Win For The Money Completes Grade I Double For Live Oak in Woodbine Mile

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Mark Casse-trained horses ran 1-2-3-5 in the first of Saturday's Grade I events at Woodbine, the Natalma Stakes won by Live Oak's And One More Time (Omaha Beach), and the barn accounted for the exacta in the day's final elite-level affair when Live Oak's 13-1 WIN FOR THE MONEY (g, 5, Mohaymen–Mayakoba, by War Chant) slipped through at the fence following a ground-saving journey to upend Filo Di Arianna (Brz) (Drosselmeyer) in the GI Rogers Woodbine Mile and punch his ticket to the GI Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar on Nov. 2. Content to linger towards the back of the field as Filo Di Arianna took them along through fractions of :23.05 and :45.44, the $375,000 graduate of the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Florida Sale traveled strongly along the inside and nicely in hand for Patrick Husbands. Naval Power (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}), the 1-2 chalk, looked ready to pounce from just off the speed and the blinkered Big Rock (Fr) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) began to find his best stride to loom a threat, but Win For The Money sustained his rails rally, took over a sixteenth of a mile from home and edged clear. It was the third Woodbine Mile for Casse, who saddled the great Tepin (Bernstein) to beat the boys in 2016 and Live Oak's World Approval (Northern Afleet) in 2017. Live Oak won the 2006 GI Breeders' Cup Mile with champion Miesque's Approval (With Approval).

Saturday, Woodbine
ROGERS WOODBINE MILE S.-GI, C$1,008,000, Woodbine, 9-14, 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:32.11, fm.
1–WIN FOR THE MONEY, 122, g, 5, by Mohaymen
1st Dam: Mayakoba, by War Chant
2nd Dam: Child Bride, by Coronado's Quest
3rd Dam: Chapel of Dreams, by Northern Dancer
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I WIN. ($95,000 Ylg '20 FTKSEL; $350,000 2yo '21 FTFMAR). O-Live Oak Plantation; B-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey (KY); T-Mark E. Casse; J-Patrick Husbands. C$600,000. Lifetime Record: 16-5-5-1, $794,997. *1/2 to Price Talk (Kitten's Joy), MSW, $389,049. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Filo Di Arianna (Brz), 124, g, 8, Drosselmeyer–Principessa Capri (Brz), by Northern Afleet. 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. O-Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable and Peter Deutsch; B-Stud Principessa di Capri (BRZ); T-Mark E. Casse. C$200,000.
3–Big Rock (Fr), 124, c, 4, Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)–Hardiyna (Ire), by Sea The Stars (Ire). O/B-Yeguada Centurion (FR); T-Maurizio Guarnieri. C$100,000.
Margins: 1HF, NK, 1. Odds: 13.65, 6.95, 5.90.
Also Ran: Naval Power (GB), Playmea Tune, My Boy Prince, Secret Reserve, Niagara Skyline.
Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

Win for the Money secures the money & a spot in the @FanDuel_Racing #BreedersCup Mile with victory in the #WinAndYoureIn Rogers Woodbine Mile! Cheers to the connections!
J: Patrick Husbands
T: @markecasse
O: Live Oak Plantation
B: Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey pic.twitter.com/MnfXQbSJpe

— Breeders' Cup (@BreedersCup) September 14, 2024

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