JUNE 2017 THE RIDER /25 Oh Boy: Picov Maturity Final Shaping Up As Epic Battle


June 5, 2017 - In a stunning display of speed Ajax Downs’ reigning Horse of the Year Country Boy 123 made a jaw- dropping return to the races on Sunday June 4, winning his Trial for the upcoming Picov Maturity in near- track record time. A big crowd on hand included several large groups


and bet nearly $70,000, up 54% from last year’s first Sat- urday in June card and up 35% from the May 28 card of racing.


OQHA Results Continued from page 24


L1 Y Walk Trot Horsemanship, 1st Alivia Brummell, Zip N Skip Doc 2nd Jayla McCann, A Better Machine


L1 Y Walk Trot Trail, 1st Alivia Brummell, Zip N Skip Doc L1 Y Trail, 1st Amber Zabel, Sleep Monn 2nd Monica Collins, Good And Tasty


L1 Amt Trail, 1st Sally Kress, Rhythmic Reality 2nd Kelly Fisher, Gimme A Royal Smile 3rd Robin Graham, Git IT Good 4th Jennifer Pearce, Mymommadontdance 5th Leanne Drummond, Extremely Shocking


Rk Amt Reining, 1st Patrick Dehetre, DDD Shot of Baileys L1 Amt Reining, 1st Patrick Dehetre, DDD Shot of Baileys Rk Amt Barrel Racing, 1st Deanna Morbrook, LL Tuff Time Twist L1 Amt Barrel Racing, 1st Deanna Morbrook, LL Tuff Time Twist L1 Amt Walk Trot Trail, 1st Janet Dawson, Lazy Lopin guy RK Amt Trail, 1st Leanne Drummond, Extremely Shocking 2nd Kelly Fisher, Gimme A Royal Smile 3rd Sandra Walters, Best Inthe Moonlight 4th Sally Kress, Rhythmic Reality


L1 Y Western Horsemanship, 1st Monica Collins, Good And Tasty 2nd Kelly Puspoky, I Emma Fine Scotch 3rd Amber Zabel, Sleepy Monn 4th Kathryn McLellan, Vested In Iron 5th Kendall Monden, She Be Slammin


RK Y Western Horsemanship, 1st Kendall Monden, She Be Slammin 2nd Kathryn McLellan, Vested In Iron 3rd Kelly Puspoky, I Emma Fine Scotch


L1 Amt Western Horsemanship, 1st Holly Robinson, Jukebox Charlie 2nd Darcy Woods, Zippo Come Lately 3rd Kelly Fisher, Gimme A Royal Smile 4th Jennifer Pearce, Mymommadontdance 5th Linda Hardy, Heza Silent Rodder 6th Robin Graham, Git It Good 7th Annette Gregotski, Shock Time Charlie 8th Sally Kress, Rhythmic Reality 9th Leanne Drummond, Extremely Shocking


RK Amt Western Horsemanship, 1st Linda Petrie, The Hot and Only 2nd Janet Dawson, Lazy Lopin Guy 3rd, Sandra Walters, Best Inthe Moonlight 4th Annette Gregotski, Shock Time Charlie 5th Shara Nichols, A Better Machine 6th Robin Graham, Git It Good 7th Sally Kress, Rhythmic Reality


L1 Amt Walk Trot Horsemanship, 1st Jackie Ruccolo, Hot N Passionate 2nd Sue Gueguen, Ironn Mann


L1 Y Western Pleasure, 1st Amber Zabel, Sleepy Monn 2nd Kendall Monden, She Be Slammin 3rd Kelly Puspoky, I Emma Fine Scotch 4th Monica Collins, Good And Tasty 5th Kathryn McLellan, Vested In Iron 6th Brooke Edwards, Anns Candi Machine 7th Bailey Anne Porter, Ikes Driftin Blaze


3rd Kendall Monden, She Be Slammin 4th Kathryn McLellan, Vested In Iron 5th Haley Heidrich, Dont Skip a Minute 6th Bailey Anne Porter, Ikes Driftin Blaze


the Year Award is given to a horse bred within Canada who holds an outstanding national or interna- tional performance record that has helped to enhance the reputation and visibility of Canadian-bred horses. This year’s recipient was honoured at the 2017 Equestrian Canada Annual Awards Banquet in Vancouver, BC.


