Woodbine trainer lost prize money after big win

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Woodbine veteran trainer Nathan Squires was thrilled with filly Cairo Consort’s performance in this month’s Breeders’ Cup.

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The Cairo Consort finished in an impressive third place in the horse racing world championship, the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Phillies Turf Stakes $1 Million on November 4th. A huge achievement for a longshot gray mare from Canada.

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“I knew she would race very well,” the Squires told the Toronto Sun this week. In the big race, they have to have a mindset and she has it.

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Two days after the big race, the veteran conditioner was forced to say goodbye to what he described as the best horse he had ever trained. Breeders After his cup in Cairo, his consort owner William B. Thompson Jr. sold his Kentucky Gray for $875,000 (US) to US-based jockey Mike Sold to his Les Paul and Town & Country Racing. Squires knew his prized mare would be sold after the breeder, but wanted to allow him to continue training her, whoever the new owner was. Alas, it looks like American Todd Pletcher will get the job. It’s part of the horse racing business.

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Still, for Squire, who not only trained the Cairo Consort during her huge two-year-old season, but also convinced Thompson to buy her for $95,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Earring Sale, it’s a swallow. is difficult. She turned out to be quite an investment. In her first year of racing, Cairo her consort won $266,149 in prize money in her six starts, recording her two wins, second place and her two thirds, and then It sold for $875,000.

This is a return of $1,141,149 in one year from an initial investment of $95,000.

Needless to say, Squires, who runs a small business in Woodbine with about ten horses, would have been delighted with the opportunity to train the Cairo Consort for his three-year-old season.

“I’m a little trainer trying to make it in the big world, but she’s the best horse I’ve ever had,” said Squires. is a little tough, but you have to remember that sometimes you have to turn the page and move on.She has a good relationship and we’re rooting for her.”

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Squires, who has been conditioning horses at Etobicoke Oval for over 20 years since starting out as assistant to the late Laurie Silvera, two-year-old gelding Prince of Ayrshire wins first option claim race for $53,200 at Woodbine . He’s already gearing up for the offseason in Florida and his 2023 racing season.

“We’re going to move on and hopefully find another player or two like Cairo Consort to make it to the Breeders’ Cup again,” Squires said.

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