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Canada’s Thoroughbred Racing Newspaper
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AFn Exciting New Venture
or Mary Luckasavith owning a which is what they did until thoroughbred horse farm was the summer of 2007 when they
sylvania who specializes in placing stallions in regional markets. We
liked Ingot from the start and Ed said he would be a successful stallion for Ontario based on pedigree analysis and suitability.”
something she had always dreamed of. Growing up in Welland she had
purchased the thoroughbred stallion, Ingot.
loved horses since she was a child however she didn’t begin riding until she was a young adult in college.
Now along with their 4 children (all of whom are under the age of 7) the couple have embarked on a new venture
in breeding thoroughbreds racehorses under the farm name Avila Acres Thoroughbred Horse Farm.
Mary and Dave have purchased a 3 mares to breed to their.
By that time Mary had moved to Mississauga and Etobicoke for work and school. Her introduction to horses was through a friend in residence at Humber College who was taking the Equine Program they used to offer.
Mary & Stallion Ingot
“We don’t just want to breed for the sake of breeding,” says Mary about the mares they chose to buy, “We want to be selective in which mares we bring in.”
“That was my rst real exposure
to horsepeople.” says Mary who
was anxious to learn more, “I took adult lessons at Five Star Ranch in Oakville which was my rst hands-on experience with horses.”
“Dave played hockey with a lot of people from the racetrack and I had a lot of exposure to racing from work.” says Mary mentioning that she is in Advertising Sales at Pattison Outdoor, the sponsor of Woodbine’s biggest race, The Pattison International, “Having racehorses is something I have always wanted to do.”
Belmont under the conditioning of Todd Pletcher. He was a winner in Allowance company at Churchill Downs and nished second at 6 f at Belmont to eventual G1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner, Silver Train.
Ingot will be standing for $2000 l.f.
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Mary met her husband Dave at college and when it came time to have a family they wanted to live in the country and purchased a horse farm in Sherkston, Ontario.
Ingot is a 6 year-old son of the highly successful sire Seeking The Gold out of a Storm Cat mare Catinca.
His dam, Catinca, was a multiple graded stakes winner of more than $860,000 including a win in the G1 Ruf an Handicap. Her female fam- ily has black-type throughout her pedigree.
Mary wanted to raise thoroughbred racehorses while husband Dave felt it best to stick with pleasure horses
A $300,000 yearling sale pur- chase, Ingot was a debut maiden winner winning by 3 1/2 lengths at
“We had looked at a lot of options before deciding which way to go,” remarked Mary about her decision to purchase Ingot. “We stumbled upon Ed Price, a bloodstock agent from Penn-
Did You Know....
Did You Know.....
That the Yvonne Schwabe owned mare, Irish Cherry, the dam of G1 winner Spun Sugar and G2 winner Daaher, sold for $2.7 million at Keeneland January (Hip No. 284) to Southern Equine Stables from the consignment of Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency.
That Albert Wong, representing Hastings Race Course in B.C.
nished fourth in the DRF/NTRA National Handicapping
Championship at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas Jan.25
to 27. Wong received a cash prize of $45,000. The $500,000
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top prize winner was Richard Goodall from Las Vegas.
New for 2008!
4/0
• Winning son of sire SEEKING THE GOLD
• Exceptional Female Family - Consistent High Quality
CATINCA G1 Winner by STORM CAT, broodmare sire index 1.99
• INGOT was a debut maiden winner at Belmont by 3 1/2 lengths
2nd to eventual Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner SILVER TRAIN
A favourite in 88% of his starts and in the money in a majority
of his starts at North America’s leading racetracks
• Trained by Champion Trainer Todd Pletcher
2008 STUD FEE: $2000 l.f. Complimentary Seasons to Approved Mares
AVILAACRES 905-380-3912 THOROUGHBRED FARM www.avilaacresfarm.com
INGOT
SEEKING THE GOLD - CATINCA, BY STORM CAT
We are already making plans for the summer and fall yearling sales.
Please contact
Bernard McCormack or Simon Cassidy soon to discuss your yearlings and arrange a farm visit.
• Fasig-Tipton July
nominations close January 30
• C.T.H.S. Select
nominations close March 1
• Keeneland September
entries close May 1
P. O. BOX 67
905/725-1195
WEBSITE: www.windfields.com
CANADA L1 H 7K8
CANADA: Standing at Windfields Farm, Oshawa, Ontario
Ascot Knight • Best of The Bests (IRE) • Mobil • Weather Warning Whiskey Wisdom
KENTUCKY: Standing at Brookdale Farm, Versailles, Kentucky Silver Deputy
FLORIDA: Standing at Vinery Stud, Summerfield, Florida
D’wildcat
Your inspection of the Windfields stallions is invited – please call to arrange a visit. All Windfields Ontario stallions are eligible to the Ontario Sire Stakes and T.I.P.
OSHAWA, ONTARIO FAX 905/579-7552
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