Page 36 - August 2005 The Game

36 The Game, August 2005 Your Thoroughbred Racing Community Newspaper
Fort Erie Stakes Recap
Monday, July 4 - Sunday, July 24, 2005
Monday, July 4, 2005
Daryl Wells Sr. Memorial Stakes
- 3 yr-old & Up - TURF
$100,000
Winner: Le Cinquieme Essai Owner: W. Scott
Trainer: Paul Nielsen
Jockey: Steve Bahen
Breeder: W.J. Scott in ON
Pedigree: Fastness (IRE)
- Words of Royalty, by Regal Classic
Monday, July 4, 2005
Labatt Bison City Stakes
- 3 yr-old fillies
$250,000
Winner: Ready and Alluring Owner: William Sorokolit Sr. Trainer: Randy Schulhofer Jockey: Todd Kabel
Breeder: William Sorokolit in ON Pedigree: More Than Ready
- Apalachee Allure, by Apalachee
Monday, July 11, 2005
H.A. Hindmarsh Stakes
- 3 yr-old & Up fillies & mares $36,000
Winner: Kissed by a Prince
Owner: Heather Landymore
Trainer: Michael DePaulo
Jockey: Dino Luciani
Breeder: Greer Thoroughbreds in ON Pedigree: Tethra - Once Upon a Kiss, by Conquistador Cielo
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
H.J. Addison Stakes
- 3 yr-old & Up colts & geldings $40,000
Winner: Chivas
Owner: Aurora Meadows
& Rise N Shine Stable
Trainer: Peter Berringer
Jockey: Constant Montpellier Breeder: Rise N Shine Stables in ON Pedigree: Whiskey Wisdom
- Regalis, by Regal Intention
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Ernie Samuel Memorial Stakes
- 3 yr-old & Up fillies & mares $100,000
Winner: Spanish Decree
Owner: Frank Huarte
Trainer: Frank Huarte
Jockey: Gerry Olguin
Breeder: Frank Huarte in ON Pedigree: War Deputy
- Spanish PLay, by Great Gladiator
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Prince of Wales Stakes - 3 yr-olds $500,000
Winner: Ablo
Owner: Michael Canino,
William Werner & Roger Attfield Trainer: Roger Attfield
Jockey: Gerry Olguin
Breeder: Adena Springs in ON Pedigree: Lite the Fuse
- Diablo’s Closer, by Diablo
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Rainbow Connection Stakes
- 3 yr-old & Up fillies & mares $125,000
Winner: Deputy Cures Blues
Owner: Herbert Washington Chambers Trainer: Jody Hammett
Jockey: Emile Ramsammy
Breeder: Elizabeth Lickrish
& Gordon Lickrish in ON
Pedigree: War Deputy
- May Time, by Cure the Blues
Spanish Decree - Winner of the $100,000 Ernie Samuel Memorial Stakes on July 17
Assiniboia Downs Stakes Recap
Friday, July 1 - Sunday, July 24, 2005
Friday, July 1, 2005
Canada Day Stakes
- 3 yr-old & Up fillies & mares $40,000
Winner: Ola Docura
Owner: Hard Ball Stable
Trainer: Martin Drexler
Jockey: Larren Delorme
Breeder: Haras Santa Maria de Araras in FL
Pedigree: Meadowlake
- Darling Sola, by Relaunch
Sunday, July 3, 2005
North Dakota Derby - 3 yr-olds $20,000
Winner: Northrnimprovement Owner: William Maulding Trainer: Chad Torevell
Jockey: Rohan Singh
Breeder: Bill Mauldingin in ND Pedigree: Capitalimprovement
- Tejawin, by Tejano
Saturday, July 9, 2005
Manitoba Maturity Stakes - 4 yr-olds $40,000
Winner: Albarino
Owner: Dr. Ross McKague
Trainer: Carl Norman Anderson Jockey: Rohan Singh
Breeder: Dr. Ross McKague in MB Pedigree: Langfuhr - Ms. Tenacious, by Buckley Boy
Sunday, July 10, 2005
Derby Trial Stakes - 3 yr-olds $40,000
Winner: Stormy Business
Owner: Double Bogey Stable Trainer: Larry Donlin
Jockey: Felipe Valdez
Breeder: Edward P. Evans in VA Pedigree: Storm Creek
- Promising Affair, by Colonial Affair
Saturday, July 16, 2005
R.C. Anderson Stakes - 3 yr-old fillies $40,000
Winner: Cindy Embers
Owner: Pain in the Aces Stable Trainer: Blair Miller
Jockey: Felipe Valdez
Breeder: Ed Pawluk in MB
Pedigree: Incinderator
- Replenish, by Fappiano
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Debutante Stakes - 2 yr-old fillies $40,000
Winner: Cat Rush
Owner: K5 Stables
Trainer: Wendy Kruger
Jockey: Anderson Ward
Breeder: K5 Stables Inc. in MB Pedigree: Tactical Cat
- Miss Michigan, by Sefapiano
Bill Maulding, Owner/Breeder of Northrnimprovemnt
Stormy Business with Jockey Felipe Valdez
Did You Know....
That Magna Entertainment Corp plans to borrow more than $134 million (US) from its parent company MI Developments as part of a refinancing plan to help pay down the more than $520 million in debt (as of March 31). Magna Entertainment also plans to sell real estate, horse tracks and other assets to the tune of $150 million to pay back the loan from MI Developments within 13 months. Magna Entertainment has had net losses totalling $215 million in the past three years however they are projecting sustainable operating profits in 2007 and beyond.
Did You Know....
That Finger Lakes based jockey Omar Camejo was seriously injured on July 19 when he was thrown from his mount in the seventh race. His mount, One El of a Lady, was bothered and propped, unseating the Cuban-born Camejo who was then struck by a trailing horse. He was transported via helicopter to hospital where he remained on a respirator because of fluid entering a ruptured lung which he suffered along with three broken ribs. The final two races on the card were cancelled.
Did You Know....
That G1 winner, Midas Eyes, has retired to stud at Mill Ridge Farm in Lexington, KY. The 5-year-old son of Touch Gold and Bayou Plans, retires with a record of 5-4-1 and $616,528 in earnings from 14 starts.
Did You Know....
That G1 winner, Saint Liam, will be retired after the Breeders’ Cup on October 29 where he is scheduled to compete. He will stand the 2006 breeding season at William S. Farish’s Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky.
New Jockey at Fort Erie
Eduardo Manalad
By Harlan Abbey
Another globe-trotter, this one of the two-legged variety, is Edgardo "Eddie" Manalad, the first jockey from the Philippines to ride in North America.
"I gambled at the racetrack in Manila," he said, "and I'd shout to a jockey that lost my bet 'When I get big,
I can do better than you.' After being a hot walker and groom and exercise rider I entered the two-year apprentice academy there directed by former American jockey George Stribling. I was one of its first graduates."
In the Philippines, Manalad related, they race five days a week, 16 races per day and the average field has 14 horses. Racing is also held on Wednesday nights, ten races per program. But the jockey's share of a winning $15,000 purse was only about $200 at the time. The adventuresome rider did well in his home country, but later went on to polish his riding style in Saudi Arabia and Japan for a few years, then came to Canada. After finding rides hard to come by at Woodbine, Manalad moved his tack to Fort Erie this year, and quickly experienced "the ecstasy and agony" of sports competition.
"I won my first race here on May 14," he said, "and the next day the horse I was riding threw a fit in the post parade and threw me off. I fractured my leg, but it was a mild fracture, I was only out a month. That trainer, and his maniac of a horse, went back to West Virginia. I wouldn't have ridden the horse again."