Page 7 - October 2007 The Game

Canada’s Thoroughbred Racing Newspaper The Game, October 2007 7
Celtic Dreaming is for Real
It was a case of “five times lucky” for owner K.K. Sangara with Celtic Dreamin winning the 62nd running of the $250,000 British Columbia Breeders’ Cup Derby at Hastings Racecourse on September 23, 2007.
Unsuccessful in four previous Derby attempts, Sangara watched as Celtic Dreamin broke sharply, pressed the pace from the outside and gained the lead to win by 5 1/2 lengths under jockey Gerry Olguin, who won the 1989 BC Derby on Fleet Reserve. Trained by Rafael Becerra, Celtic Dreamin has now
won five out of six starts this year after being claimed for $40,000 in Santa Anita last April.
Celtic Dreamin paid $8.50 to win in a time of 1:49.50 over the 1 1/8-miles trip. Gandolf, the only maiden in the race, finished second and paid $17.30 for place, a winning exactor combination of 6-9 pay- ing $133.20.
“I wanted to win this so badly for K.K.,” Becerra said in the winner’s circle. “I know how much it means to him.”
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Cont. from Page 6
The Seremba’s had travelled to Lexington many times and Yolande took advantage of her surround- ings by learning as much as she could about pedigrees while meeting many influential people in the business.
Yolande was dedicated to breeding to the best that they could afford and the results were seen on the racetrack with horses such as multiple stakes winner, Marquise Cut as well other stakes winners, Alleluia, Country Sky, Cafe Creme, and Of Royal Blood.
With more than 55 years invested in horseracing, the industry has given the Seremba’s a life which allowed them to travel the world and to meet an array of interesting people. Their lifetime of adventures have been carefully preserved in treasure chest of photo albums and scrapbooks brimming with newspaper clippings photos of their many experiences.
Frank and Yolande are as much in love today as they were when they were married 53 years ago and now at age 76, the Seremba’s find themselves back at Fort Erie with three horses after deciding to escape the hurricane season in Florida.
“We were retired and got back in to it a little bit,” said Frank explaining why they are back at the racetrack, “It was the hurricanes. We decided that we didn’t want to be in Florida from June to September, so we came to Fort Erie.”
Escaping the hurricanes is a plausible explanation however it would be just as understandable if the Seremba’s explained that after a lifetime of racing and a long history of breeding successful racehorses, it is very difficult to just give it all up.
For now we’ll just have accept that it was the wind that has kept them in racing.