BUSY WEEKEND FOR CASSE, HUSBANDS
CANADA WELL REPRESENTED IN TURFWAY STAKES
Highlighted by TWILIGHT METEOR’S participation in the $500,000 Lane’s End
Stakes, a Kentucky Derby prep, Canadian horses and horsepeople are in action on the LARGE
card of racing at Turfway on Saturday.
Sovereign Award winning trainer MARK CASSE and his main rider PATRICK
HUSBANDS are in 3 stakes races in succession.
Twilight Meteor, bred by David Willmot’s Kinghaven Farms, is the winterbook favourite
for the Queen’s Plate on June 24 but has some big tests ahead of him for now. The
smooth-striding chestnut colt has Edgar Prado on board and has an ideal post, 7, in the
large field.
Also in the Lane’s End, Casse and Husbands will pair up with APPROVAL RATING (Lemon Drop Kid - Classic Approval, With Approval), a Kentucky-bred, who was fourth in the Battaglia Stakes at Turfway recently.
The race favourite may be HARD SPUN, who has flashed talent but not strong Beyer
Figures in his brief career.
In Race 8, one of the early favourites for the Labatt Woodbine Oaks, SEALY HILL, is
coming off some blazing workouts at Ocala Breeders’ Sales and is going to be one of the
choices in the Bourbonette. The Canadian-bred by Point Given is owned by Eugene
Melnyk and trained by Casse. The filly was second in her only start this year in an
allowance race at Gulfstream.
The 9th race is the Rushaway Stakes featuring last year’s Grey Breeders’ Cup Stakes
winner SKIP CODE for Charles Laloggia and the Casse team. A finalist for champion 2-
year-old colt, Skip Code is coming off a last-place finish in a non-betting stakes race in Ocala.
Canadian-bred REATA’S ROCKET, who is improving for trainer Joe Orseno, is a
contender in the 1 1/16 mile race. The colt ran well in the Hutcheson Stakes and is prominent on the HOT CANADIAN-BRED on THOROUGHBLOG.
Here are the discussed fields with more handicapping analysis to come late Friday, early Saturday:
Turfway Park - March 24th, 2007 - Race 8
Bourbonette Breeders' Cup S. - Grade: 3
Estimated Local Post Time: 4:44 PM
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Sex: Fillies
Purse: $150,000
Distance: One Mile
Surface: All Weather Track
1 Bavarian Belle (KY) J.Leparoux
2 Our Dancing Babe (KY) Alonso Quinonez
3 Acadia Breeze (KY) S Bridgmohan
4 Panty Raid (KY) Edgar S. Prado
5 Sealy Hill (ON) Patrick Husbands
6 Indian War Dress (KY) Channing Hill
7 Floral Park (KY) K Desormeaux
8 Rivanna River (KY) Hector L. Rosario, Jr.
9 Tale of the Queen (KY) Willie Martinez
10 Silverinyourpocket (KY) Rafael Bejarano
11 Olivine (KY) John R. Velazquez
12 Aspiring (KY) Miguel Mena
AE Tessa Blue (MD) Edgar S. Prado
AE Not Two Quiet (KY) Mario G. Pino
Turfway Park - March 24th, 2007 - Race 9
Rushaway S. - Grade:
Estimated Local Post Time: 5:15 PM
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Purse: $100,000
Distance: One And One Sixteenth Miles
Surface: All Weather Track
1 Poe Reef (CA) Alonso Quinonez
2 Dubious Miss (KY) Dean P. Butler
3 Dominican (KY) Rafael Bejarano
4 Trust Your Luck (KY) Kent J. Desormeaux
5 Meritocracy (KY) Edgar S. Prado
6 Passport (KY) Julien R. Leparoux
7 Reata's Rocket (ON) Rajiv Maragh
8 Eighteenthofmarch (FL) Casey R. Chavez
9 Pink Viper (KY) Channing Hill
10 Skip Code (KY) Patrick Husbands
11 Head to Toe (OH) William D. Troilo
Turfway Park - March 24th, 2007 - Race 10
Lane's End S. - Grade: 2
Estimated Local Post Time: 5:45 PM
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Purse: $500,000
Distance:One And One Eighth Miles
Surface: All Weather Track
1 Highest Degree (KY) Alonso Quinonez
2 Starbase (FL) T J. Thompson
3 Sports Town (KY) Shaun Bridgmohan
4 Approval Rating (FL) Patrick Husbands
5 Bullara (FL) John R. Velazquez
6 Forefathers (KY) Julien R. Leparoux
7 Twilight Meteor (ON) Edgar S. Prado
8 Helios (VA) Channing Hill
9 Joe Got Even (KY) Miguel Mena
10 Hard Spun (PA) Mario G. Pino
11 For You Reppo (KY) Kent J. Desormeaux
12 Sedgefield (KY) Rafael Bejarano
RECENT WINNERS
HIGHLY APPEALING (Highland Ruckus – Hex Appeal, by Proud Appeal (Geralyn
Farm) won a starter allowance Tuesday night at Mountaineer Park. He was one of a pair
of Canadian-bred winners on the card, the other being VALCAS, by Perigee Moon, who
won a $5,000 claiming event for trainer Mike Newell.
