Updated - 3/11/2012
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By Doug McCoy, DRF
John Oxley's Dixie Strike closed stoutly while four wide to get up in the final stride and win her 3-year-old debut in Saturday’s $150,000 Florida Oaks at Tampa Bay Downs . . .
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Trainer Casse eager to get going
Updated - 2/27/2012
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Rob Longely, Toronto Sun
Mark Casse needs to see a couple big performances from a couple young horses before he starts marching down the Kentucky Derby trail, but Canada’s top trainer is anxious to get rolling . . .
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Prospective looks to double up in Sam F. Davis Stakes
Updated - 2/4/2012
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Prospective will attempt to continue his run through Tampa Bay Downs’s trio of Kentucky Derby preps when he tries to add Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F . . .
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Prospective takes Pasco Stakes
Updated - 2/2/2012
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Angled outside in the turn, Prospective rallied down the middle of the track and wore down Wildcat Creek in the final strides to post a half-length win Saturday in the $100,000 Pasco Stakes for 3-year-olds at Tampa Bay Downs . . .
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Camera can’t separate Delightful Mary, R Holiday Mood in Ocala
Updated - 2/2/2012
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Mike Welch, DRF
One day after Gulfstream Park’s photo-finish camera just barely separated the top two finishers in the Marshua’s River Stakes it found nothing to choose between Delightful Mary and R Holiday Mood, who dead-heated for first in Sunday’s $60,000 Ocala Stakes . . .
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Prospective tries to regroup in Pasco Stakes
Updated - 1/14/2012
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Doug McCoy, DRF
A group of 10 aspiring 3-year-olds will attempt to pass their first test on a road that could lead to the Tampa Bay Derby when they go postward in Saturday’s $100,000 Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs . . .
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Prospective tries to regroup in Pasco Stakes
Updated - 1/14/2012
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Doug McCoy, DRF
A group of 10 aspiring 3-year-olds will attempt to pass their first test on a road that could lead to the Tampa Bay Derby when they go postward in Saturday’s $100,000 Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs . . .
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Casse takes two shots in Ginger Brew
Updated - 1/8/2012
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In a race as wide open as Saturday’s $60,000 Ginger Brew Stakes at Gulfstream Park, it doesn’t hurt to have more than one bullet to fire at the competition . . .
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Pool Play upsets Stephen Foster Handicap in first dirt try
Updated - 12/23/2011
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And you thought the older-horse division was muddled before the Stephen Foster Handicap was run Saturday at Churchill Downs . . .
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Dixie Strike gets first stakes win in Ontario Lassie
Updated - 12/23/2011
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Ron Gierkink, DRF
Favored Dixie Strike notched her first stakes victory convincingly in the $151,600 Ontario Lassie at Woodbine Saturday . . .
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Casse makes good call
Updated - 12/3/2011
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The logical spot for the lightly-raced allowance winner Masked Maiden was a second-level/optional claimer, a race that she surely would have won last Saturday . . .
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Prospective works for Juvenile
Updated - 11/7/2011
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It was a busy Monday morning for trainer Mark Casse as he sent out no fewer than three probable Breeders' Cup starters to breeze beneath the Twin Spires for owner John Oxley . . .
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Casse, Oxley Are a Breeders’ Cup Dynamic Duo
Updated - 11/7/2011
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Deirdre Biles
Canada-based trainer Mark Casse and owner John Oxley are a Breeders’ Cup World Championships dynamic duo in the division for 2-year-old runners . . .
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Casse and Oxley riding hidh lately
Updated - 11/3/2011
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Mark Casse, who also signed for the $85,000Eddington--Quality Label colt yesterday, declined to say for whom he was buying the Lemon Drop Kid colt . . .
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Casse has potent duo for Franfreluche in Bagatelle Park, Quality Lass
Updated - 10/26/2011
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Bagatelle Park and Quality Lass should give trainer Mark Casse a solid one-two punch in Sunday’s $150,000 Fanfreluche Stakes, a six-furlong sprint for Ontario-bred 2-year-old fillies at Woodbine . . .
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Grey Stakes Easy as 1-2-3 for Mark Casse
Updated - 10/21/2011
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by Jack Shinar, The BloodHorse
Trainer Mark Casse swept the top three spots in the the $193,574 Grey Stakes (Can-III) when upset-minded Prospective outfought his better fancied stablemate Lockout by two lengths at Woodbine Oct . . .
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Prospective may get shot at Breeders’ Cup
Updated - 10/21/2011
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Bill Tallon, DRF
Trainer Mark Casse finished second, fourth, and seventh with his three Natalma starters for owner/breeder John Oxley . . .
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Prospective leads one-two-three finish for Casse in Grey
Updated - 10/10/2011
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Casse has a bevy of beautiful 2-year-old fillies for owner John Oxley, with Northern Passion, who earned a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf with her victory here in the Natalma, currently standing at the head of the class . . .
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Casse sets training record at Woodbine
Updated - 10/3/2011
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The BloodHorse
Mark Casse, who was tied with the late Frank Passero for the most wins (89) by a trainer in a single Woodbine meet, set the new standard when Masked Maiden captured the 10th race Oct . . .
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Casse ties impressive training record, looks to set new mark tomorrow
Updated - 10/1/2011
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Mark Casse, in line to become Woodbine’s leading conditioner for the fifth consecutive year, is just one win shy of breaking the record for most victories in a season at the Toronto oval . . .
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Casse points two fillies to Mazarine
Updated - 9/24/2011
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Northern Passion was one of four Casse-conditioned fillies in the Natalma along with Spirited Miss, Sky Dreamer, and Quality Lass . . .
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Breeders’ Cup-bound Northern Passion will head to Churchill early
Updated - 9/24/2011
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Bill Tallon, DRF
But, Woodbine’s first potential Breeders’ Cup representative stepped up to the plate here last Saturday when Northern Passion captured the Natalma Stakes for trainer Mark Casse . . .
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hern Passion wins Natalma under heady, ground-saving ride by Contreras
Updated - 9/20/2011
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Northern Passion bided her time at the back of the 12-horse field of 2-year-old fillies, as Quality Lass set a lively pace in the one-mile turf route . . .
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Casse goes four-deep in Natalma
Updated - 9/18/2011
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Trainer Mark Casse will run four nice prospects – Northern Passion, Sky Dreamer, Spirited Miss, and Quality Lass – in Saturday’s $200,000 Natalma, a one-mile turf stakes at Woodbine . . .
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Making Amends tunes up for Summer Stakes
Updated - 9/18/2011
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Making Amends also breezed five furlongs for Casse on Friday, going in company in 1:01 . . .
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Hailstone has look of live longshot in Northern Dancer
Updated - 9/18/2011
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The Northern Dancer Stakes, which will be run here at Woodbine next Sunday, tends to play second fiddle to the same day’s Woodbine Mile . . .
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Casse happy with breezes
Updated - 9/16/2011
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Bill Tallon, DRF
Seaside Retreat, who is eyeing the Northern Dancer, breezed five furlongs in 1:01 on the main track under exercise rider Jason Hoyte . . .
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Paso Doble shows in Shepperton he’s learning to relax
Updated - 9/9/2011
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Paso Doble proved again here Wednesday evening that it’s possible to teach an older horse new tricks as he closed from just off the pace for a going-away 1 1/2-length victory in the $125,000 Shepperton Stakes . . .
