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Alex Picov Futurity Continued from Page 1


Quarter Horse season. The marquee event of the exciting afternoon, which had a big crowd abuzz, was the $115,290 Alex Picov Memorial Futurity at 400-yards for 2-year-olds, the richest Quarter Horse race in Canada, won by Ontario-bred FIRST COLD WAVE. Owned and bred by Robert Bailey of Oak-


wood, ON, First Cold Wave was the third choice in the nine-horse Futurity field, those that qualified in two Time Trials on Oct. 6. Trained by Ajax


Downs’ leading trainer Jason Pascoe and ridden by Brian Bell, First Cold Wave was away well from post seven and chased longshot Blazin Magician before grabbing a short lead. In the final yards, owner Milena Kwiecien’s pair of Eye Live for Candy and SW The Redeemer closed fast but First Cold Wave held on to win by a nose. Eye Live For Candy, with Ismael Mosquiera up, hed second over SW The Redeemer with favoured Lethal Tres Seis, who broke slowly, grabbing fourth. The time was 20.121 into a 17 mph headwind


was good for a 93 speed index. First Cold Wave paid $12,30 to win. “He’s just an awesome horse,”


said Bell. “I saw Ismael com- ing at me but this guy just jumped out a few more strides and got it done.” First Cold Wave came into the


Futurity with three wins includ- ing the Ontario Sires Futurity and had finished third in Lethal Tres Seis’s Trial win. The sor- rel gelding is from the first crop of runners for his sire Cold Hard Dash, owned by a syndi- cate of Ontario horsepeople in- cluding Bailey. “When this guy was born he was an interesting fellow. It took him a while to pick things up but once he did he was good to go.” The winner’s share of $46,117


boosted First Cold Wave’s earnings to over $99,000. *Champion Woodbine jockey


Champion Woodbine Thoroughbred jockey Rafael Hernandez leaps from Championship winner Maryland Magic


RAFAEL HERNANDEZ made his Ajax Downs debut a win- ning one when he guided MARYLAND MAGIC to an upset win in the 48th Alex Picov Memorial Championship for older horses. Hernandez, the


All Outta Sugar scores a sweet win in the Ontario Sires Stakes Derby


2020 Sovereign Award winner for Outstanding Thoroughbred Jockey in Canada was lured by trainer Jason Pascoe to ride Keepr of the Stars in the Futurity but picked up the 7-year-old stallion Maryland Magic for the $49,340 Championship when Ricardo Moreno booked off his mounts. Facing champion Had to Be Ivory, Maryland


Magic broke sharply and fended off Countrys Comin Bac and Had to Be Ivory to win by a neck in 21.824 for the 440-yards, a 103 speed index. He paid $21.10 as the second longest shot in the field. It was the 13th win in 43 starts for Maryland


Magic, who also doubles as a stud for owner Milena Kwiecien and his first foals raced this year. *Marie Broadstock’s ALL OUTTA SUGAR,


Sires Stakes Derby for 3-year-olds earlier in the day. Ridden by Ramiro Castillo, All Outta Sugar had a short lead throughout the 350-yard dash and won by half a length over James Bogar’s Bogie Wheels. A son of Sugarman Perry, All Outta Sugar ($11.50) was winning his first stakes race and his second race in his ninth career start. He raced the distance in 18.203 for an 83 speed index. *The 2021 Ajax Downs season wraps up next


Wednesday, November 3 with its final card begin- ning at 12:55 p.m. Fans can register to attend the final


day of racing by visiting


www.ajaxdowns.com. Follow Ajax Downs on so- cial media for updates and news. Video of the full day of racing, Oct. 27 -


trained by Don Reid, won the $52,560 Ontario www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqO-skF1Q-0


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in 2013 at the renowned Winter Equestrian Fes- tival in Wellington, FL. “Dix was truly one of the best” said his


owner Ariel Grange from the Lothlorien Farms Facebook post. “The partnership between Ian Millar and Dixson was one of the best. I can honestly say he was a one in a million horse not only to compete but to love and have in the sta- ble.”


A year later, Dixson and Millar would rep-


resent the maple leaf on multiple occasions in the FEI Nations Cup series, including helping Canada win the 2014 CSIO 4* Nations Cup in Wellington, FL. Dixson’s momentum continued the fol-


lowing year, when he and Millar appeared in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, ON and helped the Canadian Show Jumping Team bring


home the gold medal on home soil, which marked Canada’s first team jumping medal since 1987. The duo of Dixson and Millar would continue to win countless team medals and individual victories together before Dix- son’s retirement in 2018. “Dixson and Ian were contenders every


time they stepped into the ring, their synergy was impressive to witness, they helped Team Canada secure many wins over the years”. stated Karen Hendry-Ouellette, EC Manager, Jumping. “All of us were very fortunate to share in the tremendous victories produced by this duo”


“A huge thank you to Ariel Grange and her


Team at Lothlorien Farms (past and present) for making Dixson available to the Canadian Show Jumping Team.” Equestrian Canada (EC) extends sincere


condolences to owner Ariel Grange, Lothlorien Farms and the Millar family.


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