Career Debut: English Jubilee

English Jubilee just made her debut at Woodbine in a 7f turf race as #4 in a 13-horse field. She had a bad start, hopping out of the gate and giving another hop a few strides out, then got down to business.

Beginning as the trailer of the field, she confidently made up ground and worked through traffic to make a late run and finish a closing 5th. This as in spite of a near wreck on the rail to her right as a horse veered into a fellow competitor. English Jubilee kept her focus in spite of it. 

We were very pleased with the confidence and ability she showed on her first start. As her races get longer and she gets fitter, she should only improve. We'll amend this post when we hear from Eclipse.

RACE REPORT

This is a paraphrased recap of the report from Eclipse and English Jubilee's trainer, Mark Casse. 

She had a sneaky good 5th place finish today in her career debut. She was well behaved in the post parade and loaded without incident. Unfortunately, English Jubilee had her head cocked and slightly acted up as the latch sprung, spotting the field 4 or 5 lengths. 

After she got rolling, she traveled nicely and Patrick Husbands let her get into a good rhythm. She made a little move around the turn but the last furlong and gallop out had her trainer Mark Casse very pleased.

Post race, Mark was very happy with her maiden voyage. She started to engulf the field as the wire approached and galloped out in front of everyone demonstrating an exciting turn of foot.

English Jubilee has been her own worst enemy at the gate leading up to today but Mark Casse showed why he is in two hall of fames, as English Jubilee behaved almost perfectly during the lengthy load of 13 horses.

We will see how English Jubilee is energy wise after her first race, but this could set her up for a big move forward in her next start.