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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
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Ajax Downs • $51,622 330 yards • :17.146 • si 88
First Down Dash
Cold Hard Dash
FIRST COLD WAVE, ‘19-g Cassies Carver
Rosas Special
This Snow Is Cold Wave Carver
Ontario Sires Stakes Futurity
FIRST COLD WAVE
by John Moorehouse
First Cold Wave entered the $51,622 Ontario Sires Stakes Futurity as the fastest qualifier and
overwhelming favorite. Then the rookie gelding overwhelmed the field in the Sept. 15 finals at Ajax Downs.
First Cold Wave was no stranger to stakes competition, finishing sec-
ond in the Ontario Bred Futurity at Ajax back in August. This time, the gelding ran away with victory, break- ing on top from the number three gate and leading at every call of the 330-yards. Jockey Brian Bell brought First Cold Wave across the finish line sporting a 1 1/2-length advantage.
Jason Pascoe trains First Cold Wave, who finished the futurity in
:17.146 and posted an 88 speed index. That wasn’t quite as quick as the :17.014 time he tallied in the futurity trials to top the qualifying ladder.
Robert Bailey home-bred First Cold Wave, who now holds three wins in five career starts. The $20,650 top prize from this race more than doubled the gelding’s prior earnings to a new total of $40,929.
Bailey bred First Cold Wave out of Cassies Carver, a 2009 mare who won three of 14 starts as a competi- tor before she became a broodmare. She has produced one winner from three starters.
Night Leader (El Night Shift- Bajillion) finished second under
Carly Furlonger for owners John Wilson and Scott Reid, who also trains the gelding. Pascoe trained five of the eight horses in the field, including Keepr Of The Stars (Star Fire Dash-Dazzlin Lady), who was in third place for Belinda Taggart. Helen Vanek did the riding.
Kold Kinda Star (Cold Hard Dash-Kool Kinda Star), Magic Flare (Maryland Magic-Fire Within), Jezzabella (Caviar And Corona-Flirt With The Boyz), Blazin Magician and SW Snowmagicallykool (Maryland Magic-Gotta Blazin Body) completed the order of finish. Magic Diamond and Runawaylightsncaviar both scratched.
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