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The Game, January 2008 3 Alberta CTHS Launches News Site
Husbands, Casse take titles for 2007 T
They didn’t combine for any wins at
Woodbine on the nal card of the season, earnings of $2,030,805. Sam-Son Farm was
he Alberta Division of the CTHS has launched a new
but it was clear Patrick Husbands and Mark Casse were the jockey and trainer stories of the 2007 season.
second with $1,905,520. Tucci Stables was third with $1,594,014. Stronach Stables had the most wins among owners with 29.
The website promises to provide a variety of articles regarding breeding theories and news on research as well as items on the successes of Alberta-bred horses throughout and out-of-Province.
The duo connected for a staggering 76 wins this year to buoy each to their respective 2007 championships.
Prince Atlantis and Yolie tied for the most wins by a horse at the meet with six.
Husbands won his fourth Woodbine riding
title with 149 victories. The now ve-time Sovereign Award-winning jockey, who scored
his previous riding titles in 1999, 2000 and 2002, also topped the purse earnings mark with $9,173,369. Emma-Jayne Wilson was second with 129 wins, while Emile Ramsammy and Tyler Pizarro tied for third with 124 wins.
Wilson made history by becoming the rst female jockey to win the Queen’s Plate by guiding Mike Fox ($32.40) to an upset victory.
Visit www.cthsalta.com/Local-News.html
er standings for the rst time with purse
“news” feature to their existing website in an effort to provide news and information which may be of interest to the Alberta Thoroughbred Owner and Breeder.
Did You Know....
That Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg, Manitoba, who is set to
celebrate their 50th Anniversary in 2008, is now offering betting directly into racetrack pools in Florida. The signi cance of the deal is that after an exhausting four-year process it now gives Canadians access to every racetrack pool in the U.S.
Attention Owners and Trainers of Canadian Breds
Early Nominations Closing
Woodbine Entertainment Group
has early nominations closing
February 1, 2008 at 12:00 midnight
for the following races:
The Canadian Triple Crown - For 3-Year-Olds The Labatt Woodbine Oaks - For 3-Year-Old Fillies The Cup and Saucer Stakes - For 2-Year-Olds The Coronation Futurity - For 2-Year-Olds The Princess Elizabeth - For 2-Year-Old Fillies
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Casse took his second Woodbine training title with 84 wins, while establishing a Woodbine purse earnings record of $5,766,880. He also won the 2002 leading trainer title. Sid Attard was second this year with 60 wins, while Robert Tiller was third with 53.
The Melnyk Racing owned, Sealy Hill,
ridden by Patrick Husbands and trained by Mark Casse, went on to be the rst horse to sweep the Canadian Filly Triple Tiara by winning the other two legs of the series, the Bison City Stakes and the Wonder Where Stakes.
Melnyk Racing Stables Inc., for whom Casse won 12 races, topped Woodbine’s own-
Information courtesy of WEG Media Department.
ORC Approves Fort Erie Race
In the other big stakes events, Shakespeare ($5.90) scored as the public choice in the Woodbine Mile, presented by Bell, March eld ($9.30) won the Breeders’ Stakes, while Sealy Hill ($9.70) tallied the Labatt Woodbine Oaks.
TDates for 2008
he application for race dates
for the 2008 Fort Erie meet has been accepted by the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC).
W Out of Town Recap
atch for The Game’s Out of Town Recap to begin in the February 2008 edition.
If you or people you know have horses winning out of town this winter, let The Game know by calling toll free 1-866-886-5827 or email info@thehorsegame.com
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More information on the restructuring of the Horse Improve- ment Program will be available in the next edition of The Game.
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