Hot Krymsun, a 1999 16hh brown Quarter Horse stallion bred by Herb Best and foaled at Krymsun Farms in New Glasgow, NS. An American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) All-Time Leading Performance Sire, One Hot Krymsun is out of Krymsun Jet Set, an AQHA Lead- ing Dam. The award was accepted by Haidee Landry, Past President of the Canadian Quarter Horse Asso- ciation, on behalf of breeder Herb Best.


L1 Amt Ranch Riding, 1st Patrick Dehetre, DDD Shot of Baileys 2nd Leanne Drummond, Extremely Shocking


own right, One Hot Krymsun is a three-time AQHA World Champion in Open Western Pleasure, a four-


A champion competitor in his


ONE HOT KRYMSUN The winner for 2016 is One


2016 Canadian-Bred Horse Of The Year - Presented By Equinet XL The Canadian-Bred Horse of


to put Canada on the map as a pro- ducer of world-class horses, and the ‘Krymsun’ name is a familiar sight on the leaderboard at all levels of


currently includes 100 World, Con- gress and National Champions and Reserve Champions across five breeds and three continents. In light of this success, One Hot Krymsun was the number one DQHA (Ger- man) Leading Sire for multiple years, and number two on the leaderboard for the AQHA Leading Sire of Open Performance Horses for the past four years. One Hot Krymsun has helped


time All American Congress Cham- pion, and a three-time All American Congress Reserve Champion. As a sire, One Hot Krymsun has a truly incredible record, with a total of over 1,150 registered foals - dubbed ‘Krymsun Kids’ - to his name. To date, his offspring have racked up more than $1.3 million in earnings, over 23,700 AQHA points, 89 Superior Awards, 17 AQHA Champion titles, 1,284 All Around Wins and Reserves, and even an AQHA Superhorse title. In addition, his list of offspring


After a bit of an anxious moment when the


powerful 4-year-old got antsy in the gate, Coun- try Boy 123 was all business once the 300-yard dash started. In mere seconds, the dark bay and his rider Cory Spataro were quickly in front of his seven rivals and by the finish, in front by al- most two lengths, stopping the clock in :15.27, just 3/100 of a second off the seven-year-old track record. “It’s scary to say, but he’s got more in


there,” said Spataro, who hails from Innisfil, ON.


Owned by Ruth Barbour and trained by


Bryn Robertson, both of Hillsburgh, ON, Coun- try Boy 123’s speed index of 107 establishes him as the firm favourite for the June 18 Maturity final, worth $50,000. “Being in the one- hole, I knew we had


some waiting to do,” said Spataro. “Out of sheer anticipation he reared, signaling that he was ready to go. I spoke softly to him to calm him


down. Once he came back to us I knew I’d better be tied on.” “CB”, a winner of six of eight


starts in 2016 and fourth in the Grade 3 AQHA Challenge Derby at Los Alamitos last winter, is a son of Country Chicks Man and was foaled in Michigan. It was a super day for trainer


Robertson, who also sent out the venerable 7-year-old One Famous Glass, owned by his wife Carol, daughter-in-law Jaime and Dr. Charles Hall, to win the first Matu- rity Trial. The 2014 Horse of the Year eked out a nose victory over a fast closing Fast Man Vic in the quick time of :15.40 or a 102 speed index.


Country Boy 123 posts a 107 Speed Index in his season debut in the second Picov Maturity Trial on June 4 - Photo by New Image Media)


Tony Phillips rode the Texas-bred to vic- tory, the 15th win of the gelding’s career. One


Famous Glass, also known as ‘Eagle’, finished third in the 2015 Picov Maturity and second in last year’s edition.


competition, from local to regional to international. Therefore, Eques- trian Canada is thrilled to provide the 2016 Canadian Bred Horse of the Year title to One Hot Krymsun and his breeder, Herb Best of Krymsun Farms, New Glasgow, NS. One Hot Krymsun was pur- chased as a yearling by his current owners Craig and Becky Bailey of Bailey Farm LLC of Batavia, Ohio.