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Casse’s got the right guys for weekend stakes
Updated - 9/9/2011
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Patrick Husbands, who rode Paso Doble, was recording his 14th stakes win of the meeting . . .
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Casse goes with three in Breeders’
Updated - 8/12/2011
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Bill Tallon, DRF
Trainer Mark Casse sent out three horses for this year’s Queen’s Plate, with his best result being a second-place finish with Hippolytus . . .
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Queen Street Beach remains unbeaten in Deputy Minister
Updated - 8/5/2011
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Ron Gierkink, DRF
Queen Street Beach wore down pacemaker Altius in the stretch to land his stakes debut in the $125,000 Deputy Minister on Wednesday night at Woodbine . . .
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Clement Rock hangs on to win Toronto Cup
Updated - 7/30/2011
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Ron Gierkink, DRF
Clement Rock didn't win like a 3-5 shot should, but he did get the job done under Luis Contreras in the $156,000 Toronto Cup Stakes at Woodbine on Saturday . . .
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Woodbine’s top trainer, Mark Casse, sets sights on Saratoga
Updated - 7/23/2011
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Bill Tallon, DRF
Trainer Mark Casse is sitting in what his become his customary position atop the Woodbine standings, with a healthy lead in both races won and money won heading into Friday’s 60th card of the 167-day Woodbine meeting . . .
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Hippolytus will be much shorter price in Prince of Wales
Updated - 7/18/2011
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Hippolytus was sent off at odds of 61-1 in Woodbine’s Queen’s Plate, but finished second after stalking the pace and briefly looking like a winner when moving to the lead in midstretch . . .
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Dene Court’s debut points her out in Shady Well
Updated - 7/18/2011
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Dene Court, who had a fast first-out victory, should be strongly backed Sunday at Woodbine in the $150,000 Shady Well Stakes, a 5 1/2-furlong dash for Ontario-bred 2-year-old fillies . . .
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Guest Appearing heads Casse pair
Updated - 7/17/2011
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Guest Appearing caused a stir on Queen’s Plate Day when he spooked from the drumbeats of a nearby band during the post parade, dumping jockey Tyler Pizarro . . .
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Bingo wins maiden in Ontario Damsel Stakes
Updated - 7/17/2011
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Ron Gierkink, DRF
The Mark Casse-trained Roxy Gap was heavily favored in Saturday’s $150,000 Ontario Damsel Stakes at Woodbine, but it was one of Casse’s two supplements to the race, Bingo, who stole the show in the one-mile turf event . . .
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Woodbine turf beckons to Roxy Gap in Ontario Damsel
Updated - 7/11/2011
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Bill Tallon, DRF
Roxy Gap should be formidable when she goes back to the grass Saturday at Woodbine in the $150,000 Ontario Damsel Stakes, a one-mile event that drew seven Ontario-bred 3-year-old fillies . . .
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Making Amends takes the Claredon
Updated - 7/9/2011
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On Saturday, Clement Rock, under leading rider Luis Contreras, rallied from off the pace to score by 2 1/4 lengths in the $100,400 Charlie Barley, a one-mile overnight turf stakes for 3-year-olds . . .
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Spooky Kitten peaking for Bison City
Updated - 7/4/2011
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Ron Gierkink, DRF
Spooky Kitten gave the brilliant Inglorious a run for her money in the Woodbine Oaks, a performance that makes her the one to fear most in Sunday’s $250,000 Bison City Stakes . . .
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Casse plans to go three-deep in Queen’s Plate
Updated - 7/1/2011
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Bill Tallon, DRF
Trainer Mark Casse has had a total of seven starters in five runnings of the Queen’s Plate, with his best finish a fourth-place finish with Tasty Temptation in 2009 . . .
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nkers on make big difference for Silver Rock
Updated - 6/26/2011
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Casse also sent out Silver Rock, a candidate for Saturday’s Grade 2, $250,000 King Edward at one mile on the turf course, to breeze five furlongs in 1:00 . . .
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Pool Play to test dirt in Churchill Downs’ Stephen Foster
Updated - 6/19/2011
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Jennie Rees, Courier Journal
The 6-year-old Pool Play will make his first start on true dirt in his 28th career race Saturday: Churchill Downs $500,000-added, Grade I Stephen Foster Handicap . . .
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Delightful Mary named Canada’s Outstanding Two Year Old Filly
Updated - 6/17/2011
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A crowd of 350 was on hand as the 36th annual Sovereign Awards ceremony was held at Woodbine for the first time since 1996 and was moved to the April 1 date by the Jockey Club of Canada . . .
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VITAFLEX TRAINER OF THE WEEK
Updated - 6/17/2011
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Mark Casse led all North American trainers by purse earnings for the week ended May 5 after saddling Roxy Gap to victory in the Fury Stakes at Woodbine . . .
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Pool Play readies for dirt debut in Foster
Updated - 6/15/2011
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Canadian Grade 3 winner POOL PLAY (Silver Deputy), runner-up in the grassy Elkhorn (G3) at Keeneland last out, worked a bullet five furlongs on the fast main track at Churchill Downs on Sunday as trainer Mark Casse prepares the Canadian-based veteran for his dirt debut in the Stephen Foster H . . .
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Casse doubles his chances with Roxy Gap, Spooky Kitten
Updated - 6/6/2011
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Trainer Mark Casse is no stranger to the Woodbine Oaks winner’s circle, having sent out Kimchi and Sealy Hill to capture back-to-back runnings in 2006 and 2007 . . .
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Paso Doble finds a home with Casse
Updated - 6/1/2011
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Bill Tallon, DRF
Paso Doble has not enjoyed much stability during his career, spending time in five different barns before being shipped to Mark Casse in Florida this year . . .
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Roxy Gap likely to train up to Oaks without any further prep
Updated - 5/24/2011
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Bill Tallon, DRF
Roxy Gap was undefeated in three starts here at Woodbine last year and was looking to use the Natalma as a stepping-stone to a Breeders’ Cup appearance . . .
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Roxy Gap stalks and pounces as Fury favorite
Updated - 5/2/2011
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Ron Gierkink
Roxy Gap held off a closing Marketing Mix to capture the $150,000 Fury Stakes at Woodbine on Saturday . . .
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Roxy Gap tops Fury Stakes
Updated - 5/1/2011
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Saturday’s $150,000 Fury has attracted a field of six 3-year-old fillies headed by Roxy Gap, who was undefeated in three starts here last year and then finished third in the Grade 3 Old Hat at Gulfstream on Jan . . .
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Delightful Mary takes first step toward Oaks with OBS victory
Updated - 4/27/2011
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John Oxley’s Delightful Mary, last seen finishing third in the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), made her three-year-old debut on Monday at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co . . .
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OBS stakes proves right spot for Delightful Mary
Updated - 4/2/2011
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By Marty McGee, DRF
Delightful Mary took a step toward more important engagements when rallying Monday to win the filly division of the $100,000 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Championship in Ocala, Fla . . .
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Ocala Day of Champions races lure promising pair from Casse
Updated - 3/14/2011
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A step in the direction of the Kentucky Oaks is what trainer Mark Casse is seeking Monday at the annual Day of Champions in Ocala, Fla . . .
