Win for the Cash takes Woodbine Mile, Breeders’ Cup berth

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Coach Mark Casse could have fairly the presence on the Breeders’ Cup in early November.

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Woodbine’s perennial main coach earned two spots in racing’s championship occasion, together with a berth within the Breeders’ Cup Mile after Win for the Cash captured the $1 million Woodbine Mile.

The race was certainly one of three at Woodbine on Saturday that gave all-expense-paid journeys to San Diego for the Nov. 1-2 traditional. Casse ought to have a minimum of one starter within the Juvenile Fillies Turf after And One Extra Time received the $500,000 Natalma Stakes over stablemates Nitrogen and Vixen. And New Century’s trek from England was a profitable one, incomes a visit to the Juvenile Turf after successful the $500,000 Summer season Stakes.

As well as, Full Depend Felicia dominated the $750,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes, probably incomes herself a visit to the Filly and Mare Turf. A complete of six stakes have been contested.

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Ridden by Patrick Husbands within the Mile, Win for the Cash took a spot in sixth behind early chief Filo di Arianna. Within the stretch, Filo di Arianna led for a lot of the stretch run however left an inviting path alongside the rail and Husbands took full benefit of it.

“I used to be aware of (Win for the Cash), driving him twice final yr,” Husbands mentioned. “He left the gate relaxed and picked his spot so I used to be pleased with the place he was.”

“He did all of it. When he picked it up on the eighth pole, I used to be questioning the place have been the remainder of the horses.”

Filo di Arianna stayed on for second with Large Rock coming for third. 3-5 favorite Naval Energy may solely handle a fourth-place end.

Based mostly within the U.S., Win for the Cash now has 5 wins in 16 profession begins. The five-year-old gelding did have a few finishes within the cash within the Autumn and Valedictory Stakes at Woodbine final fall.

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“I mentioned earlier he may shock some individuals,” assistant coach Kathryn Sullivan mentioned of the horse, who was despatched off at 13-1. “He had been coaching rather well so we have been fairly assured.”

Casse had six of the 11 starters within the Natalma however none got a lot of an opportunity in opposition to Appleby’s runner Mountain Breeze, who was by no means within the race. Ridden by Rafael Hernandez and despatched off at odds of 16-1, And One Extra Time broke close to the entrance early within the one-mile race. She stayed near stablemate Nitrogen across the flip and within the stretch, they have been joined by one other stablemate Vixen. Vixen grabbed the lead for a step or two late within the stretch however in between horses, And One Extra Time put another late burst to get the win.

“After I requested her down the lane, she didn’t care the place she was and she or he didn’t get intimidated,” Hernandez mentioned.

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And One Extra Time got here off a maiden win in at Saratoga in her second begin.

Ridden by Oisin Murphy and despatched off at 3-1 in a 10-horse area, New Century was close to the again early within the mile. He made his transfer following fellow English horse Al Qudra across the flip. Within the stretch, the 2 invaders got here in direction of the lead held by Dream On. Simply earlier than the wire, Dream On drifted noticeably in direction of the closers and Al Qudra and New Century brushed, nevertheless it didn’t have an effect on the order of end. It was the third win in 5 profession begins for the Andrew Balding trainee.

“There was a problem down the centre of the observe,” Murphy mentioned. “Al Qudra had overwhelmed this fellow at Ascot however Andrew was pleased with the way in which he skilled right here so it was a superb efficiency.”

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Full Depend Felicia, despatched off at 7-1 in a five-horse area, went on a solo mission early within the 1 1/4-mile race with jockey Kazushi Kimura taking her to a lead of 19 lengths down the backstretch. She continued to be all by herself early within the stretch and solely her stablemate Moira may come inside 3 1/2 lengths on the finish. It was a run coach Kevin Attard didn’t count on.

“I believed Fev Rover and Full Depend Felicia would duke it out early,” he mentioned. “I had seen the primary quarter in 25 and alter and she or he set an trustworthy tempo.”

“I appeared round on the three-eights and she or he had an insurmountable lead and I used to be like ‘is she going to cease?’”

A five-year-old mare, Full Depend Felicia got here to Attard’s barn earlier this yr. She was coming off a win within the Canadian Stakes final month and now has seven wins in 18 begins. Moira, the 2022 Canadian horse of the yr already has a Breeders’ Cup ticket after a win within the Beverly D Stakes in Virginia final month.

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It was an emotional win for jockey David Moran aboard Fashionably Fab within the $150,000 Ontario Matron Stakes. Earlier this week, his son Pietro, who was having fun with a nice first season as a rider and received a stakes with that four-year-old filly earlier within the yr, suffered a severe damage after a spill in a race at Fort Erie.

The elder Moran received the Ontario Matron with a stellar experience wherein Fashionably Fab made an enormous transfer across the flip earlier than taking command early within the stretch earlier than drawing away. It was the ninth win in 15 begins for the Attard trainee.

Closing the cardboard was Patches O’Houlihan, who placed on one other dazzling show in successful the $150,000 Vigil Stakes. Ridden by Sofia Vives, the four-year-old gelding went straight to the lead in the beginning of the six-furlong race and regardless of some pressuring from Rockcrest early, drew away willingly within the stretch.

Educated by Bob Tiller for proprietor Frank Di Giulio Jr., Patches O’Houlihan now has 10 wins from 12 begins.

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