Starship Jubilee Rolls To 19th Career Victory In ‘Win And You’re In’ Woodbine Mile

Winning for the 19th time in 38 career starts and taking her second Grade 1 stakes for trainer Kevin Attard, Blue Heaven Farm's 7-year-old mare Starship Jubilee proved too good for her seven male rivals, winning Saturday's CAN$1-million Ricoh Woodbine Mile at Woodbine racetrack in Ontario, Canada.

Perfectly ridden by Justin Stein, the Florida-bred daughter of Indy Wind out of Perfectly Wild, by Forest Wildcat, came from just off the pace to win by one length, covering one mile on firm turf in 1:32.06 and running her final quarter mile in 22.62 seconds.

March to the Arch finished second, with his Mark Casse stablemate, 2-1 favorite War of Will, third. They were followed across the finish by a third Casse entry, Olympic Runner, then by Armistice Day, Admiralty Pier, Shirl's Speight and Value Proposition in the field of eight.

Starship Jubilee, Canada's reigning Horse of the Year and Sovereign Award-winning turf female the last three years, paid $13.50 as the fourth choice in the betting.

The Ricoh Woodbine Mile is a Breeders' Cup Win and You're In Challenge Series race for the Fanduel Breeders' Cup Mile, to be run Nov. 7 at Keeneland. The win gives Starship Jubilee an automatic fees-paid berth in the race, along with $10,000 toward travel expenses.

Riding the mare for the first time, Stein – atop the Woodbine jockey standings in a tight race with Rafael Hernandez – allowed Starship Jubilee to settle just a few lengths off the pace set by Admiralty Pier through an opening quarter mile in :23.66 and a half in :46.14. Chad Brown-trained Value Proposition was lapped on Admiralty Pier, prompting the pace throughout.

With 3-year-old Shirl's Speight to his inside and 2-1 favorite War of Will to his outside, Stein waited patiently for a seam to open at the top of the long Woodbine stretch after six furlongs in 1:09.12. He allowed Starship Jubilee to drift to the outside and the mare kicked into high gear, overtaking the front runners to win convincingly.

Claimed by Kevin Attard's father, Tino Attard, for just $16,000 from trainer Jorge Navarro at Gulfstream Park in February 2017 in her ninth start, Starship Jubilee won five consecutive races for her new connections, including the G2 Nassau Stakes at G2 Dance Smartly Stakes in 2017. Starship Jubilee added two stakes victories in 2018, including the G2 Canadian Stakes, and won three more in 2019, highlighted by her first G1 in the E.P. Taylor Stakes going 1 1/4 miles at Woodbine.

Starship Jubilee won her first four starts this year, including the G3 Suwannee River Stakes at Gulfstream Park, the G2 Hillsborough Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs and the G2 Ballston Spa Stakes at Saratoga before finishing fourth behind Rushing Fall in the G1 Diana Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 23 in her most recent start.

She won CAN$600,000 for the Woodbine Mile victory and has now surpassed $2 million in career earnings.

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TVG to Simulcast Trackside Live on NBCSN

TVG will partner with NBC Sports this weekend to feature major Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races from Woodbine. “Trackside Live” will be simulcast from 5-6 p.m. ET Saturday and from 4-6 p.m. ET Sunday. Saturday will feature the GI Ricoh Woodbine Mile and Sunday is the GI Summer S. and GI Natalma S.

“Trackside Live” will be hosted in-studio by Todd Schrupp and Christina Blacker and will include expert analysis from TVG talent Simon Bray, Britney Eurton and Matt Bernier who will be contributing to the broadcast remotely from home. Jason Portuondo will be live trackside at Woodbine with exclusive interviews.

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The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: Bloodstock Markets In The Year Of The Pandemic

Bloodstock editor Joe Nevills joins publisher Ray Paulick on this week's edition of the Friday Show to talk about the state of the Thoroughbred market after completion of the recent Selected Yearlings Showcase at Fasig-Tipton and the early stages of the marathon September Yearling Sale at Keeneland.

Like many industries, the bloodstock market has had to adapt as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, with a wider embrace of off-site research and bidding from both domestic and international buyers who either were reluctant or unable to travel to Lexington, Ky., for the sales because of COVID-19.

The economics of live racing have been turned upside down by crowd restrictions, lower purses in some markets, and, for some owners, the joy of the game has been deflated by the “new normal,” which could lead to decreased participation in the auction market — at least in the short term. The results of the current Keeneland September Sale could have ripple effects on the upcoming breeding stock sales.

Finally, it's a big weekend of racing at Woodbine in Canada, highlighted by Saturday's $1-million Ricoh Woodbine Mile, and Nevills and Paulick go through the field for that Grade 1 turf fixture.

 

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