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Mark Casse On Clenbuterol Changes

Editor’s Note: In Monday’s TDN, Bill Finley made reference to Mark Casse’s comments on Clenbuterol in a Mar. 2 Op/Ed in the TDN. Casse sent us this note in response.

Much has changed since my Mar. 2 Op/Ed with regards to Clenbuterol. Canada made big changes to their Clenbuterol policy and, as a result, we have seen almost none of the nonsensical form reversals that had haunted us in the past at Woodbine in 2020. I was elated to see the Clenbuterol changes for 2021 in the Mid-Atlantic region. Also, I commend Louis Cella and Oaklawn for their revised Clenbuterol policies. And just today, I read where The Stronach Group has implemented new Clenbuterol rules for the upcoming Gulfstream Park Championship Meet. Cheers!

My question is, what is taking Kentucky and Louisiana so long to get on board? I am very disappointed that we ran the recent Breeders’ Cup series at Keeneland with the same Clenbuterol rules that have failed us in the past. In life and horse racing, there are not many things I am certain of, but one thing I am positive about is the need for the Horse Integrity and Safety Act to be passed by the Senate. Because only when we have national uniformity of medication rules will inequities of this patchwork quilt that has plagued the sport be solved.

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Sunday Card at Woodbine Cancelled Due to High Winds

Woodbine’s Sunday card was cancelled due to extreme wind. “After monitoring the weather forecast closely, Woodbine Entertainment announced today that out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of everyone’s safety, Thoroughbred racing at Woodbine Racetrack has been cancelled due to the extreme weather warning for Toronto issued by Environment Canada,” WEG said in a release. The Frost King S. will be rescheduled, and racing will resume Thursday.

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Woodbine Sunday Card Cancelled Due to Extreme Weather Warning

After monitoring the weather forecast closely, Woodbine Entertainment announced that out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of everyone's safety, Thoroughbred racing at Woodbine Racetrack on Sunday has been cancelled due to the extreme weather warning for Toronto issued by Environment Canada.

According to Meteorological Services of Canada, damaging wind gusts greater than 50 mph may occur Sunday afternoon with power outages in some areas of the greater Toronto region possible. Conditions are expected to ease by Monday morning.

The $100,000 Frost King Stakes will be rescheduled.

World-class Thoroughbred racing will return to Woodbine Racetrack on Thursday, November 19, 2020.

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‘Emotional’ Goodbye: Starship Jubilee Retired Sound After Losing Rider In Breeders’ Cup

Two-time Grade 1 winner Starship Jubilee, a $16,000 claim in 2017, has officially been retired from racing, according to the Daily Racing Form. The 7-year-old daughter of Indy Wind stumbled at the start of the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf on Saturday at Keeneland, unseating jockey Florent Geroux, but was uninjured after being corralled by an outrider and retires sound.

Claimed in February of 2017 at Gulfstream by Tino Attard, the filly won a trio of allowance races before being transferred to Woodbine. Trained by his son, Kevin Attard, for all of her graded stakes victories, Starship Jubilee began to show her talent over the turf with a win in the 2017 G2 Nassau Stakes in May. In all she won nine graded stakes, including the 2019 G1 E. P. Taylor Stakes and the 2020 G1 Woodbine Mile.

Bred in Florida, Starship Jubilee also won three straight editions of the Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf Stakes at Gulfstream, from 2018 through 2020. She retires with a record of 19 wins from 38 starts, with earnings of $2,093,069.

“It was really emotional for me to say goodbye to her,” Attard told drf.com. “She obviously meant a lot to me, my family, and my career. Horses like her become part of your family. You look forward to seeing them every morning in the barn. It's going to be hard walking by her stall.”