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NEWS BRIEFS
2019 Ontario Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule
The Ajax Downs meet runs from Sunday, May 5 through Monday, October 21.
QROOI 2019 STAKES CALENDAR
Finals
Track
Race Name/Distance/Added Money/Age/ Gender
Trials
May 26
Ajax Downs
Picov Maturity, 300 Yards ($50,000 Added)
May 12
June 16
Ajax Downs
Ontario Bred Derby, 300 Yards ($50,000 Added)
For Three-Year-Old Ontario Bred Horses As Recorded With The Program Registry.
June 2
July 1
Ajax Downs
Ontario Sires Stakes Maturity, 330 Yards ($50,000 Added By QHRIDP)
July 14
Ajax Downs
Ontario Bred Futurity, 300 Yards ($50,000 Added By QHRIDP)
For Two‐Year‐Old Ontario Bred Horses As Recorded With The Program Registry.
June 23
August 11
Ajax Downs
Ontario Sires Stakes Derby, 350 Yards ($50,000 Added By QHRIDP)
July 28
August 25
Ajax Downs
Ontario Sires Stakes Futurity, 330 Yards ($50,000 Added By QHRIDP)
August 4
September 1
Ajax Downs
Ontario Bred Maturity, 400 Yards ($50,000 Added)
August 18
September 23
Ajax Downs
Picov Derby, 400 Yards ($50,000 Added)
September 9
October 7
Ajax Downs
Alex Picov Memorial Futurity, 400 Yards ($50,000 Added)
September 16
October 14
Ajax Downs
Alex Picov Memorial Championship, 440 Yards ($50,000 Added)
In Memoriam: World
Champion Bono Jazz
1996 sorrel stallion Bono Jazz (Jazzing Hi-Pro Bono, Summum Bonum) died on Aug. 25, 2018. Bono Jazz was owned by Doug Allen DVM and stood at Allen’s TC Quarter Horses in Saskatchewan. Bono Jazz earned $316,124 and won nine starts, including the PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity-G1, Governor’s Cup Derby-RG1, El Primero Del Ano Derby-G2 and Fallbrook Handicap
– all at Los Alamitos. Bono Jazz is the sire of over $5.6 million, including World Champion Be A Bono and Canadian Paint Champion Paint Me A Bono.
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