Slipping up the within of front-running stablemate Filo Di Arianna, Win for the Cash rallied to attain a 13-1 upset underneath jockey Patrick Husbands within the Grade 1 $1 million Rogers Woodbine Mile Stakes Sept. 14 at Woodbine.
Early chief Filo Di Arianna held on second, giving Corridor of Fame coach Mark Casse a 1-2 end. Massive Rock completed third. Favored Naval Energy ran fourth.
The Woodbine Mile is part of the Breeders’ Cup Problem Collection, and together with his victory, Win for the Cash earned a “win and also you’re in” computerized berth into the $2 million FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile offered by PDJF Nov. 2 at Del Mar.
The 4-year-old gelding was final seen ending second at Ellis Park within the Kentucky Downs Preview Mint Tens of millions Turf Mile, however quite than ship him to Kentucky Downs to chase the Mint Tens of millions’ seven-figure purse, coach Mark Casse despatched Win for the Cash north of the Canadian border.
The horse dealt with the remaining.
Relaxed out of the gate, Win for the Cash and jockey Patrick Husbands took station on the rail, proper behind odds-on favourite Naval Energy and jockey William Buick. They raced that manner till the highest of the stretch when a gap opened on the within large enough that both or each might have gone via. Whereas Naval Energy stalled out, Win for the Cash took the chance, shot via the opening, and ran on to win by 1 1/2 lengths. Win for the Cash completed the 1 mile on agency getting into 1:32.11.
“I had an ideal journey,” Husbands mentioned.
Casse assistant Kathryn Sullivan mentioned the upset was not a complete shock to Win for the Cash’s connections and she or he thought the gelding had a reputable probability within the race.
“Sure, I did assume he would possibly shock some individuals,” Sullivan mentioned. “He is actually been coaching effectively. He’d been doing rather well so we had been fairly assured.”
Sullivan didn’t dismiss the likelihood that Win for the Cash, recent from his first-ever graded stakes win, would possibly advance to the Breeders’ Cup Mile.
“(Dwell Oak Plantation proprietor Charlotte Weber) and Mark (Casse) will focus on it and determine the perfect place for him. It is a chance, I’d assume.”
The frustration within the Woodbine Mile was Godolphin’s Naval Energy in fourth place. Naval Energy’s connections, Godolphin, coach Charlie Appleby, and jockey William Buick, all mixed to win the Woodbine Mile in 2022 with Trendy Video games and once more in 2003 with Grasp of the Seas. Each of these horses went on to win the Breeders’ Cup Mile.
Two British-raced colts, New Century and Al Qudra, rallied to complete 1-2 within the Grade 1 $503,000 bet365 Summer time Stakes on Sept. 14 at Woodbine.
New Century, educated by Andrew Balding and ridden by Oisin Murphy, closed from eighth to win by 1 1/4 lengths. He ran a mile on agency turf in 1:32.80, returning $8.10 to win because the second favourite behind Al Qudra.
The duo of Godolphin’s Al Qudra and Qatar Racing’s New Century had completed first and second within the July 27 Pat Eddery Stakes at Ascot and once more accomplished the exacta within the Summer time Stakes, this time with the order of end reversed. New Century, unable to catch Al Qudra at Ascot, outkicked him within the Woodbine stretch on Saturday.
Mark Casse-trained Dream On, ridden by Sahin Civaci, completed third after drifting out within the lane and making contact with the William Buick-ridden Al Qudra, probably costing Qudra a greater end. The highest two additionally appeared to make earlier contact.
“It was an excellent efficiency,” Murphy mentioned of New Century. “I am delighted for his stallion, Kameko, his first group 1 winner.”
The Summer time Stakes was a Breeders’ Cup Problem Collection qualifying race, giving New Century a paid entry into the Nov. 1 Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.
Murphy praised the Qatar Racing crew and Balding for sending the colt to Woodbine for the Summer time Stakes.
“Clearly it made sense timing-wise for the Breeders’ Cup,” Murphy mentioned. “Now he is gonna should be sharper at Del Mar, however he has the category, and hopefully he can step up once more.” — Byron King
Corridor of Fame coach Mark Casse entered racing Sept. 14 at Woodbine as a seven-time winner of the Grade 1 $500,000 Johnnie Walker Natalma Stakes.
Now make it eight.
The aptly-named And One Extra Time outbattled stablemates Vixen and Nitrogen to win, giving Casse a 1-2-3 end. Casse began six of the 11 2-year-old fillies within the area for the one-mile grass race that was part of Breeders’ Cup Problem “win and also you’re in” Collection. And One Extra Time earned an computerized, paid berth within the Nov. 1 John Deere Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar.
Chasing pacesetting Nitrogen via fractions of :23.28, :46.57, and 1:10.79 over agency floor, And One Extra Time was joined down the stretch by Vixen, who surged to her outdoors. Vixen’s looming presence didn’t discourage And One Extra Time as she grittily held off that oncoming rival by a head as they overtook Nitrogen within the ultimate sixteenth of a mile. The winner was clocked in 1:33.99 for the gap underneath jockey Rafael Hernandez.
“She simply ran splendidly. Quite a lot of coronary heart,” mentioned Casse’s assistant coach, Kathryn Sullivan. “We knew from her race at Saratoga we had a particular filly, however I believe she actually proved it right now.”
Disappointing was favored Mountain Breeze, who by no means threatened and completed eighth.
Popping out of two shorter races on grime, first at Churchill Downs and later at Saratoga Race Course the place she broke her maiden in an off-the-turf maiden race within the mud going 5 1/2 furlongs, And One Extra Time slipped previous the betting public, paying $35.40 to win. — Byron King
Hightailing straight to the lead, Full Depend Felicia blew the doorways off the sphere to win the Sept. 14 Grade 1 $750,000 E. P. Taylor Stakes in a dominating gate-to-wire efficiency at Woodbine.
Full Depend Felicia raced unchallenged on the entrance finish underneath jockey Kazushi Kimura and was capable of open-up an 18-length lead at one level within the race. Nonetheless on prime by a dozen lengths turning for residence, the match race between former Canadian Horses of the Yr Moira and Fev Rover by no means materialized as Full Depend Felicia breezed to the wire a lot the perfect by 3 1/2 lengths.
Educated by Kevin Attard, the daughter of Battle Entrance raced the 1 1/4 miles in 1:59.29 over a agency turf course.
Moira, left with far an excessive amount of to do, closed to complete second over Fev Rover who was third.
The sphere was lowered to 5 with the scratch of Grade 1-winning Godolphin filly Cinderella’s Dream. — Molly Rollins