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Analysis shows lower fatality rate on synthetic surfaces
Updated - 3/13/2011
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By Matt Hegarty, DRF
Data that has consistently shown a lower rate of fatal injuries for horses running on artificial surfaces when compared to horses running on dirt surfaces has been found to be statistically significant for the first time, according to an epidemiologist who has analyzed data on racehorse injuries . . .
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DRF Trainer profile: Mark Casse
Updated - 3/13/2011
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By Byron King
Horsemen often say that a good horse can come from anywhere . . .
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Roxy Gap puts unbeaten record on line in Old Hat
Updated - 1/3/2011
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Trainer Mark Casse sent out Delightful Mary to finish third in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies . . .
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Pool Play captures Valedictory; Casse takes fourth straight training title
Updated - 1/1/2011
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Casse enjoys another big Woodbine meet
Updated - 12/16/2010
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Mark Casse will be leaving on Monday for Florida, where he has stalls at Palm Meadows and owns Moonshadow Farm in Ocala . . .
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Marathon distance of Valedictory plays to Pool Play’s strength
Updated - 12/6/2010
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Pool Play’s fondness for extended route distances should bode well for him Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack in the 1 3/4-mile Valedictory Stakes . . .
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$1 Million Delta Jackpot Lures Diverse Field
Updated - 11/26/2010
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WinStar Farm won the Boyd’s Gaming Delta Jackpot (gr . . .
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Layoff a question for Hailstone
Updated - 11/26/2010
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Hailstone stands out in Friday’s feature at Woodbine Racetrack, a first-level allowance for 3-year-olds and up, and his readiness off a seven-month layoff is what handicappers must ponder when sizing up his chances in the seven-furlong sprint . . .
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Barracks Road drops in class for Jammed Lovely Stakes
Updated - 11/19/2010
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Barracks Road takes a noteworthy drop in class for Wednesday’s $150,000 Jammed Lovely Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack and should be the prohibitive favorite in the seven-furlong sprint for Ontario-bred 3-year-old fillies . . .
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Sense of Pride tops Casse entry in maiden route
Updated - 11/19/2010
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A field of promising maiden 2-year-old fillies will square off over 1 1/16 miles at Woodbine Racetrack in Thursday’s opener, which includes the stakes-placed Sense of Pride . . .
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Strike Oil strikes Coronation Gold
Updated - 11/17/2010
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John Oxley's Strike Oil broke his maiden in stakes style by taking Sunday's $250,000 Coronation Futurity at Woodbine . . .
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Mark Casse comes home
Updated - 11/17/2010
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Mark Casse, the leading trainer at Woodbine racetrack in Toronto, has had many homes . . .
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Maiden Strike Oil Hits Pay Dirt in Coronation
Updated - 11/10/2010
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Maiden Strike Oil, the least-fancied of three Mark Casse-trained 2-year-olds in the $252,326 Coronation Futurity, took the overland route to register a 14-1 surprise at Woodbine Nov . . .
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Tasty Temptation fresh for Maple Leaf
Updated - 11/7/2010
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Trainer Mark Casse will be at Churchill Downs on Friday, sending out Delightful Mary for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, and will stay on to observe the festivities there on Saturday . . .
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Casse has three lined up for Coronation Futurity
Updated - 11/7/2010
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Trainer Mark Casse has a trio of 2-year-olds for Sunday’s $250,000 Coronation Futurity at Woodbine, Withdrawal, Strike Oil and Enduring Star . . .
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Casse two year olds work at Churchill
Updated - 11/3/2010
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The Oct . . .
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Blue Laser Blasts Home for Grey Stakes Win
Updated - 10/26/2010
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Blue Laser, in his stakes debut for trainer Mark Casse, outlasted Rockin Heat and Classic Legacy over the long Woodbine stretch to win the $250,441 Grey Stakes (III) by a half-length Oct . . .
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Unbeaten Delightful Mary Tops Mazarine Lineup
Updated - 10/11/2010
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Unbeaten Delightful Mary, a $500,000 2-year-old in training purchase in Florida that won the first two starts of her career impressively, heads the field for the $225,000 Mazarine Stakes (GR III) Oct . . .
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Blue Laser points to Grey
Updated - 10/11/2010
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Casse also has a candidate for the Oct . . .
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Wide trip no problem for Blue Laser in Grey Stakes
Updated - 10/11/2010
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Ron Gierink, DRF
Blue Laser outran Rockin Heat and Classic Legacy, who made an eye-catching premature move, to take the Grade 3, $253,250
Last Two Durham Cup Winners Return
Updated - 10/7/2010
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Pool Play and Palladio, the last two winners of the $150,000 Durham Cup (Can-III), are both back for another try in the 1 1/8-mile Polytrack race Oct . . .
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Roxy Gap still a candidate for Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
Updated - 10/3/2010
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Roxy Gap is back at the racetrack, and a trip to the Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs is not out of the question . . .
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Roxy Gap works for Natalma
Updated - 9/19/2010
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Roxy Gap breezed five furlongs in 1:02 . . .
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Barracks Road upsets Ontario Colleen
Updated - 9/13/2010
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Barracks Road ($20 . . .
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Grass fillies meet at Woodbine one week later
Updated - 8/28/2010
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No Explaining and Exclusive Love were both scratched from Sunday’s Lake Placid at Saratoga when that Grade 3 stakes was taken off the turf . . .
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Grazettes Landing game in Shepperton
Updated - 8/26/2010
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Melnyk Racing Stables homebred Grazettes Landing captured Wednesday's $126,200 Shepperton Stakes at Woodbine . . .
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Roxy Gap remains undefeated with Shady Well score
Updated - 8/11/2010
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Melnyk Racing Stables Roxy Gap won her second straight dash in Sunday's $152,800 Shady Well Stakes at Woodbine . . .
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Tasty Temptation tries dirt in the Ruffian
Updated - 8/2/2010
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Unrivaled Belle will be the odds-on favorite to defeat the five other fillies and mares who were entered Thursday for Sunday’s Grade 1 Ruffian . . .
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Roxy Gap back after romp in debut
Updated - 7/19/2010
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Roxy Gap didn't attract much notice before her debut, in which she romped by 6 1/2 lengths under rider Corey Fraser here July 3 . . .
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Barracks Road may try Wonder Where
Updated - 7/17/2010
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Last Saturday's Ontario Damsel, run at the new distance of one mile on turf, was situated as a stepping-stone to the Wonder Where . . .
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Barracks Road Upsets Somme in Ontario Damsel
Updated - 7/13/2010
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Front-running Barracks Road held off an all-out drive by 2-5 favorite Somme to win the $150,000 (US$145,110) Ontario Damsel Stakes on the Woodbine turf course July 10 . . .
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So Elite headed to Saratoga
Updated - 7/11/2010
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So Elite notched his first stakes win here in last Saturday's $105,800 Charlie Barley, an open one-mile turf stakes for 3-year-olds . . .
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Barracks Road turns tables on odds-on Somme
Updated - 7/11/2010
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Barracks Road held off 2-5 favorite Somme in the stretch to notch her first stakes victory Saturday at Woodbine in the 37th running of the $150,000
Woodbourne eyes three in row
Updated - 7/4/2010
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Woodbourne has found a home in the middle claiming ranks on the turf at Woodbine, and he will seek his third consecutive win in Friday's seventh race, a $50,000 event scheduled for a mile . . .
