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Ajax Downs • $32,418
400 yards • :19.753 • si 103
Chicks Beduino
Country Chicks Man
Country Zevi
COUNTRYS COMIN BAC, ‘13-g.
Splash Bac
Centers Takin Cash
Bac To Center
C l i v e C o h e n P h o t o g r a p h y
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Ontario Bred Maturity
COUNTRYS COMIN BAC
by John Moorehouse
Forty proved to be the lucky number for Countrys Comin Bac. Making his 40th career start, the veteran
seven-year-old gelding scored his first-ever stakes victory, winning the $32,418 Ontario Bred Maturity held at Ajax Downs on Sept. 28.
Facing 11-1 odds, Countrys Comin Bac made a driving finish to score this breakthrough stakes win. The geld-
ing was running third at the first call, then chased down Fiesty Icon to grab the lead by 3/4-length as he entered the stretch. Countrys Comin Bac held off Fiesty Icon to win by that same margin.
Helen Vanek was aboard for a 400-yard trip that took :19.753, gen- erating an 103 speed index that was
aided by a 19 mph tailwind. Don Reid is the trainer.
Ralph Pearson owns Countrys Comin Bac, who logged his 13th victory and his second in seven starts this year. This latest win produced a $12,967 payday, elevating the geld- ing’s lifetime earnings to $159,863.
Marko Naterer bred Countrys Comin Bac out of winner Bac To Center. She has produced six winners from seven starters. Countrys Comin Bac is her first stakes winner.
Multiple stakes winner Fiesty Icon (Sugarman Perry-Fiesty Spirit) beat even-money favorite Five Bar Fandango by a head for runner-up honors. Richard Kennedy owns
and trains Fiesty Icon, who had Ed Walton in the irons.
Five Bar Fandango (Five Bar Cartel-Had To Be A Fandango) was third for owners Carol and Jaime Robertson. The Bryn Robertson trainee had Ismael Mosqueira aboard.
The remaining order of finish was Tres On Fire (Fire Finder-Quick Six Lady), Shes Sizzling (Sizzlin Cartel-Shenandoah Special), Shake It Twice (Look At Magics Form- Shake Pretty Baby), Firing Red Jess (Mr Jess Tex-Easily Holland), and Momsextravagantheart (Look At Magics Form-Extravagant Moves). Night Fishn and Teller A Secret both scratched.
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