THE  WEDNESDAY AFTER – WOODBINE SET TO RELEASE NUMBERS FOR SOLID 2010 SEASON…SOVEREIGN AWARD POSSIBLE WINNERS

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LongRun Graduate Cocoria (Yankee Victor), who was kindly donated to our programme by owner Doug Reddington,

and her loving adopter, Georgia Ormerod, get into the festive spirit. Our horses were the recipients of a very generous donation from Georgia on LongRun Day.

courtesy – Longrun

 

 

 

LET’S GET THE FLOCK OUTTA HERE

Duck and her ducklings at Woodbine blown away

How windy was it at Woodbine during the last week of racing?

http://www.asylum.co.uk/2010/12/07/video-nasty-wind-blows-helpless-innocent-ducklings-all-over-the/

FROM OCALA.COM

Casse takes fourth straight trainers’ title at Woodbine

by Carlos Medina

Mark Casse is back in Ocala after winning his fourth straight training title at Canada’s Woodbine race track this weekend.

Casse had the trainers’ title sewed up for some time, but came into the final day of the year’s meet on Sunday only four wins short of breaking the all-time wins mark of 89 races. He ended up with 87. Frank Passero set the record in 1995.

“It was a bit disappointing, but we had a good year and that’s the main thing,” said Casse. “It was a long year racing at Woodbine. It’s become much, much tougher with the really good purses.”

Casse also finished the year with just under $5 million in purses won to lead the meet in that category as well. While the 8-month meet is over at the Toronto-area track, he’s not taking too much time off.

http://fhiers.blogs.ocala.com/10287/casse-takes-fourth-straight-trainers-title-at-woodbine/

FINAL WOODBINE STANDINGS FROM EQUIBASE

1    Mark E. Casse    572    87    76    77    $4,791,755    15%    240    42%

2    Reade Baker    365    66    69    53    $3,694,336    18%    188    52%

3    Sid C. Attard    281    46    45    31    $2,681,661    16%    122    43%

4    Steven M. Asmussen    276    45    42    37    $1,543,429    16%    124    45%

5    Robert P. Tiller    295    42    41    50    $2,560,975    14%    133    45%

6    Roger L. Attfield    205    41    34    25    $3,513,741    20%    100    49%

7    Nicholas Gonzalez    233    37    32    19    $1,993,056    16%    88    38%

8    Michael P. De Paulo    231    34    32    27    $1,541,372    15%    93    40%

8    Scott H. Fairlie    238    34    31    32    $1,178,761    14%    97    41%

10    Laurie Silvera    191    31    25    19    $1,298,767    16%    75    39%

11    Michael J. Doyle    251    28    40    24    $1,835,681    11%    92    37%

12    Michael V. Pino    75    27    14    8    $692,945    36%    49    65%

13    Josie Carroll    175    26    21    22    $1,579,079    15%    69    39%

14    Daniel J. Vella    169    24    26    23    $1,194,645    14%    73    43%

15    Mark R. Frostad    98    23    14    13    $2,258,157    23%    50    51%

15    Malcolm Pierce    183    23    17    31    $1,523,436    13%    71    39%

17    Ian Black       208    22    30    22    $2,223,032    11%    74    36%          

17    Brian A. Lynch    152    22    20    13    $1,228,954    14%    55    36%

19    Steve Attard    168    21    28    33    $1,021,947    13%    82    49%

19    Paul M. Buttigieg    110    21    14    9    $952,931                    19%    44    40%

19    Sam Di Pasquale    146    21    35    20    $850,955                    14%    76    52%

22    Gregory de Gannes    147    20    15    25    $989,057         14%    60    41%

22    Terry Jordan    84    20    14    14    $973,971       24%    48    57%

JOCKEYS

Rank    Jockey Name    Starts    1st    2nd    3rd    Earnings    Win%    Top3    Top3%

1    Eurico Rosa Da Silva    940    190    150    132    $8,904,225    20%    472    50%

2    Patrick Husbands    957    172    144    146    $8,953,753    18%    462    48%

3    Chantal Sutherland    875    136    122    126    $7,923,578    16%    384    44%

4    Luis Contreras    675    127    104    106    $5,258,445    19%    337    50%

5    Omar Moreno    965    126    134    129    $5,283,965    13%    389    40%

6    Emile Ramsammy    857    104    101    89    $4,917,608    12%    294    34%

7    Emma-Jayne Wilson    527    70    81    64    $3,757,247    13%    215    41%

8    James McAleney    486    69    69    61    $3,886,611    14%    199    41%

9    Jono C. Jones    546    60    71    70    $4,058,803    11%    201    37%

10    Justin Stein    652    58    66    76    $2,819,486    9%    200    31%

11    Corey Fraser    474    50    54    55    $2,808,266    11%    159    34%

12    Gerry Olguin    494    49    66    49    $2,298,711    10%    164    33%

13    Tyler Pizarro    501    48    56    50    $2,265,679    10%    154    31%

14    David Clark    437    41    48    43    $2,165,079    9%    132    30%

15    Steven Ronald Bahen    510    40    33    53    $1,755,114    8%    126    25%

16    Richard Anthony Dos Ramos    382    37    29    21    $2,120,081    10%    87    23%

17    Slade Callaghan    415    33    40    49    $1,890,131    8%    122    29%

OWNERS BY MONEY

Bear wins most races at 39

Rank    Owner Name    Starts    1st    2nd    3rd    Earnings    Win%    Top3    Top3%

