Win for the Money earns trainer Mark Casse a third Woodbine Mile win
Win for the Money and jockey Patrick Husbands combined to earn trainer Mark Casse his third $1-million Rogers Woodbine Mile crown Saturday. Husbands had the American-based five-year-old ride the rail to the upset win, Win for the Money’s first graded stakes victory, in 1:32.11. Husbands, who was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of […]
Casse on Kelce’s Horse Ownership: ‘Great for Racing’
It’s a good bet that fans of pop megastar Taylor Swift and her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, will be cheering for Swift Delivery Aug. 31 in the $125,000 Toronto Cup Stakes at Woodbine. On Aug. 27, Barry Irwin, founder and CEO of Team Valor International, who owns the gelding in partnership with Gary Barber, shared a […]
2023 Sovereign Awards: Fev Rover named Canadian Horse of the Year
Grade 1 winner Fev Rover was crowned 2023 Canadian Horse of the Year, and her conditioner, Mark Casse, won for outstanding trainer for the 16th time during the 49th annual Sovereign Awards ceremony Thursday at the Paramount Eventspace in the Toronto suburb of Woodbridge. Owned by Tracy Farmer, Fev Rover had a brilliant 2023 campaign, […]
Fev Rover makes pitch for horse of year with E.P. Taylor Stakes victory
Fev Rover put herself in a good position to be named Canada’s horse of the year on Sunday. The five-year-old mare was all class in the $750,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine. This win — coupled with a win in the Nassau Stakes earlier this year and a win in the Beverly D. Stakes at […]
Veteran trainer Mark Casse sending three horses to Woodbine Mile
TORONTO — Trainer Mark Casse will be well represented in the $1-million Ricoh Woodbine Mile on Saturday. Casse, 15 times Canada’s top thoroughbred conditioner, will have three entries in the six-horse field at Woodbine Racetrack. A win Saturday would be Casse’s third and tie him with Neil Drysdale, Robert Frankel and Charles LoPresti for most […]
We’re Not Going to Have to Worry About Tradition. We’re Going to Be History.’ Q and A With Mark Casse
By Sue Finley Mark Casse may have made more starts over dirt and synthetic surfaces combined than any other trainer in history-over 5,000 starts on synthetic and 5,000 on dirt in the past 15 years alone. He estimates that he has sent horses out to gallop, breeze, or race over a synthetic surface 150,000 times […]
Paramount Prince captures 164th running of King’s Plate in Toronto
Patrick Husbands isn’t one to mess with a winning formula. So, after guiding Paramount Prince to a convincing five-length, wire-to-wire win in last month’s Plate Trial, the veteran jockey took the horse to the lead from the start of the $1-million King’s Plate on Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. And once again the strategy […]
Elysian Field comes on late to capture $500,000 Woodbine Oaks
TORONTO — Trainer Mark Casse could have a formidable 1-2 punch in next month’s $1-million King’s Plate. Casse-trained horses won both the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks and $150,000 Plate Trial on Sunday. That puts the veteran conditioner in the enviable position of potentially having the top two favourites for the first jewel of the Canadian Triple […]
Barn Tour: Mark Casse gears up for Saratoga
Mark Casse is having a pretty typical Mark Casse kind of year. He’s at the top of the Woodbine trainer standings, with about twice as many wins and twice as much earnings as the next guys. He has had eight graded-stakes wins this year with seven horses. And on Monday, he was at a rainy […]
Souper Hoity Toity Outlasts Moira in Belle Mahone
By Jim Mulvihill Souper Hoity Toity held off 2022 Canadian Horse of the Year Moira to win the June 3 Belle Mahone Stakes (G3) by a neck. The win in the CA$157,800 race completed a Woodbine afternoon stakes sweep for the legendary connections of owner Live Oak Plantation, trainer Mark Casse, and jockey Patrick Husbands, coming one race after Our […]