Page 10 - December 2016 Thoroughbred Highlight

Pony Outrider Uton Wallace is aboard 10-year-old Thoroughbred Hawk a.k.a Firetheexecutive (Bold Executive - Hawk Lake Fire, by Tiffany Ice) who previously raced at Woodbine for trainer Steve Attard who owned him in partnership with Sheldon Pettle. She’s a Ringer, with jockey Ismael Mosqueira aboard, trained by Nick Nosowenko who owns the 4-year-
old lly with Mike Nosowenko is lead onto the track by Uton and Hawk for the 4th race at Woodbine on December 4.
Uton has been working with Thoroughbred racehorses in Jamaica since 1988. He immigrated to Canada in 2008 and lives with his family in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Uton works at Assiniboia Downs from May to the beginning of August before usually coming to Woodbine to nish out the year. At Woodbine Uton
is a freelance exercise rider for trainers Kathy Patton and Abraham Katryan in the morning and this year for the rst time he has been ponying and paddocking horses at the races in the afternoon.
Uton will return to Winnipeg mid-December and usually does construction work during the winter months.
As he has been doing since the year 2000 when he was calling races at Emerald Downs, Woodbine’s race caller Robert Geller will be returning to Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino as the race caller for their 2016 - 2017 meet. The Sunland meet begins December 16, 2016 and runs through to April 18, 2017 (but Robert will be back for Woodbine’s opening day on April 15, 2017).
Sunland Park, located in New Mexico, is home to the prestigious Sunland Derby, a Kentucky Derby prep which will be contested on March 26, 2017. Inaugurated in 2003, the $800,000 Grade 3 Sunland Derby was won in 2009 by eventual KY Derby winner, Mine That Bird. In 2015, Sunland Derby winner, Firing Line, nished second in the KY Derby to eventual triple crown winner American Pharoah. Unfortunately last year’s Sunland Derby in 2016 was canceled due to an equine herpes virus outbreak at the track.
What Are you Doing this Winter?
Jockey David Moran with his wife Maria and their
7 children (from eldest to youngest) William, Pietro, Angela, Evan, Matteo, Maria & Sara. The couple are expecting their eighth child, a girl due December 12. David plans to take the winter off to spend time with his family and maybe do some skiing.
Thoroughbred Highlight - Page 10 - December 2016