1    Sam-Son Farms    102    26    16    17    $2,475,404    25%    59    58%

2    Bear Stables, Ltd.    194    39    39    25    $1,831,385    20%    103    53%

3    Melnyk Rg Stes, Inc.    164    29    22    30    $1,727,960    18%    81    49%

4    Harlequin Ranches    69    16    17    10    $1,190,564    23%    43    62%

5    Smith, Derrick, Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Michael and Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Atty    1    1    0    0    $1,185,840    100%    1    100%

6    Terra Racing Stable    60    9    9    9    $1,121,235    15%    27    45%

7    Stronach Stables    122    16    18    20    $913,220    13%    54    44%

8    Charles E. Fipke    69    13    13    10    $909,046    19%    36    52%

9    Augustin Stable    58    10    12    13    $811,477    17%    35    60%

10    Frank D. Di Giulio, Jr.    74    11    10    15    $793,061    15%    36    49%

11    Paul M. Buttigieg    84    16    12    5    $778,105    19%    33    39%

12    Hill, Jim and Susan    62    7    10    8    $771,310    11%    25    40%

13    Juddmonte Farms, Inc.    9    1    0    1    $661,808    11%    2    22%

14    Tucci Stables    105    11    21    13    $638,866    10%    45    43%

15    Three Chimneys Racing LLC    12    3    5    0    $598,582    25%    8    67%

16    Haras de La Perelle    1    1    0    0    $592,920    100%    1    100%

17    IEAH StablesResolute Stables    1    1    0    0    $581,760    100%    1    100%

18    Dominion Blk, Ball, D. HGHR, Inc.    171    12    15    21    $577,449    7%    48    28%

19    C. E. C. Farms    85    12    13    14    $576,437    14%    39    46%

20    Cappuccitti, Audre and Gordon    63    7    7    15    $568,286    11%    29    46%

21    Molinaro Stable    126    13    12    10    $564,795    10%    35    28%

SOVEREIGN AWARDS

VOTING TO BE DONE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AWARDS APRIL 1

While racing fans, horsepeople get ready for trips south, Christmas or family get togethers, it is time for voters for the Sovereign Awards to get ready to review the year.

Hopefully some changes that have been made to the voters list for the awards will lead to a more legitimate series of results as the awards has struggled with its reputation for many years.

CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED MAGAZINE this month has an editorial piece on the awards and the tinkering that has gone on in recent years.

So, who is up for the awards as 2010’s best horses/people?

It will be a long time until we celebrate them (April 1) but this is what could happen:

2-year-old filly – DELIGHTFUL MARY’S 3rd in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies gets her the nod with ROXY GAP and INGLORIOUS in the mix too

2-year-old colt – MADMAN DIARIES (who?), the American based colt who came into town to win the Victoria Stakes and later won the Grade 3 Sapling and placed 4th in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, will likely get it.

3-year-old colt – The Canadian Triple Crown was won by 3 different horses but each year, it’s the Queen’s Plate winner who gets the edge. BIG RED MIKE wins a very weak category but NO HESITATION was a graded stakes winner out west and he was consistent.

3-year-old filly – BIOFUEL. Unbeaten at Woodbine and Grade 1 placed. Stablemate FREE FEE LADY gets votes too

Older mare – eeks, not a strong category again and perhaps Ontario sired IMPOSSIBLE TIME, with all those stakes wins, will get the nod. SUMMER SONG was very good in British Columbia, HOOH WHY won a sprint stake.

Older male – SAND COVE and SOUTHDALE fight this out with the former getting  4 stakes wins including one graded, the latter getting 2 graded stakes wins. Also, DOUBLE SHUFFLE was very good out west, he won 4 stakes.

Female sprinter – it’s hard to vote for any gal in this category – last year’s winner TRIBAL BELLE did not show up in her races this year. HOOH WHY won a graded sprint stake, INDIAN APPLE IS won a couple of stakes…eeks.

 

Male sprinter – HOLLYWOOD HIT did a great disappearing act this year but he was one of the best horses on the circuit when he was around.

Female turf – MISS KELLER over stablemate MEKONG MELODY. Both trained by Roger Attfield.

Male turf – RAHY’S ATTORNEY or GRAND ADVENTURE. The former was steady and solid most of the year once again.

HORSE OF THE YEAR – BIOFUEL