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Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario Inc. News
George Egerton Memorial Award Ken Mucklestone Award Horse of the Year
Hi Point Owner/Trainer Runner-Up Owner/Trainer Hi-Point Jockey Runner-up Jockey
High Point 2 Yr Old
High Point 2 Yr Old Colt/Gelding (39) Runner-up 2 yr old Gelding/Colt (23) High Point 2 yr Old Filly (12) Runner-Up 2 yr old Filly (10)
High Point 3 Yr Old
High Point 3 Yr Old Gelding/Stallion (31) Runner-up 3 yr old Gelding/Stallion (27)
High Point 3 Yr Old Mare (24) Runner-Up 3 yr old Mare (23) Runner-Up 3 yr old Mare (23)
High Point Aged Horse
Hi Point Aged Gelding/Stallion (35) Runner-up Aged Gelding/Stallion (33) High Point Aged Mare (25) Runner-up Aged Mare (22) Runner-up Aged Mare (22)
Hi Point Owner Runner Up Owner
Hi Point Ontario Breeder Runner Up Breeder
Ontario Superior Racehorse (50 or more AA or AA Points Lifetime)
QROOI Year End Awards Ontario Bred Juvenile First Cold Wave
Cassandra Jeschke Rod Phillips
Bruce Lawrence -Hi Point Trainer Runner-Up Trainer
First Cold Wave Jason Pascoe Craig Spada Erik Lehtinen
Chantelle Bourgeois Cory Spataro
Ramiro Castillo First Cold Wave
First Cold Wave Night Leader
Magic Diamond
Eye Live For Candy Countryfried Chicken
Countryfried Chicken Senor Pagrana
Streakinlilwagon
Goodness Graceious Jessaprimadonna
Countrys Comin Bac Countrys Comin Bac Maryland Magic
Hanover Hill Chalsee Jess A Sweet Suprize Five Bar Fandango
Milena Kwiecien Rick Crispi
Picov Cattle Co Christine Tavares
Eye Am the Eagle Five Bar Fandango Not Whistlin Dixie Shes Sizzling
Register of Merit (45 or more Ontario Points in Yr) None Legion of Merit (5 or more wins)
None
Stakes Winners Alex Picov Memorial Futurity
Alex Picov Memorial Championship Ontario Bred Futurity Ontario Bred Derby Ontario Bred Maturity
Ontario Sire Stakes Futurity
Picov Maturity Princess Derby
QROOI Sprint Series QROOi Distance Series
First Line Racing Syndicate Carol and Jamie Robertson Amanda McCormack Joyce and Erik Lehtinen
Robert Bailey Robert Bailey
Reid, Scott and Wilson, John Milena Kwiecien Milena Kwiecien
Milena Kwiecien Milena Kwiecien Heste Sport Inc
GFR Equine Services Big Dog Racing
Spada, Craig and Fehr, Isaak Ralph Pearson
Ralph Pearson
Milena Kwiecien Picov Cattle Co Craig Spada
Carol and Jaime Robertson
First Cold Wave won the $115,000 Alex Picov Futurity in 2021 and was named Horse of the Year by the Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario (Clive Cohen photo)
AJAX DOWNS, APRIL 25, 2021- For only the third time in Ajax Downs history, a 2- year-old has been named the track’s Quarter Horse of the Year. FIRST COLD WAVE, who is Ontario bred and sired, was voted 2021’s top horse by the board of directors of the Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario on April 22. Owned and bred by Robert Bailey of
Oakwood, Ontario, First Cold Wave is the only provincially sired and bred juvenile Horse of the Year, following American bred Leanintoit (2011) and American sired/ Ont. bred One Kool Wave (2010). The impressive-looking First Cold
First Cold Wave Maryland Magic Night Leader
Countryfried Chicken Had to Be Ivory First Cold Wave
Ontario Sire Stakes Derby. 3 yr Old. Ontario Sired All Outta Sugar Ontario Sire Stakes Maturity. 4 Yr Old Ontario Sired Fiesty Icon Picov Derby
Streakinlilwagon Firing Red Jess
Jessaprimadonna
Jess A Sweet Suprize Spy for the Senate
Robert Bailey Milena Kwiecien
Scott Reid and John Wilson Milena Kwiecien
Carol and Jaime Robertson Robert Bailey
Marie Broadstock Richard Kennedy
GFR Equine Services George Coleman
Craig Spada and Isaac Fehr Craig Spada
Milena Kwiecien
Wave earned 39 QROOI points in 2021, more than any other Ajax Downs starter. The sorrel-coloured gelding also collected the trophy for High Point 2-Year-Old Male horse. He is a son of young stallion Cold Hard Dash, whose first crop of foals raced in 2021. Cold Hard Dash is owned by a syn- dicate and stands at Iron Horse Reproduc- tion in Port Perry. Trained by Jason Pascoe, First Cold
Wave made his Ajax Downs debut in July following a 10th place finish in his career debut at Remington Park in Oklahoma. He won his maiden in that first start locally under jockey Brian Bell and then finished a close second in the $61,000 Ontario Bred Futurity to Night Leader. First Cold Wave turned the tables on that rival, winning a Trial for the $65,000 Ontario Sires Futurity
before taking the final. After a third-place finish in a Trial for the prestigious Alex Picov Futurity, First Cold Wave won a furi- ous battle to the wire, taking the $115,000 Futurity final by a nose. Produced from the mare Cassies
Carver by Wave Carver, First Cold Wave completed his 2021 season with four wins in seven starts and earnings of $98,764 (Cdn.). First Cold Wave recently returned to
racing on April 15, finishing fourth in an al- lowance race at Remington Park. He is being pointed to that track’s Heritage Place Derby Trials on May 7 and should he qual- ify, would contest the $250,000 (US) final on May 28. Ajax Downs racing fans will hope-
fully get to see the champ for the track’s big 3-year-old races this summer. The 2022 Ajax Downs Quarter Horse
season opens Wednesday, May 11 (first race post time at 1:30 p.m.). Racing will be con- ducted on Wednesdays, plus one Sunday a month, and there will be a special card on Thanksgiving Monday, October 10. You can view the entire racing sched-
ule with on-track events here. Follow Ajax Downs on social media
@AjaxDowns (Twitter and Instagram), Facebook and at
www.ajaxdowns.com. For more information on how to become an owner or partner in a Quarter Horse contact the QROOI at
www.qrooi.com.
Named Ajax Downs’ 2021 Horse of the Year
Sean Slater
cusl8r@live.com
Ralph Pearson - 905-243-4501
ralphpearson@bellnet.ca
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