NOVEMBER 2022 THE RIDER /39 Day Sweeps Final Leg Of Women’s Driving Championship
Natasha Day, winner of the Ontario Women’s Driving Championship
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www.standardbred.com Defending champion Natasha Day blew
away the competition with a perfect performance in the final leg of the OLG Ontario Women’s Driving Championship, which opened the Friday night (Oct. 14) card at The Raceway at Western Fair District. Day swept all six challenge races in the final
leg courtesy of Rose Run Why Not ($2.60), Up- grade Valley ($2.70), What Can I Say ($11.30), Mister X ($3.90), Jayport Roadrunner ($3.40) and Azucar Pipedream ($3.30).
ton Raceway and Grand River Raceway. She more than doubled her point total to 118 by the end of the night, finishing well ahead of Marielle Enberg and Julie Walker, who were second in a dead-heat with 80 points each. Rounding out the order of fin- ish was Pam Forgie (50 points), Maggie Jones (43 points), Samara Johnson (42 points), Debi O’Brien Moran (25 points), Brittany Kennedy (21 points) and Marie-Claude Auger (16 points), who was un- able to continue in the series. As the overall winner of the Ontario
Women’s Driving Championship, Day was awarded $2,000 in prize money, plus a set of cus- tom-made summer driving silks from Graham’s Racing Silks.
The women donated their
earnings from the championship series to Harness the Hope, which raises funds, awareness and supports programs that help those affected by cancer. The Day-driven Mister X
was voted “Best Dressed Horse” as part of on-track Harness the Hope 17th anniversary festivi- ties.
After the driving champi-
onship concluded, Friday’s card continued with the second leg of the Autumn Series for Ontario- sired two and three-year-old trot- ting fillies that are non-winners of $10,000 lifetime. Angel Of My Dreams ($3.20) doubled up in the series with a 4-3/4-length victory, taking a new mark of 2:02 with Travis Henry in the sulky. Thomas Riley trains the three- year-old Archangel filly for own- ers Donald Mitchell and Douglas Elen of Georgetown, Ont. Crazy Lilly and Miss Tory were the best of the rest. To view Friday’s harness
racing results, click the following link: Friday Results - Western Fair Raceway.
LEFT: Artwork by Michelle Hogan
Natasha Day and Azucar Pipedream Ontario Women’s Driving Championship Natasha Day, winner of the
“I thought maybe [I would win] one or two
and the rest maybe just place chances,” com- mented Day afterwards. “I wasn’t expecting six at all.
“It’s a great series and we had a lot of fun. I
was just blessed with a couple of handy horses and good front-end speed, so I got off the gate re- ally well. This track is a front-end track, so that’s what it all came down to.” Azucar Pipedream and Natasha Day win-
ning at The RacewayNatasha Day driving Azucar Pipedream to her sixth consecutive victory in the final leg of the OLG Ontario Women’s Driving Championship. Day had entered the final leg with an eight-
point lead in the standings following stops at Hanover Raceway, Dresden Raceway, Leaming-
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