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Casino Drive was scratched from the Belmont and unable to run due to a stone bruise to his left rear hoof.[5]
After a lengthy wait for his return after the Belmont, Casino Drive was started in an allowance race in the fall season to qualify for the Breeders' Cup Classic, easily beating the field. Expected to give a good run for the $5 million Classic, Casino Drive, unbeaten in his three previous starts, was last after setting the pace mid-race. He ended his 2008 campaign with a 6th-place finish in the Japan Cup Dirt. The winner Kane Hekili, won his second Japan Cup Dirt title.[6]
2009: Four-year-old season
Casino Drive's first race of the 2009 season was the Alexandrite Stakes, an allowance race for four-year-olds and above. He was the heavy favorite to win, with odds of 1.2 compared to the second favorite, Dreamy Pegasus, odd's of 6.5. Casino Drive held a strong position throughout the entire race, and won with a margin of 3+1⁄2 lengths.[7]
For his next start, Casino Drive entered the 2009 February Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse over 1600m. Casino Drive finished in 2nd place, a neck behind the upset winner Success Brocken and a head in front of the favorite Kane Hekili.[8]
His final race of the year was the 2009 Dubai World Cup. Casino Drive had a disappointing showing, placing 8th with no challenge to the leader, Well Armed, who won by 14 lengths.[9]
After the Dubai World Cup it was discovered that Casino Drive had developed flexor tendonitis in his front leg, and it was announced that he would undergo surgery.[10] Therefore, he would not race in 2010.
2011: Six-year-old season
Casino Drive had three starts in his six-year-old season and failed to win any races. His first start was on March 6 at the Nigawa Stakes over 2000m on dirt, where he finished a disappointing ninth place as the second favorite.[11]
His next race was the Akhalteke Stakes on May 1. Casino Drive finished a head behind the second place runner, Toho Orvis, to place third.[12]
Under a month later on May 29, Casino Drive started in the final race of his career, the Tsubasa Sho. Despite placing eighth, Casino Drive finished only 0.2 seconds behind the winner, Toho Orvis, due to the fact that first eight horses finished very close to one another.[13]
Statistics
The following table is based on information from netkeiba for Japanese races, and Equibase for American races.[14][15]
Casino Drive died on August 5, 2019, but his death was not officially announced until the Japanese Studbook updated their database in March 2020.[1][18]
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