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Casse filly bred to like the grass
Updated - 6/30/2010
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Friday's Woodbine headliner, a one-mile first-level allowance for fillies and mares, is wide open . . .
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This round to Tasty Temptation
Updated - 6/30/2010
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Sunday's $117,800 Hill 'n' Dale was billed as a rematch between Milwaukee Appeal and Tasty Temptation, who had met three times before, including finishing one-two in last year's Woodbine Oaks . . .
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Tasty Temptation rallies in Hill ’n’ Dale
Updated - 6/22/2010
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Tasty Temptation wore down the front-running La Rocca in the final sixteenth to win her fourth consecutive race Sunday at Woodbine in the $117,800 Hill 'n' Dale Stakes . . .
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Rematch of ’09 Oaks on tap
Updated - 6/21/2010
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Milwaukee Appeal and Tasty Temptation, the top two finishers in the 2009 Woodbine Oaks, will clash in Sunday's $100,000 Hill 'n' Dale Stakes for fillies and mares . . .
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Tasty Temptation Too Tough in Hill ’N’ Dale
Updated - 6/21/2010
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Jack Shinar, The BloodHorse
Odds-on choice Tasty Temptation delivered her fourth consecutive victory when she collared pacesetter La Rocca in deep stretch to win the $115,338 Hill 'N' Dale Stakes at Woodbine June 20 . . .
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Casse back in Oaks chase
Updated - 6/20/2010
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Tasty Temptation entered last year's 1 1/8-mile Woodbine Oaks as one of the logical choices for trainer Mark Casse and finished second behind Milwaukee Appeal . . .
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Grazettes Landing has speed to spare
Updated - 6/13/2010
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Grazettes Landing gets some major class relief in Wednesday's $125,000 New Providence Stakes, and may vie for favoritism with Not Bourbon in the six-furlong sprint for Ontario-sired stock at Woodbine . . .
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Barracks Road displays potential for future stakes
Updated - 6/8/2010
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Barracks Road won't be ready for the June 13 Woodbine Oaks . . .
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Pool Play has easy breeze
Updated - 6/8/2010
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Pool Play, also headed for the 1 1/16-mile Eclipse, breezed five furlongs in 1:02 . . .
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CASSE TRIES FOR A THIRD OAKS WIN WITH ISABEAU’S ELEGANCE
Updated - 6/8/2010
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Trainer Mark Casse will try to win his third Woodbine Oaks on Sunday, when he saddles Isabeau's Elegance for owner Classic Oaks Farm . . .
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Grazettes Landing lands stakes win
Updated - 4/22/2010
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Grazettes Landing came from a stalking position under Patrick Husbands to land his first stakes Friday in the $102,400 Debut, the opening-day feature of the 167-day Woodbine meet . . .
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New approach pays off for Casse
Updated - 4/22/2010
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Trainer Mark Casse took a new approach during the winter months heading into the 2010 meeting at Woodbine . . .
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Melnyk Celebrates Sterwins’ Win in Gold Cup
Updated - 4/3/2010
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In front of 200 and his closest friends and family plus thousands of fans in the grandstand and infield, Eugene Melnyk celebrated his second win in the Sandy Lane Gold Cup in his homeland of Barbados . . .
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Pool Play makes long trip for Big Cap
Updated - 3/7/2010
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Trainer Mark Casse is willing to ship Pool Play across the United States in search of a big prize on a synthetic track . . .
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Marchfield and Melnyk big winners at this years Soverigns
Updated - 2/21/2010
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The big winner of Friday evening´s 35th annual Soverign Award ceremony was businessman Eugene Melnyk, owner of the Ottawa Senators of the NHL, who was named the year's outstanding owner and breeder . . .
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Allegation looks to shine in OBS stake
Updated - 2/16/2010
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Many racetracks around the country would be hard-pressed to create the type of festive atmosphere racing fans will encounter this afternoon at OBS during the sales company’s annual Day of Champions . . .
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Casse tops Soverign award finalists
Updated - 1/30/2010
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Mark Casse will be seeking an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sovereign Award as Canada's outstanding trainer after being named among the three finalists in the 2009 balloting . . .
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Trainer making strong Casse for excellence
Updated - 1/18/2010
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Mark Casse is used to winning . . .
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Pool Play preps for Valedictory
Updated - 12/7/2009
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Pool Play breezed five furlongs in 1:02 . . .
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As Woodbine thrives so does Casse
Updated - 12/7/2009
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The shrines of horse racing are in Kentucky or Belmont . . .
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Awakened returns on short rest
Updated - 11/26/2009
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Horseplayers shouldn't be concerned when a sharp horse runs back on fairly short rest during the waning days of the Woodbine meet, since they often fare well, sometimes at an overlaid price . . .
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Attitude Included scores in South Ocean
Updated - 11/23/2009
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The favored Attitude Included won her first stakes in her first try around two turns Wednesday night at Woodbine in the $125,000 South Ocean . . .
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Casse’s pair figure in sprint
Updated - 11/14/2009
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Leading trainer Mark Casse will send out two runners in Thursday's Woodbine headliner, Awakened and Munsters Lane . . .
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Pool Play points towards the Autumn
Updated - 11/14/2009
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Pool Play, a late-blooming 4-year-old colt whom Casse conditions for owner Bill Farish Jr . . .
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Casse plans to race less this winter
Updated - 11/12/2009
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Active Duty and Gallant both were in California last winter as member's of Casse's first off-season contingent in that state, while his son and assistant, Norman Casse, oversaw a string in New Orleans for the second year . . .
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Casse aims high with Active Duty
Updated - 11/9/2009
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Last year, trainer Mark Casse entered the maidens Active Duty and Gallant in the $250,000 Coronation Futurity . . .
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Legal Review the one to beat in the Frost King
Updated - 11/6/2009
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Legal Review loom as one of the prime contenders in the $125,000 Frost King Stakes, a seven-furlong sprint for Ontario-sired 2-year-olds on Wednesday at Woodbine . . .
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Casse doubles up in allowance
Updated - 10/30/2009
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Trainer Mark Casse will take two shots at Thursday's third race at Woodbine, when he runs Ruhtro and Canadian Wish in the 1 1/16-mile allowance for 2-year-olds . . .
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No ’Attitude’ adjustment needed heading into Fanfreluche
Updated - 10/27/2009
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Attitude Included, a bay daughter of retired champion Mobil, seeks her initial added-money victory in Sunday's $150,000 Fanfreluche Stakes, at Woodbine . . .
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Legal Review scores in Bull Page
Updated - 10/19/2009
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Woodford Racing’s Legal Review, ridden by Patrick Husbands, held off a furious stretch charge by favoured Doctor Jack to win Monday’s co-feature at Woodbine, the $125,000 Bull Page Stakes . . .
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Pool Play pockets Durham Cup
Updated - 10/13/2009
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Will Farish Jr . . .
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Casse represented in stakes both sides of the border Sunday
Updated - 10/4/2009
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Trainer Mark Casse could be represented on two stakes fronts this Saturday, with Gallant entered in the Grade 2, $150,000 Ohio Derby at Thistledown and Attitude Included set to run in the $125,000 Victorian Queen at Woodbine . . .
