Casse vs. McKnight in trainer race climax

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Mark Casse has won the Woodbine training title in each of the past 10 seasons, but holds just a two-win lead over Norm McKnight heading into the season’s final weekend.

Casse has 93 wins heading into Friday’s card and will run one horse Friday, plus five horses entered across three races Saturday. McKnight has 91 victories and has five horses entered in four races Friday and three horses entered in two races Saturday.

It all could come down to Sunday, when Casse has horses entered in three races and McKnight has horses entered in six races.

Casse’s first runner of the day will come in the ninth race with Timeiseverything, who has won two of his last three starts. Casse runs Leavem in Malibu and Kasseopia in the Grade 3 Valedictory Stakes and also has two runners in the 12th, with Blakey and Zentacular.

McKnight has Dan the Tin Man in the second, Special Concoction in the fifth, and has two runners in the seventh, including Lunar Light and Reimagined. McKnight also will have three runners in the back half of the program, including Sunny’s Rainbow in the ninth, Prized Bourbon in the 11th, and Brews Toonie Toss in the 13th.