Starship Jubilee may race in Ky.

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.

Da Silva has confidence

Eurico Da Silva said he’s looking forward to riding El Tormenta in the Nov. 2 Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita. Trained by Gail Cox, El Tormenta earned a feespaid berth for the Grade 1 turf event when taking the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile here in September.

“He’s trained very well,” Da Silva said. “Gail’s doing everything right for the horse. I think he’s going to run big. If I didn’t think he had a shot, I would not go.”

Da Silva rode Fatal Bullet to a second-place finish behind Midnight Lute in the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita, where he also finished a troubled fourth on Biofuel in the 2009 BC Juvenile Fillies.

“That was the day for me to win,” Da Silva recalled. “A filly Rajiv Maragh was riding came out in front of me and took my chance away [because] he lost his line. I still finished fourth. Biofuel [should have] won.”

Sine Metu wins series

Sine Metu failed to win any of the four legs of the Woodbine Turf Endurance Series, but his overall consistency secured him the series title when it concluded last Saturday.

Trained by Debra Rombis, Sine Metu finished second in each of the first two legs in the summer. He was promoted from third to second by disqualification in the third leg, and finished fifth on Saturday. The 23 points the 8-year-old gelding accumulated were two more than Camp Creek, and three more than Prideofdistinction, who won the final two legs after bypassing the first two.

“It feels amazing to win the series,” Rombis said. “This horse so deserves it. He’s been in the series every time. He hasn’t missed a leg since the beginning – the only one.”