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Sound of Thunder headlines allowance
Updated - 10/1/2009
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Minor stakes winner Sound of Thunder fits nicely in Thursday's third race at Woodbine, a first-level allowance for 2-year-old fillies, and she should contend in the mile and 70-yard route . . .
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Marchfield ready for the Northern Dancer
Updated - 9/22/2009
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Trainer Mark Casse is confident that Melnyk Racing Stables’ Marchfield is primed for a solid effort in the Grade 1, $750,000 Northern Dancer Stakes, at one and one-half miles on the grass on Sunday, part of the stellar undercard on Woodbine Mile Day . . .
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Sound of Thunder rolls to victory in the Muskoka
Updated - 9/19/2009
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Woodford Racing’s Sound of Thunder, ridden by Tyler Pizarro, made her career bow a memorable one, taking the seven-furlong Muskoka Stakes for two-year-old fillies, one of six Canadian Yearling Sales Stakes on Monday’s Labour Day card at Woodbine . . .
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Marchfield holds of Champs Elysees in Sky Classic
Updated - 9/19/2009
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Melnyk Racing Stable's homebred MARCHFIELD returned to the winner's circle on Sunday with a hard-fought, half-length decision over Champs Elysees (GB) in the $256,100 Sky Classic S . . .
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Canadian champion Marchfield
Updated - 9/19/2009
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Frank Angst, Thoroughbred Times
Several top United States-based turf horses will ship north to Woodbine, where reigning Canadian champion older horse Marchfield awaits in Sunday’s $750,000 Northern Dancer Stakes Presented by VTech (G1) . . .
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Great day alla round for Casse
Updated - 9/8/2009
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Marchfield was one of three winners on the day for Casse, who earlier had sent out Flim Flam to win second time out in an Ontario-sired maiden race at six furlongs and scored with Jelly Roll in a first-level allowance over 1 1/8 miles of turf in the race following the Sky Classic . . .
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Marchfield out duels Champ Elysees
Updated - 8/25/2009
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Marchfield prevailed in his own little battle with Champs Elysees, and he won the war as well in the Grade 2, $277,075 Sky Classic Stakes at Woodbine on Sunday . . .
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Marchfield headlines three Casse runners in the Sky Classic
Updated - 8/24/2009
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The $250,000 Sky Classic Stakes GR II runs Aug . . .
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Tasty Temptation targets Alabama
Updated - 8/17/2009
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Mark Casse enjoyed a successful weekend in turf stakes here as Tasty Temptation prevailed in the $251,600 Wonder Where, and Marchfield ran a close second to Rahy's Attorney in the Grade III Nijinsky . . .
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Casse runners aim for Canadian Derby
Updated - 8/17/2009
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A strong field is shaping up for the Grade 3, $300,000 Canadian Derby at Northlands Park next Saturday . . .
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Breeders Preparations down to the wire
Updated - 8/9/2009
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Eye of the Leopard, winner as the favorite in the Queen's Plate, and Gallant, upsetter in the Prince of Wales, head a list of 11 candidates for Sunday's $500,000 Breeders' Stakes . . .
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Tasty Temptation takes Wonder Where
Updated - 7/28/2009
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Rallying from next to last, Tasty Temptation finally broke through on Saturday with a half-length victory in the $251,600 Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine . . .
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Tasty Temptation relaxes and wins
Updated - 7/27/2009
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Tasty Temptation ($6 . . .
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Tasty Temptation staying put for Wonder Where
Updated - 7/26/2009
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Tasty Temptation, who had been under consideration for Saturday's Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont, instead will start here in the Wonder Where . . .
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Casse credits Fraser for Prince of Wales win
Updated - 7/13/2009
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Bill Tallon, DRF
Trainer Mark Casse wasn't really tempted to try the Queen's Plate with Gallant after the colt won a 1 1/8-mile maiden race here July 12 . . .
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Rested longshot’s trainer hoping for upset
Updated - 7/12/2009
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Ray Spiteri, SUN Media
When your horse is a 12-1 long shot, you know a lot of things have to go your way to pull off the upset . . .
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Marchfield just misses track record
Updated - 7/11/2009
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Marchfield mowed down the front-running Approval Rating in deep stretch to take the Grade 3, $221,900 Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine on Wednesday . . .
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Several turf options on tap for Marchfield
Updated - 7/4/2009
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Marchfield, Canada's champion older male in 2008, served notice that he's back in a big way with his emphatic 1 3/4-length score in Wednesday's Grade 3 Dominion Day . . .
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Champion Marchfield rallies to win Dominion Day
Updated - 7/4/2009
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by Mike Curry
Thoroughbred Times
Champion Marchfield passed seven opponents in the final quarter-mile and surged clear to win the Dominion Day Handicap (Can-G3) on Wednesday at Woodbine . . .
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Midst captures My Dear
Updated - 7/1/2009
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Midst led from gate to wire in Sunday's $157,900 My Dear Stakes at Woodbine . . .
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Casse sends out Retraceable for Bison City
Updated - 6/29/2009
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Ron Gierkink, NTRA
Trainer Mark Casse will rely on his talented bench at Woodbine Sunday when he sends out Retraceable in the $250,000 Bison City Stakes, the second leg of the Canadian triple tiara, a lucrative series for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies . . .
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Casse plans the next move for Plate runners
Updated - 6/27/2009
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Tasty Temptation, returning two weeks after finishing second in the 1 1/8-mile Woodbine Oaks acquitted heself well in the Queen's Plate . . .
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Tasty Temptation among the Plate favourites
Updated - 6/23/2009
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Milwaukee Appeal, an impressive winner of the 1 1/8-mile Woodbine Oaks on June 7, has been made the 3-1 morning-line favorite for Sunday's $1 million Queen's Plate at Woodbine . . .
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It’s boys vs. girls, old vs. new at Queen’s Plate
Updated - 6/21/2009
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Jennifer Morrison
SPECIAL TO THE STAR
There's no shortage of storylines in today's 150th running of the Queen's Plate . . .
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Pair of fillies among top choices for Queen’s Plate
Updated - 6/19/2009
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By Malcolm Kelly, CBC Sports
When Eye of the Leopard breaks from the seven stall as the 7-2 morning line second favourite for Sunday’s 150th running of the Queen’s Plate in Toronto, he’ll be able to keep both eyes on his main challengers . . .
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Queen’s Plate is Casse’s top priority
Updated - 6/18/2009
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Change has been a constant in the career of Mark Casse, who has emerged as Canada's top trainer with Sovereign Awards in the past three seasons . . .
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Midst can buck trend
Updated - 6/17/2009
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The $150,000 Victoria Stakes, a five-furlong dash for 2-year-olds, hasn't been won by a filly since Honky Tonk Tune in 1994, but Midst could end that streak Sunday at Woodbine . . .
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Marchfield Favored in Eclipse at Woodbine
Updated - 6/10/2009
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Marchfield and Artie Hot, both graded stakes winners a year ago, will look to add another black-type victory to their ledgers when they do battle in the $150,000 Eclipse Stakes (Can-III) June 6 on the Woodbine Polytrack . . .
