Page 24 - November 2005 The Game

24 The Game, November 2005 Your Thoroughbred Racing Community Newspaper
CTHS Winter Mixed Sale December 3 & 4, 2005
At Woodbine Sales Pavilion
This pair of weanlings are being offered for sale by owner Mike Going, consigned by Windhaven Farm, Agent, in this year’s CTHS Winter Mixed Sale.
Photo top - Bay colt by Bold Executive - Inside Job, by Secret Claim.
Photo below - Bay filly by Tethra - Dance Me Inside, by Bold Executive.
2005 Sovereign Awards - December 16
The 31st Annual Sovereign Awards will be held at the Wyndham Bristol Place Hotel Toronto on Friday, December 16, 2005.
Commencing this year, ballots and voters packages will no longer be distributed by courier. All voters must cast their ballots online. Eligible voters may begin voting online at 9:00 am on Wednesday, November 30 and must cast their final ballots by 9:00 a.m. on Monday, December 5, 2005.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Chartered Accountants will continue to audit the process and will release the names of the three finalists in the fourteen divisional categories to The Jockey Club of Canada for release to the public on Thursday,
December 8, 2005. The three finalists for Horse of the Year will not be announced until the night of the awards presentation.
Owners and trainers should note that in order to be eligible for Sovereign Awards consideration, horses must make a minimum of three starts in Canada prior to Sunday, November 27, 2005.
The Media category submissions deadline was October 31 and the three finalists in each of the four media categories will be announced on Tuesday, November 15.
For additional information please contact: Bridget Bimm, The Jockey Club of Canada 416-675-7756
Anestasia Beelich, the niece of Woodbine trainer Sandy McPherson, purchased Rivered Again off the racetrack from owner Anthony DiPaola three years ago.
The now six-year-old mare is succeed- ing in a second career as a hunter jumper and the pair just recently completed their first full season of competition in 2005.
Anestasia has had Rivvah (her show name) in training for the past three years and are currently ranked thirteenth in the Training Hunter Division and tenth in the Low Hunter Division in the Ottawa Valley
Primary Schooling Circuit. Rivvah was also named Reserve Champion at one of her shows in August.
For the past two years, Rivvah has resided at Lone Wolf Farm, which is owned and operated by Marilyn McFadden, and has been focusing primarily on the hunter discipline.
The pair have recently moved to Kemptville College in Ottawa where they are participating in the Equestrian Program which focuses on teaching the key elements of riding and coaching.
It is all systems go
- at the completely renovated Westover Hills in Millgrove, Ontario. Mares quietly graze in one of the
large paddocks while the rolling hills
of the yearling paddocks provide great exercise for the young developing horses. Westover Hills has a limited number of stalls available for broodmare care and foaling and well as yearling breaking and training. Call Darlene Hayes today at 905-659-4441 or 905-971-4824.
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Calendar for Hope
Pictured here is one of the
photos which is featured in
the 2006 “Fairy Tales of
Hope” calendar which went
on sale in September in
support of CARD, the
Community Association for
Riding for the Disabled.
Similar scenes of various
fairy tales make up the
12 month calendar which
features CARD riders and
horses. CARD Rider Courtney Bashaw is shown here with her fairy tale unicorn. The photos were taken at the Bolton Community Centre and were put together by the various artists who make up “Fairy Tales of Hope Ltd.” a special group of individuals who have partnered to help charity organizations each year through their calendar campaign.
The proceeds from this year’s calendar will benefit CARD.
The “Fairy Tales of Hope” calendars sell for $20.00 and can be ordered by calling CARD at 416-667-8600 ext 70 or online at www.card.ca.
For more information on Fairy Tales of Hope Ltd. visit their website at www.fairytalesofhope.com
Woodbine Jockey Jillian Scharfstein easily beat the field in the newly released X-Box game, NTRA Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships. Woodbine was promoting the new game during Canadian International Day on October 23 and a few of the riders came up to test their skill during the demonstrations. The game features realistic graphics and allows you (who plays the jockey in the game) to pick the racetrack, the horse you want to ride, and even the weather which affects
the condition of the racetrack.
You break from the starting gate and have to maneuver through traffic or fend
off other horses in a realistic race to the finish.
Up to two people can play in the same race which has lifelike depictions of racetracks such as Woodbine, Keeneland, Monmouth, Oaklawn, Saratoga, Del Mar and many more.
The game is available for both X-Box and PlayStation and is on sale at the gift shops at Woodbine for $19.99 plus taxes as well as other regular retail outlets.
A realistic race to the finish