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Attard may send Starship Jubilee to the Cardinal at Churchill

Ron Gierkink|Oct 22, 2019

Starship Jubilee wins the 2019 E.P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack

Emily Shields Starship Jubulee will likely make two more starts and then be retired.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The career of two-time Canadian champion female turf horse Starship Jubilee is winding down, and she should be a Sovereign Award finalist for Canadian Horse of the Year off her recent victory in the Grade 1 E.P. Taylor Stakes.

Trainer Kevin Attard is looking at two more starts for the 6-year-old mare, who went on to earn more than $1.3 million after he claimed her for a mere $16,000 at Gulfstream early in 2017. Her next race will either be the Grade 3 Cardinal on Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs or the Grade 1 Matriarch on Dec. 1 at Del Mar. Attard said he’s leaning toward the 1 1/8-mile Cardinal.

“She came out of the race in great shape,” Attard said. “I couldn’t be happier with her. She’ll probably make [her final start] in Florida and then head to the breeding shed. I’m gonna miss her.”

Owned by Blue Heaven Farm of Kentucky, Starship Jubilee could be bred to Medaglia d’Oro, according to Attard.

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