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Oaks starts quest for tiara
Updated - 6/10/2009
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Tasty Temptation's close proximity to Grade 1 winner Hooh Why in the La Lorgnette Stakes here May 17 points her out as the one to beat in the 54th running of the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks on Sunday . . .
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Active Duty Ready for next step
Updated - 6/2/2009
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Active Duty worked five furlongs in 1:00 . . .
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Tasty Temptation has Oaks in sight
Updated - 5/23/2009
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Tasty Temptation rallied under rider Patrick Husbands to finish a half-length behind Hooh Why as the runner-up in the La Lorgnette and stamped herself as the probable favorite for the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks on June 7 . . .
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Casse aims Tasty Temptation at Oaks
Updated - 5/19/2009
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Trainer Mark Casse sent out back-to-back winners of the 1 1/8 mile Woodbine Oaks, with Kimchi prevailing in the 2006 running and Sealy Hill in 2007 . . .
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Another Year Another Sovereign Win
Updated - 5/17/2009
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The 34th annual Sovereign Awards, for outstanding achievement in Canadian horse racing and breeding, were held December 12 at the Four Season's in Toronto . . .
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Slow start for Retraceable
Updated - 5/17/2009
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Bill Tallon, DRF
Retraceable was one of the top Canadian-bred 2-year-old fillies on the grounds last year, winning the 1 1/16-mile Princess Elizabeth and finishing second in the 1 1/16-mile Ontario Lassie for trainer and part-owner Casse . . .
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Active Duty debuts in the Queenston
Updated - 5/5/2009
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Woodford Racing's Active Duty will make his first local start of 2009 in Saturday's $150,000 Queenston Stakes at Woodbine . . .
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Woodford’s package appeals to newcomers
Updated - 5/5/2009
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DRF
Bill Farish, general manager of his family's Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Ky . . .
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Shafted heads strong group in the Wando
Updated - 5/1/2009
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Bill Tallon, DRF
Bear's Rocket and Shafted, both of whom ran well when facing some Kentucky Derby-bound opponents in the United States this winter, will cross swords here in Saturday's 1 1/16-mile Wando . . .
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Keeneland opens with Transylvania for Skipadate
Updated - 4/22/2009
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The Bloodhorse
Some of the 3-year-olds entered in the $150,000 Central Bank Transylvania (gr . . .
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Lewis shapes up as key test for Shafted
Updated - 2/10/2009
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Wherever he goes, Shafted wastes no time making a favorable first impression . . .
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Congor Bay surges to victory in San Pedro
Updated - 2/5/2009
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By Tim Nichols, TDN
Congor Bay showed grit by splitting horses in the stretch to win the $78,750 San Pedro Stakes for three-year-olds on Monday at Santa Anita Park . . .
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Kentucky Derby Trail: Let the Lists Begin
Updated - 1/20/2009
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With the first Derby Dozen list scheduled for early February, this is a good time to make up a Top 10 list of horses who haven’t accomplished enough just yet to make the official list, but who have a good chance of making it in the near future . . .
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Marchfield in the San Pasqual
Updated - 1/10/2009
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The $150,000 San Pasqual Handicap will be run Saturday at at Santa Anita . . .
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Deecity comes off troubled-trip victory
Updated - 1/6/2009
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DRF
By Abram Himelstein
Both divisions of the Louisiana Futurity shape up as contests among a few legitimate contenders, with the others likely to get the smaller slices of a very rich pie . . .
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Woodbourne targets another step forward
Updated - 12/29/2008
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DRF
By Abram Himelstein
Woodbourne took a big step forward in his last race, a Nov . . .
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Casse take titles (again) as 2008 Woodbine meet concludes
Updated - 12/14/2008
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For the second consecutive season, the dynamic duo of jockey Patrick Husbands and trainer Mark Casse ruled the roost in their respective colonies at Woodbine . . .
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Casse Starts fast at Fairgrounds
Updated - 11/25/2008
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Casse will have divisions in both Louisiana and California during the offseason and had his first starters and first winner of the Fair Grounds meeting Sunday . . .
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Active Duty breaks his maiden in style
Updated - 11/22/2008
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Active Duty broke his maiden in style on Sunday, capturing the $250,000 Coronation Futurity at Woodbine . . .
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Active Duty secures first win in Coronation Futurity
Updated - 11/18/2008
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by Tim Nichols, TDN
Active Duty overtook stablemate Gallant in early stretch and powered to a 2¼-length victory in the $204,352 Coronation Futurity on Sunday at Woodbine . . .
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Casse not finished in juvenile stakes
Updated - 11/18/2008
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Retraceable, winner of the $250,000 Princess Elizabeth at 1 1/16 miles in her last start here, should be Casse's next stakes starter here in the Nov . . .
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Congor Bay to ship in for Hollywood Prevue
Updated - 11/16/2008
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Congor Bay, unbeaten in two starts at Woodbine, will be flown here for the $100,000-added Hollywood Prevue Stakes for 2-year-olds Nov . . .
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Chilly Ride Helps Marchfield Win Autumn
Updated - 11/13/2008
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By Jack Shinar, BloodHorse
On a 43-degree day at Woodbine, jockey Patrick Husbands sat chilly on Marchfield until the last possible moment, rallying for a half-length victory in the $139,125 Autumn Stakes (Can-II) on the Toronto oval's Polytrack Nov . . .
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Husbands scores aboard Marchfield
Updated - 11/11/2008
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Jockey Patrick Husbands swept both Woodbine stakes on Sunday, winning the Grade 2 Autumn on Marchfield and the $150,000 Jammed Lovely aboard Ginger Brew . . .
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Retraceable wins Princess Elizabeth
Updated - 11/9/2008
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Retraceable, a bay daughter of Medaglia d’Oro, easily took Saturday’s $250,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes . . .
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Retraceable stands out in Princess Elizabeth
Updated - 11/2/2008
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Retraceable should be a serious player in her second trip around two turns . . .
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Sealy Hill impresses in likely her last start
Updated - 10/31/2008
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Woodbine's invading forces could not pull off a Breeders' Cup win at Santa Anita last weekend . . .
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Congor Bay remains unbeaten
Updated - 10/31/2008
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Trainer Mark Casse won three consecutive races on Sunday's card, most notably a 6 1/2-furlong allowance with the promising 2-year-old Congor Bay . . .
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Casse plans California stable
Updated - 10/28/2008
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Mark Casse, the leading trainer at the current Woodbine meet, will have a stable at Santa Anita this winter, he said Friday . . .
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Sealy Hill quotes
Updated - 10/25/2008
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Sealy Hill quotes after her second-place finish in the Filly & Mare Turf event
Jockey Patrick Husbands
“I wanted to keep her covered up until the very last minute . . .
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Fillies reign on opening day
Updated - 10/24/2008
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Thoroughbred racing's biggest event is in its 25th edition and it surely isn't your father's Breeders' Cup any more . . .
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Seally Hill enjoying the California sun
Updated - 10/21/2008
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Eugene Melnyk, owner of the Ontario Hockey League’s Mississauga St . . .
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Skipadate - BC update
Updated - 10/21/2008
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SKIAPADATE (Skip Away) will wear blinkers for the first time when he makes his fourth career start in Saturday's Juvenile Turf . . .
