Woodbine’s perennial leading trainer MARK CASSE had quite the last five racing days around the U.S. His stable won eight of 29 starts and five of those wins came yesterday, Sunday, Jan. 26. Four of those wins came at Gulfstream Park.
It was a loss at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, however, that was surely the most exciting for Casse, despite being a trouble-filled race for one of his pupils.
SANDMAN, a pretty grey colt by Tapit who cost $1.2 million as a two-year-old in training at the 2024 March Ocala sale, had a remarkable second-place finish in the $1 million Southwest Stakes after a botched beginning.