TDN Weekend December 2016 Issue 9
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and then having breakfast on the porch the next morning after a nice win — that's so exciting for me. It's also great meeting such nice people along the way and I think it's made me a better person." One of those people has been trainer Mark Casse, whose far-flung operation has been churning out top performers, com- peting at a remarkable level and markedly improving Live Oak's output over the past few years. While Weber still maintains pro- ductive relationships with past and cur- rent trainers Trombetta, Eddie Plesa, Bill Mott, Graham Motion, Christophe Clement and Tom Albertrani, it is with Florida's son Casse — a trainer of 14 millionaires — that she appears to have found her optimal union. "Mark knows how to play the game and do right by people. He runs horses and isn't afraid to do so," Weber explained. "We try to place each horse with a trainer who we think fits the program and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but Mark has done very well for us. He and I have sort of grown up together in Ocala, but did not work together until recently. I knew who he was and he knew me and he has gone on and made a name for himself and I couldn't be more proud. The timing is right with him. "It's so exciting for me because he's so tech-savvy and communicates with emails and in every way possible, which is very important," she continued. "He knows his stats and records and that helps energize me, to be honest with you. He lets you know everything after the race and what he hon-