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Sealy Hill and Skipadate headed to Breeders’ Cup
Updated - 10/14/2008
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Saturday's Breeders' Cup Win and You're In Day at Woodbine featured some surprisingly strong performances by local horses . . .
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Jessamine Final Chance For Free BC Berth
Updated - 10/7/2008
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A full field of 14 juvenile fillies were entered for the $150,000
Casse primed to have a pivotal weekend
Updated - 10/5/2008
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Heading into the weekend, trainer Mark Casse does not have a definitive Breeders' Cup candidate in his barn here at Woodbine . . .
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Casse has double threat in the Mazarine
Updated - 10/5/2008
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Trainer Mark Casse, who won last year's Mazarine with Officer Cherrie, sends out a double threat Sunday in Retraceable and Bedtime Story . . .
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Casse has double threat in the Mazarine
Updated - 10/5/2008
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Trainer Mark Casse, who won last year's Mazarine with Officer Cherrie, sends out a double threat Sunday in Retraceable and Bedtime Story . . .
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Casse wins with these at 47 percent clip
Updated - 10/3/2008
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There will be some spectacular racing at Woodbine this week, with the Canadian International card on Saturday and the Grey Breeders' Cup Stakes on Sunday, but Thursday's card is definitely a bump in the road . . .
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Sealy Hill Nears Farewell in E.P. Taylor
Updated - 10/3/2008
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Sealy Hill, Canada's reigning Horse of the Year, makes her final start over her home track at Woodbine as part of a strong field in the $1 million E . . .
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Summer Stakes on Woodbine Card
Updated - 10/3/2008
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On Pattison Canadian International Day, Saturday Oct . . .
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Cast reflects race name in $2M International
Updated - 10/3/2008
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World traveler Doctor Dino will make a stop at Woodbine on Saturday in the $2 million Canadian International, and he should be favored in the 1 1/2-mile event . . .
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Firmer is better for Seaside Retreat
Updated - 10/1/2008
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Seaside Retreat, a Kentucky-bred gelding who is in the best form of his career at age 5, is heading into the Canadian International off a close third-place finish behind fellow Canadian International contestants Champs Elysees and Quijano in the Grade 1 Northern Dancer here Sept . . .
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Seally Hill looking to return to winning ways
Updated - 10/1/2008
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Sealy Hill, an Ontario-bred 4-year-old who races for her owner and breeder, Eugene Melnyk, was at the top of her game for the E . . .
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Skipadate has Spa seasoning
Updated - 10/1/2008
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Skipadate, a Florida-bred colt who is owned by Casse in partnership with Peter Rosbeck's Hidden Point Farm, started training here but was shipped this summer to Saratoga and the trainer's son and assistant Norman Casse . . .
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Lickety Lemon finds winning note in Flaming Page
Updated - 9/27/2008
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Charles Laloggia's Lickety Lemon captured Sunday's 1 1/2-mile Flaming Page Stakes at Woodbine . . .
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Lickety Lemon in breakthrough win
Updated - 9/23/2008
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Lickety Lemon, a Kentucky-bred 3-year-old owned by Charles Laloggia and trained by Mark Casse, was making her 11th career start and recording her first stakes win in the Flaming Page . . .
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Seaside Retreat and Seally Hill set for the big day
Updated - 9/21/2008
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The afternoon of Saturday, Oct . . .
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Seaside Retreat and Seally Hill use strong finishes in this weekend’s races to prep for GR.I’s Canadian International and E.P. Taylor
Updated - 9/12/2008
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The Grade 1 Northern Dancer had been shaping up as the most competitive race on Sunday's Woodbine Mile card, and it did not disappoint . . .
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Sealy Hill brings quirks to Canadian
Updated - 9/8/2008
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The quirky Sealy Hill, Canada's reigning Horse of the Year, is one of several serious contenders in an outstanding field of fillies and mares in Sunday's $300,000 Canadian Stakes, a supporting feature on Woodbine Mile Day . . .
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Legal Move carries weight to Kenora win
Updated - 9/7/2008
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Despite spotting significant weight to all of his rivals, Legal Move ($3 . . .
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Legal Move headlines Yearling Sales Stakes Program
Updated - 9/2/2008
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Legal Move is one of the most accomplished participants on Monday’s yearling sales stakes program . . .
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Casse sends two in Muskoka
Updated - 9/2/2008
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Trainer Mark Casse will take two shots in the Muskoka when he runs Retraceable and Deeveetee in the seven-furlong sprint for 2-year-old fillies . . .
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Pair of Dangerous first time starters
Updated - 8/28/2008
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Trainer Mark Casse entered a pair of well-bred first-time starters, Weekend Prospect and Bedtime Story, in Sunday's $100,000 Ice Water Stakes at Woodbine . . .
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Royal Oath to rest for remainder of the season, Morada King to enter Play the King
Updated - 8/24/2008
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Royal Oath, who had been expected to use Saturday's Play the King as a stepping-stone to the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile, will not see action again this season . . .
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Sealy Hill on familiar path
Updated - 8/24/2008
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The Sept . . .
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Royal Oath using Play the King as Woodbine Mile prep
Updated - 8/19/2008
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Royal Oath, who was sent here this spring with a long-term eye toward the Woodbine Mile, is scheduled to use the Play the King as his stepping-stone . . .
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Mark Casse notches 1,000th career win
Updated - 8/15/2008
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Trainer Mark Casse celebrated his 1,000th victory after Saturday's first race at Woodbine . . .
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Seaside Retreat captures Nijinsky Stakes
Updated - 8/8/2008
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Seaside Retreat carved out a new course record in Monday's Grade 2, $300,000 Nijinksy Stakes at Woodbine . . .
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Seaside Retreat beat the odds
Updated - 8/7/2008
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Seaside Retreat has always had talent, but that came with an attitude that may have kept him from realizing his full potential . . .
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Seaside Retreat comes back strong
Updated - 8/4/2008
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Seaside Retreat will have the homefield advantage over American shippers Strike a Deal and Independent George in Monday's Grade 2, $300,000 Nijinsky Stakes at 1 1/4 miles over Woodbine's lush turf course . . .
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Palmers hopes to hit a Grand Slam in Breeders’
Updated - 8/3/2008
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Can Palmers give Team Melnyk back-to-back Breeders’ scores?
Palmers, a chestnut son of Grand Slam, can give owner Eugene Melnyk, trainer Mark Casse and jockey Patrick Husbands their second straight win in the Breeders’ Stakes, this Sunday at Woodbine . . .
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Marchfield points to With Approval
Updated - 8/3/2008
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Marchfield, who was off for more than eight months after the Breeders', won a second-level allowance over 1 1/16 miles at Churchill Downs in his second start back but then disappointed badly as the choice here in the 1 1/2-mile Singspiel . . .
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Sealy Hill rebounds in allowance
Updated - 7/30/2008
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Trainer Mark Casse was able to breathe a sigh of relief Sunday after Sealy Hill, who had been winless in her first three starts this season, rallied to score by 1 1/2 lengths in an open allowance race for fillies and mares over one mile on the turf course . . .
