Page 8 - May 2005 The Game

8 The Game, May 2005 Your Thoroughbred Racing Community Newspaper
Horses of Racing Age Sale (BC)
BC’s 2004 Thoroughbred Racing Industry Awards
An auction of race horses jointly conducted by the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (CTHS), the Horseman's Benevolent and Protective Agency (HPBA) and Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC) was held on Tuesday April 19 at Hastings Racecourse.
More than 250 people attended this special auction where twenty horses from across North America were procured by a bloodstock agent and then presented for auction at Hastings Racecourse.
The sale topper ($67,000) was R. Associate, a five year old colt who last raced at Gulfstream Park in
Florida. There was a range of horses available for every level of buyer from under $10,000 to the topper at $67,000.
Chuck Keeling, Vice President of Racing Operations said “These twenty horses should contribute to the long term health of BC breeding after their racing careers, as sires and broodmares.” Keeling continued: “This auction most importantly demonstrates that Great Canadian is serious about rejuvenating horseracing in BC and that the partnership with the CTHS and the HPBA is solid and important.”
BC’s 2004 Horse of the Year, Lord Nelson,
winning the George Royal Stakes
on May 2, 2004. He came back off that win three weeks later to score again in the Hong Kong Jockey Club Sprint on May 23.
CARDathon in the Park June 11
The best of 2004 were honoured at the British Columbia Thoroughbred Industry Awards Gala, held March 26 at the Westin Bayshore Inn in Vancouver.
Top honours went to Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Bennett’s Lord Nelson, who was voted Horse of the Year (in both B.C.-bred and Open categories), Champion Older Horse (B.C.-bred and Open) and Champion Sprinter.
Lord Nelson started five times in 2004 and compiled a record of three wins and two seconds, and earnings of $116,528. This marks the third year in a row that the 8-year-old son of Maudlin has been voted top older horse. He was also voted B.C.-bred Horse of the Year in 2001.
Other divisional honourees included:
Dancewithavixen - Filly or Mare (Open & BC-bred)
Flamethrowintexan - 3-year-old Colt (Open)
Lord Samarai - 3-year-old Colt (BC-bred)
Regal Red - 3-year-old Filly (Open & BC-bred)
Notis Otis - 2-year-old Colt (Open & BC-bred)
Backseat Becka - 2-year-old Filly (Open & BC-bred)
Breeder’s Awards:
Vying Victor - Leading sire and leading sire of 2-year-olds
Sophie J - Leading Broodmare
Mr. & Mrs. R.J. Bennett - Leading Breeders
Ole A. Nielsen - Breeder of the Jack Diamond Futurity Winner (Notis Otis)
Wanda Pooli - Breeder of Sadie Diamond Futurity Winner (Avenging Kat)
Individual Achievement:
Dino Condilenios - Leading Trainer
Pedro Alvarado - Leading Jockey Jorge Espitia - Leading Apprentice George Cummins - Diamond
Award of Excellence (in recognition of outstanding lifetime achievement)
Merrilee Elliot - HBPA Backstretch Award (in recognition of outstanding contribution to the back- stretch environment)
Hall of Fame Inductees:
Sophie J - Champion race mare and 1995 Horse of the Year, Sophie J has continued to achieve in the breeding shed. Having already produced 2002 City of Vancouver stakes winner Commodore Craig, Sophie J added to her resume in 2004 when her daughter, Regal Red, was named champion 3-year-old filly.
A winner of 9 of 13 career starts on the racetrack, Sophie J retired with earnings of close to $300,000.
Kid Katabatic - During a career that spanned seven years Kid Katabatic compiled a brilliant record, winning 17 of 39 starts while earning over $600,000.
Ever a crowd favorite, Kid Katabatic won several premier events in the Pacific Northwest including the prestigious Longacres Mile in 1997, the same year he was voted Champion Older Horse and BC- bred Horse of
the Year.
Information from Hastings Racecourse Media Relations
This year’s CARDathon in the Park is scheduled for Saturday June 11 and organizers are hoping to reach their goal of raising $90,000 in support of CARD, the Community Association for Riding for the Disabled.
CARDathon is an annual event in which CARD riders, family, volunteers, corporate sponsors and celebrities join together as a team to ride horses through a trail in G. Ross Lord Park and raise funds by collecting pledges or through corporate sponsorship.
The money raised allows CARD to continue to provide therapeutic riding programs which help to improve the quality of life for riders with disabilities.
If you would like more information on how you can become a sponsor or make a pledge, please contact CARD at 416-667-8600 or visit their website at www.card.ca
For Sale
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Two-Year-Old Filly Full sister to Tax Deferred,
($359,644 to date)
by Defrere,
out of Personal’s Dancer
Filly is in training, breezed & gate broke.
$75,000 US
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Contact Alec Hughes 905-871-7705
Did You Know.....
That the Pick 7 wager is back at Woodbine in 2005. The popular $1 wager allows race fans to pick seven consecutive winners from the second to eighth races for an attractive Pick 7 purse.
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