Successful Mother’s Day At Ajax Downs


Broadstock horse, the top 2-year-old Home to Vegas, who was bumped hard out of the gate last October in the Alex Picov Futurity. But Phillips was back in top riding form on the second day of


day’s $27,000 featured allowance race but she was ridden by Ajax favourite jockey Tony ‘TP’ Phillips whose 2016 season was cut short by a racing accident. In fact, Phillips suffered back and neck injuries falling from a


Downs Quarter Horse season on May 14 was an extra sweet win for the longtime Quarter Horse owners. Their 5-year-old mare Cartels Fast Money not only took the


Bob and Marie Broadstock’s first victory of the 2017 Ajax


last fall, it’s great for him to win.” Cartels Fast Money grabbed the victory away from race favourite Ice Fishn by a head and stopped the teletimer in :13.580 for the 250 yards, good for an 86-speed index. The race before the featured seventh event was a speed index dash at 250-yards and trainer Broadstock had Fly Fast for Kayley sharp for his 8-year-old debut. The Picov Cattle Co. homebred, making his 2017 debut, burst between rivals to win under Cory Spataro, who won his first two races of the season on the Mother’s Day card. Fly Fast for Kayley is by Fastazyoufly from the


mare Steppin Kayley by Holland Ease. It was the fifth career win in 48 starts for the sorrel gelding and his earnings went over $80,000. “Exhilarating!”, said Broadstock following his


Cartels Fast Money, a 5-year-old mare, was one of two winners saddled by trainer Bob Broadstock on day two of the Ajax Downs meeting - New Image Media Photo)


their second child during the winter and five- month old Benjamin made his first trip to the winner’s circle following ‘Tex’s’ victory. “This horse gets himself ready pretty quickly,”


of the new season for owner/trainer Chantelle Bourgeois, gunned to the lead out of the gate and won the co-featured $17,600 allowance race comfortably under Cassandra Jeschke. Bourgeois and husband Dean Link welcomed


crammed with a big crowd celebrating Mother’s Day and, but for a few flashes of lightning in the area, the weather was sunny and cool. In the first race, Six Shootin Tex, the first runner


two wins. “And what an awesome crowd at the track today. It jammed all day long.” The Ajax stands and patio area were indeed


also saddled race six winner Fly Fast for Kayley for the Picov Cattle Company. “This [win] goes all the way back to when ‘TP’ fell off Homer


the Ajax season, guiding one his favourite mares to victory. Phillips has ridden Cartels Fast Money to four of her five career wins. “They get along so well together,” said Bob Broadstock, who


said Link about their homebred 7-year-old horse. “It was a busy win- ter with just the two of us and the horses and a baby and a 4-year- old.”


Mr Jess Tex from the mare Crusin Sixes by Streakin Sixes. His time of :13.600 for 250 yards with a 6-mph tail wind was good for an 85- speed index. Ralph Pearson’s Yawlplayingwithfire won race 2 as the


Dokey Yawl by Okey Dokey Dale and he won this maiden race by a nose over Scouting for Me and jockey Max Badal. Yawlplayingwithfire was the first starter of the season for Pear-


an optional claiming event at 250 yards. Selective Memory, owned and bred in Ontario by Joyce and Erik Lehtinen, edged 7-year-old Channelislandsflyer in the $17,600 race, posting a time of:13.770, or a 78 speed index. The winner was ridden by Cory Spataro and it was the sixth


Bogar and trainer Barry Wood who watched Jimmy Boyz Cartel come from next-to-last in an eight-horse field and win the $13,000 allowance race, the fifth dash on the day. Jimmy Boyz Cartel, who also won his season debut in 2016, was ridden by Brian Bell.


start for owner Rick Crispi. The 3-year-old grey colt was ridden by Neil Husbands the pair won by a nose in a time of 7.200, now racing into a strong headwind of 25 mph. Also, getting their first win of the season was owner James


when Swingin Bear came out the winner of the popular ‘Gridiron Gallop’, a 110 yard charge that offered a purse of $16,000. Contested at 110 yards, the Gridiron Gallop starts directly in front of the walk- ing ring and fans can get up close to the horses. Swingin Bear was making his first start at Ajax Downs and first


son, one of the founders of Quarter Horse racing in the province. A pair of almost-white geldings battled to the wire in race three,


favourite, getting up in the last jump under Brian Bell. The 3-year-old sorrel gelding is by Fire Finder from Okey


Six Shootin Tex has won three of 12 starts and he is a son of


equines and orgaizations who have contributed to the growth and suc- cess of the equestrian community. More information on the Na-


tional Award program can be found at www.equestrian.ca/about/awards.


tional Awards are presented annu- ally to celebrate the impressive achievements of


individuals,


The Equestrian Canada Na-


win in 20 starts for the son of Sixes Royal who has earned over $65,000. Trainer Tom Dunlap sent out his first winner of the season


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