NOVEMBER 2021 THE RIDER /23
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PRESIDENT Bob Broadstock 18101 Cedardale Road, Nestleton, Ontario L0B 1L0 (905) 986-0044 email:
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Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario Inc. News
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room(s) for the banquet you can re- ceive 15% off at Ajax Hilton Inn, 500 Beck Crescent, Ajax and Homewood Suites, 600 Beck Crescent To book a room please contact the Hilton at
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quet will be held on Saturday March 5th 2022 at the Ajax Convention Cen- tre, 500 Beck Crescent in Ajax. Ticket costs will be $50.00 each which in- cludes HST. Please note that you will have to show ID and proof of double vaccination. You can purchase your tickets
2021 Awards Banquet The QROOI 2021 Awards Ban-
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2021 Horse Purchase Program In- crease
Ontario Inc. Board of Directors are pleased to announce they have now in- creased the New Purchase Program in- terest free loan from $5,000 to $7,500. Get your applications in or contact Monique at Head Office for an appli- cation form as soon as possible to en- sure that you are part of this exciting program!
Nine-year-old Fiesty Icon is King of the Gridiron Gallop
AJAX DOWNS, OCTO- BER 20, 2021 - Don’t tell nine-year-old
ICON you can’t teach an older horse new tricks. Ajax Downs’ reigning
Quarter Horse of the Year won his first attempt at the “Gridiron Gallop”, at the unique distance of just 110- yards on Wednesday, with an impressive finish. The tall Ontario-bred gelding, owned and trained by Rick Kennedy, broke well from post position eight under jockey Tony Phillips and launched a powerful surge to grab the lead from favoured Maryland Magic to win by a head. Fiesty Icon sped the distance in 6.907 for a strong 99 speed index.
The gelding was
clocked at 64 km/h while racing with a 10 mph tail- wind.
“I know it was a much
different distance for him today,” said Phillips. “But he’s got that big, long stride, he levels out and finds an- other kick.” Fiesty Icon, who was
also Ajax Downs’ Horse of the Year in 2015, won the
FIESTY The Quarter Racing Owners of
Streakinlilwagon Races to Picov Derby Victory; ‘Ivory’ Takes Maturity
Sean Slater
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Ralph Pearson - 905-243-4501
ralphpearson@bellnet.ca
Had to Be Ivory (right) reaches out to win the $41,040 Ontario Bred Maturity (New Image Media Photo)
Ajax Downs, September 29, 2021 - GFR Equine Services’ Streakinlilwagon turned on the jets late to win the $61,020 Picov Derby for 3-year-old Quarter horses on September 29 at Ajax Downs. The small bay filly and her rider Ismael Mosquiera overcame a bit of an awkward start at the outset of the 400-yard dash, chased Twixt of Fate, and then overhauled that big geld- ing about 100 yards from the finish to win by three-quarter of a length. It was the fourth straight victory for the Jason Pascoe trainee. Twixt of Fate, owned by Richard Win-
cikaby and trained by Michelle Woodley, held second over a closing Had to Be Re- lentless, owned by Carol and Jaime Robert- son and trained by Bryn Robertson. The time, run into a headwind of 18 mph, was 20.326 for an 88 speed index. Perrier Special, winner of the fastest
of two Trials for the Picov Derby, was a late scratch. Streakinlilwagon, is an Oklahoma
bred by Fast Prize Jordan from the mare La Jollas Fortune, and was bred by GFR Equine, which is owned by Jason Pascoe and Bryanne Langford of Pontypool, ON. “She was a little bit behind [Twixt of
Fiesty Icon (8), a two-time Horse of the Year, won Wednesday’s featured “Gridiron Gallop” at the short distance of 110-yards in a thrilling finish. Clive Cohen/New Image Media
Picov Maturity at 300-yards in July and the Ontario Sires Stakes Maturity in August. He was coming off a fourth- place finish behind Had to Be Ivory in the Ontario Bred Maturity at 400 yards on Sept. 29. Fiesty Icon paid $8.70
as the 3 to 1 third choice. It was the 22nd career win
from 55 races in his illustri- ous career. His earnings stand at $392,986. The son of Ontario stallion Sugar- man Perry was bred by Picov Cattle Company. Keep up to date on
Quarter Horse racing at Ajax Downs by following us on social media, @Ajax- Downs. The QROOI
(
www.qrooi.com) represents all horsepeople in Quarter Horse racing and offers op- tions to become involved in the ownership of your own Quarter Horse. Replay of the “Grid-
iron Gallop”, Oct. 20 -
https://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=CFlVk_qJUxI
Fate] but you just have to be patient and get her speed under her legs,” said Mosquiera who was winning his biggest race of his ca- reer at Ajax Downs and his third of the day. “She’s just an amazing filly with great speed and finish.” Pascoe was celebrating his second
consecutive Picov Derby, taking last year’s edition with Ec Grey’s Anatomy. “When we started working with her we thought she was pretty decent but she was really, really small, that was our biggest concern. But she’s really light on the ground, she knows how to win races and we’re very lucky to have her.” Pascoe and Langford raced the filly’s
champion half brother, Streakinshaggin- wagon, the 2014 Horse of the Year. The Picov Derby was the fifth win in
nine races for Streakinlilwagon this year and ninth overall from 14 starts. She won the $83,000 Canterbury Derby in Min-
Pascoe and Bryanne Langford’s GFR Equine Services, took the Picov Derby, Sept. 29;
Jockey Ismael Mosquiera kisses his winning mount. (New Image Media, JM photos)
STREAKINLILWAGON, owned by Jason
nesota on Aug. 11. Her career earnings stand at $157,319. Earlier in the afternoon, HAD TO BE
IVORY won the day’s co-featured Ontario Bred Maturity, worth $41,040 for his third straight victory of 2021. The 2019 Horse of the Year, owned by Carol and Jaime Robertson and trained by Bryn Robertson and ridden by Cory Spataro, held off a de- termined rally by Ralph Pearson’s Countrys Comin Bac to win the 400-yard race in 20.090 for a 94 speed index. The big On- tario bred by Ivory James, foaled at the Robertson’s Hillerin Farm in Hillsburgh, was coming off a track-record setting win in the QROOI Distance series (2). The 6- year-old has won three of four races in 2021 and 16 of 20 starts with career earn- ings of $275,181.
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