Page 74 - Speedhorse February 2020

HAD TO BE IVORY si 108, $162,089 Canadian Champion
Corona Cartel
Ivory James
Dashin Follies
Holland Ease
Corona Chick
Strawfly Special
First Down Dash Easy Henryetta Chicks Beduino Sizzling Lil Special Effort Fly In The Pie First Down Dash Hempes Folly
First Down Dash Miss Strikin Jet Firebrand Bar Miss Oakie Mito Special Effort Fly In The Pie Coup De Kas TB Barbara Mandrel
Dash For Cash First Prize Rose Easy Jet
Babys Henryetta Beduino TB
A Classy Chick Sizzle Te
Lilsalady TB
Raise Your Glass TB Go Effortlessly
Pie In The Sky Flying Rockette Dash For Cash First Prize Rose Hempen TB Jets Runway
Dash For Cash First Prize Rose Streakin Dash Fast Copy Talent Bar Baldy Brand Mito Paint TB Juanjet
Raise Your Glass TB Go Effortlessly
Pie In The Sky Flying Rockette Kaskaskia
Mor Coup Go Dick Go Leta Priest
Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Gallant Jet Rose Bug
Jet Deck
Lena’s Bar TB Lanovay
Baby Steel TB Romany Royal Jo-Ann-Cat
Chick’s Deck Mayshego TB Azure Te TB
Jet’s Fair Lady Reb’s Policy
Here’s To Lil
Raise A Native Champagne Woman Double Devil
Hijo Beauty TB Easy Jet
Miss Jelly Roll Rocket Bar TB
Fly Straw
Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Gallant Jet
Rose Bug
Indian Hemp
Serry
Easy Jet
War Folly
Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Gallant Jet Rose Bug Streakin Six
Got Alot Going Fast Jet
Can’t Copy Royal Bar Della’s Queen Firebrand Reed Sue’s Answer Mito
Herb’s Miss
Jet Deck
Myria Juan
Raise A Native Champagne Woman Double Devil
Hijo Beauty TB Easy Jet
Miss Jelly Roll Rocket Bar TB Fly Straw Catullus Cymbidium Villamor
Re Bley
Little Dick Priest Miss Array Johnny Priest Warleta
Dashing Folly HAD TO BE IVORY, ‘15-G.
Hadtobenuts
Had To Be Fandango
Grim Fandango
Strike The Cash
Shes Bad
Strawfly Special
Coup De Sue
Breeders/Owners: Carol & Jaime Robertson Trainer: Bryn Robertson Jockey: Tony Phillips
2019 Record: 5-3(2)-1-0, $50,004, Ontario Bred Mat., Picov Mat., 4th Alex Picov Mem. Champ.
Very few horses are as consistent as
Had To Be Ivory. He is a popular
campaigner at Ajax Downs, and he earned his second consecutive Canadian Championship in 2019.
“It means a lot to me and my family,”
said Bryn Robertson. “We’re like a team. He’s been a great horse.”
The entire Robertson family contributes to Had To Be Ivory’s success. They bred
Had To Be Ivory, a son of Ivory James and out of Had To Be Fandango, in Ontario, Canada. The breeders and owners are listed as Carol and Jaime Robertson, Bryn’s wife and daughter-in-law, but everyone pitches in. Mike, the Robertsons’ son, is the gelding’s blacksmith and exercise rider.
Had To Be Ivory has started 14 times in three years of competition, all at Canada’s Ajax Downs. He began his career at 2 in 2017 with five wins in five starts, including victories in the Ajax Juvenile Challenge and Alex Picov Memorial Futurity.
At 3 in 2018, he won three of four, including the Ajax Downs Bonus Derby Challenge and Picov Derby.
Had To Be Ivory started five times in 2019 and won three. He started the season in a May 12 allowance event. Only necks and heads separated the first six runners, with Had To Be Ivory emerging on top, defeating odds-on favorite Country Boy 123.
Country Boy 123 went off as the favorite again in the May 26 Picov Maturity. Had To Be Ivory bested that rival by 3/4-length.
A stumble at the start cost Had To Be Ivory first place in a July 1 allowance event. Even with the trouble, he rallied to be second.
Had To Be Ivory’s final victory of the season came in the Sept. 1 Ontario Bred Maturity. Sent off as the odds-on favorite with regular jockey Tony Phillips aboard, Had To Be Ivory quickly took command.
He proved so dominant that not only did he daylight the field by 2 3/4-lengths, he set a New Track Record. Had To Be Ivory stopped the timer in :19.600 for 400 yards for a speed index of 108.
Had To Be Ivory wins the Picov Maturity under jockey Tony Phillips.
72 SPEEDHORSE, February 2020
Clive Cohen