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Century Downs • $19,784 400 yards • :20.067 • si 103
Mr Jess Perry
Honor Ease
HONOR THE FAST MAN, ’14-g.
Honor The Perry
Buckle High
Heza Fast Man Dashing Fly Lady
Canada Cup Derby
Honor tHe FaSt Man
by Danny Camp
Honor The Fast Man scored his third stakes victory this year in the 400-yard Canada Cup Derby
held at Century Downs on Oct. 22. The bay gelding broke from the
2-post and instantly started to drift to the inside. Regular rider Martin Ortiz, who straightened his mount and dug in late to hold off a late surge by Dashin By All. Honor The Fast Man and Ortiz crossed the wire a head in front in :20.067 to earn a career high 103 speed index.
Honor The Fast Man also earned the first place check worth $9,892, increasing the gelding’s cumulative bankroll to $53,327.
Tom Kenway owns and trains the
gelding. Kenway also bred Honor The Fast Man in Alberta Canada, out of stakes winner Buckle High. The 2003 Manitoba Speed Horse Futurity winner has produced 100% money earners from three starters. Honor The Fast Man is her top earner and first stakes winner.
The gelding has wins in the Evergreen Park Derby Challenge
and the Alberta Bred Derby at Northlands Park, and finished second in the All Canadian Derby, third in the 2016 Canada Cup Futurity-RG3 and was a finalist in the 2016 Alberta Bred Futurity-RG3, all at Lethbridge.
Dashin By All (Bodacious Dash-All
Lena) gave a big effort and ended up
a head behind the winner. The colt earned second place money for his team which includes, owner Thomas Pick and trainer Cory Rumsey. Jose Rocha was handling the reins. North Pine Special (Oak Tree Special-Hawks Halo) started slowly but finished with a rush. He banked third place money for owner Shylo Penrod and Teagan Goodsell. Allen Goodsell was in charge of saddling. J. Botello was in the saddle. Followed by Bringit Like Benny (Promised Class-Keep On Keepin On), Tac It Perry (Tac It Like A Man-Quickid Perry) & Make Er Out (First Timber-Ima Jess A Streaker). Streakinbabe was scratched.
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