GOLDEN ICE (Golden Missile – Miracle On Ice, Lit de Justice) bred by Don Amos and
Suzanne Simard doubled up in a starter allowance at Oaklawn yesterday having won his
maiden for $30,000 claiming last time out.
GIZMO MAN (Touch Gold – Addicted Broad Brush) won his maiden at Laurel Park
yesterday when dipped in for $40,000 claiming in his third career start.
SHILLELAGH SLEW CONTINUES TO PREP
Champion 3-year-old colt of 2006 SHILLELAGH SLEW breezed at easy 5 furlongs in
1:03 4/5 at Palm Meadows yesterday as he continues his training towards his 4-year-old
campaign. The Chief Seattle colt is owned by David James and trained my Mike
DePaulo.
Do any locals remember EDMONTON? (not the city, the colt bySilver Deputy – Flower Canyon, Gulch). Cam Allard’s 4-year-old colt raced once – November of 2005 – and won the 5 furlong race by 6 ½ lengths wrapped up with a 78 Beyer Figure. He was never seen again but yesterday, worked in :48 on Woodbine’s Polytrack. He should be fun to watch in the 5 furlong races at the outset of the season.
Highlighted by TWILIGHT METEOR’S participation in the $500,000 Lane’s End
Stakes, a Kentucky Derby prep, Canadian horses and horsepeople are in action on the LARGE
card of racing at Turfway on Saturday.
Sovereign Award winning trainer MARK CASSE and his main rider PATRICK
HUSBANDS are in 3 stakes races in succession.
Twilight Meteor, bred by David Willmot’s Kinghaven Farms, is the winterbook favourite
for the Queen’s Plate on June 24 but has some big tests ahead of him for now. The
smooth-striding chestnut colt has Edgar Prado on board and has an ideal post, 7, in the
large field.
Also in the Lane’s End, Casse and Husbands will pair up with APPROVAL RATING (Lemon Drop Kid - Classic Approval, With Approval), a Kentucky-bred, who was fourth in the Battaglia Stakes at Turfway recently.
The race favourite may be HARD SPUN, who has flashed talent but not strong Beyer
Figures in his brief career.
In Race 8, one of the early favourites for the Labatt Woodbine Oaks, SEALY HILL, is
coming off some blazing workouts at Ocala Breeders’ Sales and is going to be one of the
choices in the Bourbonette. The Canadian-bred by Point Given is owned by Eugene
Melnyk and trained by Casse. The filly was second in her only start this year in an
allowance race at Gulfstream.
The 9th race is the Rushaway Stakes featuring last year’s Grey Breeders’ Cup Stakes
winner SKIP CODE for Charles Laloggia and the Casse team. A finalist for champion 2-
year-old colt, Skip Code is coming off a last-place finish in a non-betting stakes race in Ocala.
Canadian-bred REATA’S ROCKET, who is improving for trainer Joe Orseno, is a
contender in the 1 1/16 mile race. The colt ran well in the Hutcheson Stakes and is prominent on the HOT CANADIAN-BRED on THOROUGHBLOG.
