22/ SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER 2021 THE RIDER
September 2021 Hero Sonia Burry
August 2021 Q Horse Heroes National Recog- nition Honoree Sonia Burry owns and oper-
Q Horse Heroes
Community Support Recognition Program
Ajax Downs, September 1, 2021 - Perrier Special and the filly Streakinlilwagon won the two competitive Trials for the $50,000 Picov Derby on a sun-splashed afternoon at Ajax Downs, September 1. Not much separated the two Trial winners in terms of their final times for the 400-yard dashes for 3-year-olds Quarter Horses, setting up for an exciting Picov Derby final on September 22. The giant gelding Perrier
Special, a homebred for Erik and Joyce Lehtinen of Uxbridge, ON, was the lone Ontario bred in the second Trial and was bet down to
ates Tower Equestrian, a not for profit equine centre in Glover- town, NFLD. Tower Equestrian specializes in psychotherapy, as- sisted through a discipline known as Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) which is increasingly being used to assist people suffer- ing from Post Traumatic Stress disorders (PTSD), youth at risk, difficult to reach clients, corporate training sessions for improved teamwork and communication. Psychotherapy is showing signif- icant results treating veterans, First Responders and their fami- lies who are suffering from debil-
itating effects of this invisible, yet very real disability. Burry herself assists the mental health profes- sional as an EAL coach; Sonia has Mental Health Professionals (MHP) who are certified to teach using the power of the horse in the program. When asked how the pan-
demic has affected Tower Eques- trian, Burry stated, “Events had to be tabled to another date, once re- strictions began to lift, some of the programs resumed with lim- ited involvement.” Moving ahead with provincial openings, Tower Equestrian is back with equine therapy bookings in the fall and simple, but elegant weddings. The calendar year of 2022 is bright for Burry, her plans for Tower Eques- trian Horse Festival held in July 2022 is gaining momentum, a first for the beautiful island of
NFLD. CQHA honors Sonia Burry
as a 2021 Canadian Quarter Picov Derby Trials Set Up for Fantastic Final
even-money by post time. Breaking smoothly from post position three under jockey Tony Phillips, Perrier Special was soon contesting the lead and rolled to a three-quarter length win over a closing Jm Southern Express, owned and trained by Jason Pascoe with jockey Ricardo Moreno. Princess Derby winner Jess- aprimadonna finished third. Perrier Special raced the dis- tance in 20.186 for a 91 speed index. He paid $4.00 to win. “He broke like a rocket
and was on top from the get- go,’ said Phillips. “I wasn’t re- ally expecting that from a big
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The big gelding PERRIER SPECIAL (3) and jockey Tony Phillips won the slightly faster of two Trials for the Picov Derby. STREAKINLILWAGON, a filly, took the second Trial with Ismael Mosquiera aboard. Clive Cohen photos
horse like him. He’s still learning; when he got in front it was like ‘where did everybody go’ but I just said ‘dude we gotta keep goin’. I really love that horse.” It was the second win in
three races in 2021 for Per- rier Special, a son of Dominyun, and his third life- time win from six starts. Heavily
favoured Streakinlilwagon was up to
win the first Trial by half a length for GFR Equine Serv- ices of Jason Pascoe and Bryanne Langford of Ponty- pool. The Oklahoma bred, the top 2-year-old filly at Ajax Downs in 2020, was coming off a big win in the Canterbury Derby at Canter- bury Downs in Minnesota on Aug. 11 and was 1 to 5 on the tote board. Ridden by Ismael Mosquiera, Streakinlilwagon
broke well from post position four and chased leader Twixt of Fate, who had stumbled at the start. The filly made a bold bid late to catch Twixt of Fate, owned by Richard Wincikaby and ridden by Tony Phillips. Kk Blue Car- tel was third with rider Cas- sandra Jeschke for owners Craig Spada and Doug Hart. Streakinliwagon’s time of 20.251 was good for a 90
speed index. It was her eighth career win in 13 starts. Craig Spada, who also
trains his horses, had four horses qualify for the final while Pascoe had three ad- vance. The full list of quali- fiers is below. *Jockey Cory Spataro
won four of the nine races on Wednesday to jump into the lead in the rider’s race with 18 victories over Ismael Mosquiera (16) and Ramiro Castillo (15). Racing at Ajax Downs
continues next Wednesday, Sept. 8 with the third and final leg of the Sprint Series. First race post time is 1:30 p.m. Fans can register to at- tend the races beginning Monday, Sept.
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