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Ontario Bred Maturity
HAD TO BE IVORY
by Danny Camp
Had To Be Ivory won his first six races in a row. He then had another four-race win streak and now a three-race streak with his latest victory coming
in the 400-yard $32,356 Ontario Bred Maturity held at Ajax Downs on Sept. 29.
Had To Be Ivory stepped away from the 4-post and received the second call under Cory Spataro. They were in front within a couple of jumps and held the lead for the rest of the contest, crossing the line a neck in front and stopping the clock in :20.090 for a 94 speed index.
The gelding earned the first place check worth $14,380, which ups his total bankroll to $212,750, and his race record stands at sixteen wins out of 21 races. Had To Be Ivory was won eight stakes events in his career and was the 2018 and 2019 AQHA Canadian Champion.
The gelding races for owners/breeders Carol and Jaime Robertson, and trainer Bryn Robertson.
The Robertsons bred Had To Be Ivory out of Had To Be Fandango, winner of the Maple Leaf Derby at Ajax Downs. The mare has produced four foals, with Had To Be Ivory her first stakes winner, along with two stakes placed runners.
Ridden by Cassandra Jeschke, Countrys Comin Bac (Country Chicks Man-Bac To Center) showed a gritty effort to pick up second place money, finishing 3 3/4-lengths in front of the third-place finisher for owner Ralph Pearson and trainer Don Reid. The gelding won the 2020 Ontario Bred Maturity.
Two-time stakes winner Shes Sizzling (Sizzling Cartel-Shenandoah Special) was in third place under Helen Vanek for owners Joyce and Erik Lehtinen and trainer Erik Lehtinen.
Fiesty Icon (Sugarman Perry-Fiesty Spirit), Firing Red Jess (Mr Jess Tex-Easily Holland) and Tres On Fire (Fire Finder-Quick Six Lady) completed the order of finish.
QROOI Distance Series S. #3
SPY FOR THE SENATE
by Michael Cusortelli
Ismael Mosqueira rode Spy For The Senate to a neck victory in the $15,985 QROOI Distance Series Stakes #3 at Ajax Downs on Oct. 6.
Prepped by Jason Pascoe for owner Milena Kwiecien of Burlington, Ontario, Spy For The Senate covered 440 yards in :21.628 while racing against a reported 11-mph head wind. The 5-year-old son of the Jess Louisiana Blue stallion Louisiana Senator earned a 108 speed index and the $7,523 winner’s share of the purse from his second stakes win of the meet.
Spy For The Senate has won 11 of 33 starts and has banked $133,055. His career resume includes a victory as the fastest qualifier in the 2018 Alex Picov Memorial Futurity. Spy For The Senate has earned $21,101 from four outs at Ajax Downs this season, and his three wins include a 3/4-length score in the 350-yard first leg of the QROOI Distance Stakes series on July 7.
Spy For The Senate was bred in Oklahoma by Mary L. Hainline. The stallion is out of Corona Spy, a winning 10-year-old daughter of the Holland Ease stallion Corona Cartel, and he is a half-brother to MH Apollitical Spy, an Apollitical Blood gelding who ran third in last year’s Speedhorse Futurity-G3 at Fair Meadows at Tulsa. The stallion traces back to his fourth dam, Super Rich, a graded stakes winning Timeto Thinkrich mare.
Countrys Comin Bac (Country Chicks Man-Bac To Center) finished second and earned $3,761 for his owner, Ralph Pearson. Cassandra Jeschke rode the Ontario-bred 8-year-old gelding for trainer Don Reid.
Milena Kwiecien’s Maryland Magic (Pyc Paint Your Wagon-Purley Un Social) ran third, 1 3/4 lengths behind Spy For The Senate. J.B. Botello rode the 7-year-old stallion for trainer Jason Pascoe.
Countryfried Chicken (Country Chicks Man-La Wanda) and Chicksdigmymoneybags (Chicks Regard-Aaneta) completed the order of finish.
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