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C l i v e C o h e n P h o t o g r a p h y
AUGUST 18, 2021
Ajax Downs • $33,361 330 yards • :16.733 • si 101
Mr Jess Perry
Sugarman Perry
FIESTY ICON, ‘12-g. Fiesty Spirit
Down Town Miss Special Effort
Go Dashing Nancy
Ontario Sires Stakes Maturity
FIESTY ICON
by Michael Cusortelli
Fiesty Icon, a 9-year-old son of the Mr Jess Perry stallion Sugarman Perry owned and trained by Richard
W. Kennedy, earned his fifth career stakes victory in the Aug. 18, $33,361 Ontario Sires’ Maturity at Ajax Downs near Toronto.
Sent to post at odds of 6-1 and aided by a reported 9-mph tail wind, Fiesty Icon went 330 yards in :16.733 while defeating 8-5 favorite Firing Red Jess by a neck. Tony Phillips rode the sorrel gelding.
“He broke so hard that he actually stumbled a bit,” said Phillips of Fiesty Icon’s trip. “He recovered rapidly, and he just started running them down. The more he went on, the better he got.”
Fiesty Icon was bred in Ontario
by Picov Cattle Co. Campaigned exclusively at Ajax Downs, the gelding has won 21 of 53 races, including
the 2016 and 2019 Ontario Sires’ Maturity, and the $13,480 winner’s share of this purse bumped his earn- ings to $295,497. He was last year’s Horse of the Year at Ajax Downs, as he banked $45,197 from nine starts and won the $41,618 Alex Picov Memorial Championship.
”He still loves to race, and he wants to race,” said Kennedy. “I’m blessed to have him.”
Firing Red Jess (Mr Jess Tex- Easily Holland) banked $6,740 to bring his earnings to $84,729 from
28 outs for owner George Coleman. Josh Scott rode the 5-year-old geld- ing for trainer Scott Reid. Night Fishn (Sugarman Perry-Fisher Lines) ran third, 3/4-length behind Fiesty Icon for owner Mary Schrama. Cory Spataro rode the homebred 7-year- old mare for trainer Dan Giles. Followed by Jess Carolinas Award (Winners Award-Jess Carolina),
Tres On Fire (Fire Finder-Quick Six Lady), Usain Colt (Star Fire Dash- Magic Ta Fame), Arctic Fame (Dash To The Arctic-Magic Ta Fame), Momsextravagantheart (Look At Magics Form-Extravagant Moves), and Shaken (Look At Magics Form- Shake Pretty Baby).
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