Breeders' Cup Archives - Casse Racing

November 4, 2018

Shamrock Rose Goes Last to First in F/M Sprint

By Steve Sherack Shamrock Rose (First Dude), a late $130,000 Breeders’ Cup supplement by Conrad Farms, unleashed a powerful, last-to-first stretch rally to reel in Chalon (Dialed In) in dramatic fashion by a head in the Filly & Mare Sprint. The 25-1 chance trailed the field as comebacking ‘TDN Rising Star Selcourt (Tiz Wonderful) blazed the way through fractions of :21.89 and :44.99. Still with plenty left to do at the top of the stretch, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. and Shamrock Rose began to knife their way through traffic...

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November 7, 2017

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World Approval All Class in Breeders’ Cup Mile Win

By: Jeremy Balan Live Oak Plantation's World Approval found his sweet spot at a mile on the grass. Live Oak Plantation's homebred World Approval has found his sweet spot. It took trainer Mark Casse a while—21 starts, to be exact—to get the Northern Afleet gelding at a mile on grass, but that move has put the gray into another stratosphere. With a 1 1/4-length score in the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) Nov. 4, ahead of runner-up Lancaster Bomber, World Approval now has three straight top-level wins at the distance. His previous two...

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