Page 3 - The Game March 2006

Your Thoroughbred Racing Community Newspaper The Game, March 2006 3
ORC Main Office Moves
Jockey Gary Boulanger Still Recovering
Pat Day toVisit in May
The Race Track Chaplaincy of Canada- Ontario is pleased to announce that Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day will be visiting Ontario May 28-30, with events that include a golf tournament, banquet, and visits to both Woodbine and Fort Erie backstretches and a "Day at the Races" at both tracks.
Spring Horse Sale
Gerri Kretschmer Resigns
By Jackie Humber
Can Am Auctions will be hosting a Spring Horse Sale on March 19, at the Thunderbird Show Park in Langley which will feature close to 50 thoroughbreds up for sale.
According to Head Auctioneer, Jim Marsh, there will be a seizure dispersal sale of 22 thoroughbreds with no-reserve. Also available will be 12-15 two-year-olds in training and an Estate sale of 12 thoroughbreds ages two and three along with a few Kentucky-bred Broodmares.
R.J. Bennett will also have some horses up for auction at the sale. A list of the available horses is available on their website at www.canamauctions.com.
Thunderbird Show Park will also be hosting The Lower Mainland Quarter Horse Association Country Fair and Bazaar. Arrive early as this has proven to be a well attended event in the past.
The auction will begin at 11:00 am sharp under the Big Tent on the grounds of Thunderbird Show Park
located at 24550 72nd Ave, Langley.
As of March 6, the Ontario Racing Commission's head office will move to Toronto's west end.
The ORC will move from its current location in downtown Toronto to a new office just east of the Lester B. Pearson International Airport.
Located near the intersection of 27 Highway and Dixon Road, and accessible from four major highways, the new office will be more accessible to licensees and associations doing business with the Commission. In making the move, the ORC will benefit from increased space that will be used to create a multi-purpose area, able to accommodate hearings, training seminars, meetings and joint ORC/Industry working sessions. At the same time, the move to new premises will be a cost savings, as compared to the existing location.
Effective Monday, March 6th 2006, the ORC Head Office will be located at: 10 Carlson Court, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario, M9W 6L2. Phone: 416-213-0520.
Executive Vice President and C.O.O. of Woodbine Entertainment Group announced in a memo dated February 27, 2006, that Gerri Kretschmer has resigned in his position as Vice-President, Properties at Woodbine Entertainment. It was said in the memo that Gerri resigned to pursue other business opportunities however he will be retained as a consultant to assist Woodbine with several on-going projects including the proposed conversion of Woodbine’s existing main dirt track to the new all-weather Polytrack racing surface scheduled for mid-season 2006.
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Canadian born jockey, Gary Boulanger, is still recovering after a spill on the turf at Gulfstream Park in January 2005.
Due to an impending lawsuit, Gary himself was unable to comment on his current condition however a lawyer representing his case against Gulfstream Park commented that it is a miracle that Gary is alive stating that his injuries one year ago were life threatening.
Gary continues to recover at his home in Florida however he will never be able to ride again or even work around horses due to the severity of his head injury.
His lawyer says that he is a different Gary Boulanger than he was before the accident and he is doing well in the sense that he is alive and recovering however he gets quite depressed knowing that he cannot go back to riding.
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In a memo sent out to Woodbine Trainers from Tom Cosgrove, Director of Thoroughbred Racing for Woodbine Entertainment Group, it was stated that any horses that have been stabled or raced in the state of Maryland since January 1, 2006 will not be allowed stabling privi- leges at Woodbine until further notice.
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The owner and breeder of Smarty Jones, Roy Chapman, died February 17 in Pennsylvania. The 79-year-old former used car salesman from Philadelphia, affectionately known as Chappy, suffered from emphysema
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