AUGUST 2019 THE RIDER /23


Q.R.O.O.I: 50 Alexander Crossing’s, Ajax, ON L0S 1T6 Telephone: (905) 426-7050 • Fax: (905) 426-7093 Email: qrooiheadoffice@gmail.com


www.qrooi.com


PRESIDENT


Bob Broadstock 18101 Cedardale Road, Nestleton, Ontario L0B 1L0 (905) 986-0044 email: bob_broadstock@hotmail.com


VICE-PRESIDENT


Erik Lehtinen RR #2, Uxbridge, ON L9P 1R2 (905) 852-5245


Greg Watson 785 Hwy 7A, Bethany, ON L0A 1A0 (705) 277-0248


Bryanne Sheppard 749 Waite Road, Pontypool, ON L0A 1K0


Chantelle Bourgeois - 416-985-7046 Chantelle.Bourgeois@t4g.com


Ralph Pearson - 905-243-4501 ralphpearson@bellnet.ca


James Bogar JBogar@cameronsteel.com


Ajax jockey


Regan Knowles has first


3-win day


AJAX DOWNS, JULY 21, 2019 - On an- other successful day of Quarter Horse racing at Ajax Downs, jockey REGAN KNOWLES collected his first ever three- win afternoon as the Lindsay, ON resi- dent continues his career year. Knowles has 11 victories in 2019 at


Canada’s biggest Quarter Horse track and sits third in the rider standings be- hind Tony Phillips (18) and Ramiro Castillo (12) following the biggest day of his riding career. The 11 wins are far more than the


rider has posted in one season of racing since he began riding at Ajax less than 10 years ago. “I’m afraid to drive home now,’


said the personable Knowles who guided CHICKSDIGMYMONEYBAGS to vic- tory in Sunday’s feature Overnight Series dash for owner and trainer Ruth Barbour.


REGAN KNOWLES, in the midst of a ca-


reer year as a Quarter Horse jockey, returns to the winners’s circle on A FANCY


ARRANGEMENT, one of his three winners on July 21 - photo courtesy of JOHN WATKINS)


Knowles invited a group of fans, a


family five, into the winner’s circle fol- lowing his win on Christine Tavares’ SUGARMANS DELIGHT in the co-fea- tured Open Allowance, defeating stars Fiesty Icon and Ghost Pines. “You have to get the fans involved


because that is the backbone of our in- dustry,’ said Knowles. “Without the fans we have nobody and we appreciate them.”


Ajax Downs put on another big


show with Craft Beer Day, featuring half a dozen breweries from the Durham re- gion. The large crowd bet with enthusi- asm as wagering was up almost 20% from the same day in 2018. Follow Ajax Downs on Twitter


(@AjaxDowns), Instagram and Face- book and visit


http://www.ajaxdowns.com. the website at


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