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Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario Announce CHAMPIONS OF 2020
It was the final day of racing for the 2020 Quarter Horse season
at Ajax Downs and owner Rick Crispi of Guelph, Ontario was
in second place for the season’s High Point Owner Award. His horses had raced well all season under the guidance of trainer Tom Dunlap but it was going to take a victory by Crispi’s homebred Jess Carolinas Award in the final stakes race of the season, the Ontario Sired Stakes Derby, to get the title.
Jess Carolinas Award obliged, putting his head in front at the finish of the $54,000 Derby, lifting Crispi to his first ever Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario Award for top owner. “I was watching the race on the computer with my wife Donna and we hugged and danced around the room,” said Crispi. “Great fun.”
Crispi had previously raced horses with friend Don Salzsauler as Ivy Lane Racing before going out on his own six years ago. In 2020, his 15 starters won 14 races
Bruce Lawrence Hi-Point Trainer JASON PASCOE
Horse of the Year, Hi-Point Aged Horse & Hi-Point Aged Gelding/Stallion FEISTY ICON
by Jennifer Morrison
from 80 starts and collected 159 QROOI points edging out last year’s top owner James Bogar. Jess Carolinas Award, produced from Crispi’s mare Jess Carolina, was the year’s High Point 3-year- old colt or gelding.
“To be successful in racing you need really good horses and just as
importantly, a great trainer,” said Crispi, “Tom Dunlap is not only gifted with talent and experience, he is a very positive throwback
to a time when people could be counted on to support and help one another. Tom did a truly wonderful job in 2020 as he has every year.”
Hi-Point Breeder (Norm Picov) PICOV CATTLE COMPANY
Hi-Point Owner/Trainer CHANTELLE BOURGEOIS
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