Here are the discussed fields with more handicapping analysis to come late Friday, early Saturday:
Turfway Park - March 24th, 2007 - Race 8
Bourbonette Breeders' Cup S. - Grade: 3
Estimated Local Post Time: 4:44 PM
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Sex: Fillies
Purse: $150,000
Distance: One Mile
Surface: All Weather Track
1 Bavarian Belle (KY) J.Leparoux
2 Our Dancing Babe (KY) Alonso Quinonez
3 Acadia Breeze (KY) S Bridgmohan
4 Panty Raid (KY) Edgar S. Prado
5 Sealy Hill (ON) Patrick Husbands
6 Indian War Dress (KY) Channing Hill
7 Floral Park (KY) K Desormeaux
8 Rivanna River (KY) Hector L. Rosario, Jr.
9 Tale of the Queen (KY) Willie Martinez
10 Silverinyourpocket (KY) Rafael Bejarano
11 Olivine (KY) John R. Velazquez
12 Aspiring (KY) Miguel Mena
AE Tessa Blue (MD) Edgar S. Prado
AE Not Two Quiet (KY) Mario G. Pino
Turfway Park - March 24th, 2007 - Race 9
Rushaway S. - Grade:
Estimated Local Post Time: 5:15 PM
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Purse: $100,000
Distance: One And One Sixteenth Miles
Surface: All Weather Track
1 Poe Reef (CA) Alonso Quinonez
2 Dubious Miss (KY) Dean P. Butler
3 Dominican (KY) Rafael Bejarano
4 Trust Your Luck (KY) Kent J. Desormeaux
5 Meritocracy (KY) Edgar S. Prado
6 Passport (KY) Julien R. Leparoux
7 Reata's Rocket (ON) Rajiv Maragh
8 Eighteenthofmarch (FL) Casey R. Chavez
9 Pink Viper (KY) Channing Hill
10 Skip Code (KY) Patrick Husbands
11 Head to Toe (OH) William D. Troilo
Turfway Park - March 24th, 2007 - Race 10
Lane's End S. - Grade: 2
Estimated Local Post Time: 5:45 PM
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Purse: $500,000
Distance:One And One Eighth Miles
Surface: All Weather Track
1 Highest Degree (KY) Alonso Quinonez
2 Starbase (FL) T J. Thompson
3 Sports Town (KY) Shaun Bridgmohan
4 Approval Rating (FL) Patrick Husbands
5 Bullara (FL) John R. Velazquez
6 Forefathers (KY) Julien R. Leparoux
7 Twilight Meteor (ON) Edgar S. Prado
8 Helios (VA) Channing Hill
9 Joe Got Even (KY) Miguel Mena
10 Hard Spun (PA) Mario G. Pino
11 For You Reppo (KY) Kent J. Desormeaux
12 Sedgefield (KY) Rafael Bejarano
RECENT WINNERS
HIGHLY APPEALING (Highland Ruckus – Hex Appeal, by Proud Appeal (Geralyn
Farm) won a starter allowance Tuesday night at Mountaineer Park. He was one of a pair
of Canadian-bred winners on the card, the other being VALCAS, by Perigee Moon, who
won a $5,000 claiming event for trainer Mike Newell.
GOLDEN ICE (Golden Missile – Miracle On Ice, Lit de Justice) bred by Don Amos and
Suzanne Simard doubled up in a starter allowance at Oaklawn yesterday having won his
maiden for $30,000 claiming last time out.
GIZMO MAN (Touch Gold – Addicted Broad Brush) won his maiden at Laurel Park
yesterday when dipped in for $40,000 claiming in his third career start.
SHILLELAGH SLEW CONTINUES TO PREP
Champion 3-year-old colt of 2006 SHILLELAGH SLEW breezed at easy 5 furlongs in
1:03 4/5 at Palm Meadows yesterday as he continues his training towards his 4-year-old
campaign. The Chief Seattle colt is owned by David James and trained my Mike
DePaulo.
Do any locals remember EDMONTON? (not the city, the colt bySilver Deputy – Flower Canyon, Gulch). Cam Allard’s 4-year-old colt raced once – November of 2005 – and won the 5 furlong race by 6 ½ lengths wrapped up with a 78 Beyer Figure. He was never seen again but yesterday, worked in :48 on Woodbine’s Polytrack. He should be fun to watch in the 5 furlong races at the outset of the season.
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