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Seally Hill comes back to the grass Sunday
Updated - 7/27/2008
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The connections of the majority of the entrants in an allowance race here Sunday were unpleasantly surprised when Sealy Hill, Canada's Horse of the Year in 2007, made an unexpected appearance . . .
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Palmers headed to Breeders’ Stakes
Updated - 7/25/2008
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Casse plans to start Palmers in next Sunday's $500,000 Breeders' Stakes, a 1 1/2-mile turf race that is the final leg of the Triple Crown for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds . . .
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Legal Move sets another track record
Updated - 7/5/2008
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Legal Move also turned in an impressive performance on Wednesday's program, running down a loose-on-the-lead Main Executive to score by a neck and establish a six-furlong track record of 1:08 . . .
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Seaside Retreat targets Nijinsky
Updated - 7/3/2008
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Casse also was pleased with the performance of Seaside Retreat, who was beaten just a length as the third-place finisher in the King Edward . . .
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Royal Oath improves in King Edward
Updated - 7/1/2008
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Royal Oath had kept good company in England and Dubai, but disappointed as the favorite when making his local debut in the Connaught Cup at 1 1/16 miles on turf May 25 . . .
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Casse pair hit West Coast
Updated - 6/28/2008
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Sealy Hill, Canada's Horse of the Year in 2007 for trainer Mark Casse, has been at Hollywood Park since Monday preparing for the July 5 Vanity Handicap . . .
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Moonshine Hall headlines Wednesday night’s turf feature
Updated - 6/26/2008
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Wednesday's fourth race at Woodbine, an $80,000 optional claimer scheduled for 1 1/8 miles on the grass, features a talented group of older horses, including Moonshine Hall . . .
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Casse takes two shots at coveted but elusive prize
Updated - 6/20/2008
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Mark Casse has taken home back-to-back Sovereign Awards as Canada's outstanding trainer while sending out a slew of stakes winners and a 2007 Horse of the Year in Sealy Hill . . .
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Marchfield on an upswing
Updated - 6/20/2008
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Marchfield went on to win last year's Breeders', the 1 1/2-mile turf race which is the final leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, and will make his first local start of the season at that distance in Sunday's Grade 3, $150,000 Singspiel . . .
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Sealy Hill to Vanity at Hollywood Park?
Updated - 6/12/2008
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Sealy Hill breezed five furlongs in 1:02 . . .
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Marchfield readies for Singspiel
Updated - 6/12/2008
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Casse also sent out Marchfield to breeze five furlongs in 1:02 under Husbands here Thursday in preparation for the $150,000 Singspiel, one of the supporting features on Queen's Plate Day . . .
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Miner’s Claim on the mend
Updated - 6/12/2008
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Casse also had good news regarding Miner's Claim, who was scratched from the May 17 Marine after falling seriously ill with colic . . .
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Casse has five against Passion
Updated - 6/7/2008
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Last year, trainer Mark Casse sent out Silky Smooth and Quiet Action to run 1-2 in the Alywow Stakes . . .
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Casse confirms two ready for Plate
Updated - 6/4/2008
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Mark Casse is planning to send out both Palmers and Took the Time for the 1 1/4-mile Queen's Plate . . .
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Champion Sealy Hill makes 2008 Woodbine debut in Nassau Stakes
Updated - 6/1/2008
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Sealy Hill, Canada's reigning Horse of the Year, makes her first Woodbine start of the campaign in Saturday's Grade 2, $300,000 Nassau Stakes . . .
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Gloriously eyes Belmont’s Acorn
Updated - 5/29/2008
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Trainer Mark Casse, who won the last two editions of the Woodbine Oaks with Sealy Hill and Kimchi, does not plan to be represented in this year's running . . .
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Sealy Hill drills for Nassau
Updated - 5/28/2008
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Sealy Hill, Canada's reigning Horse of the Year and champion turf female, worked five furlongs in 1:02 on the main track here Friday in her final major Nassau prep . . .
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’Storm’ thunders to victory in first turf race of the season
Updated - 5/25/2008
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Storm On the Track opened the Woodbine turf season with a sensational score over the E . . .
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Charity Quest fits familiar Casse pattern
Updated - 5/14/2008
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Like anybody else, trainer Mark Casse loves when a plan comes together . . .
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Casse colt stakes ’Claim’ to Marine
Updated - 5/14/2008
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Miner's Claim will attempt to rediscover his winning form and maintain his perfect Woodbine record in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Marine Stakes . . .
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Lickety Lemon points for Selene
Updated - 5/7/2008
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Lickety Lemon breezed five furlongs in 59 . . .
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Legal Move in the groove in Jacques Cartier
Updated - 4/28/2008
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Legal Move, under Simon Husbands, bested some of Canada's top sprinters in Saturday's $150,000 Jacques Cartier Stakes . . .
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Bonanza rustles up win in Wando Stakes
Updated - 4/26/2008
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Bonanza, a dark bay son of Jump Start, rallied late to take the inaugural running of the Wando Stakes, Friday at Woodbine . . .
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Casse seeks ’Glorious’ result in Fury
Updated - 4/25/2008
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Undefeated Gloriously will make her stakes debut in Sunday's $150,000 Fury Stakes at Woodbine . . .
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Moonshine Hall wins at Keeneland
Updated - 4/16/2008
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Trainer Mark Casse and jockey Patrick Husbands teamed up to win a turf allowance at Keeneland on Thursday with Moonshine Hall, a Kentucky-bred 8-year-old gelding . . .
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Gloriously targets Woodbine Oaks
Updated - 4/16/2008
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Gloriously, an Ontario-bred 3-year-old filly who is with Casse at Keeneland, is a prospect for the June 8 Woodbine Oaks . . .
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Casse and Husbands invade Keeneland
Updated - 4/14/2008
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Bill Talon
Daily Racing Form
The Mark Casse/Patrick Husbands trainer-rider juggernaut didn't take long to resume rolling here this spring as they teamed for wins with Battle Zone and Legal Move on Sunday's second card of the meeting . . .
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Queens Plate winterbook: Grazettes Landing and Palmers
Updated - 3/24/2008
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Toronto, March 13 - Woodbine handicapper Jennifer Morrison today installed Cool Gator as the early favorite for the 2008 Queen's Plate . . .
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Miner’s Claim just beat in Rushaway
Updated - 3/23/2008
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by Mike Curry
WEBN Stakes winner Big Glen outfinished Miner’s Claim in a thrilling stretch duel to win the $100,000 Rushaway Stakes on Saturday at Turfway Park . . .
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Turf War takes critcal test in Lane’s End
Updated - 3/20/2008
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by Jeff Lowe
With more than $400,000 in graded stakes earnings, Turf War would be a cinch to make the lineup for the Kentucky Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), but he will have to bounce back sharply in Saturday’s Lane’s End Stakes (G2) to convince his connections to press on toward the classic . . .
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Miner’s Claim ready to go in Rushaway
Updated - 3/20/2008
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by Marty McGee
Dailt Racing Form
A last-place finish by favored Briarwood Circle wasn't the only disappointment that trainer Mark Casse received three weeks ago regarding the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at Turfway Park . . .
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Briarwood Circle in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes
Updated - 3/1/2008
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By MARTY McGEE
DAILY RACING FORM
The Southern California route on the Kentucky Derby trail travels over all synthetic surfaces for the first time this year . . .
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