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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 29, 2021
Ajax Downs • $32,356 400 yards • :20.090 • si 94
Corona Cartel
Dashin Follies
Hadtobenuts
Ivory James
HAD TO BE IVORY, ‘15-g.
Had To Be Fandango
Grim Fandango
Ontario Bred Maturity
HAD TO BE IVORY
by Danny Camp
Had To Be Ivory won his first
six races in a row. He then had another four-race win streak and now
a three-race streak with his latest vic- tory coming in the 400-yard $32,356 Ontario Bred Maturity held at Ajax Downs on Sept. 29.
Had To Be Ivory stepped away from the 4-post and received the second call under Cory Spataro. They were in front within a couple of jumps and held the lead for the rest of the contest, crossing the line a neck in front and stopping the clock in :20.090 for a 94 speed index.
The gelding earned the first place check worth $14,380, which ups his total bankroll to $212,750,
and his race record stands at sixteen wins out of 21 races. Had To Be Ivory has won eight stakes events
in his career and was the 2018 and 2019 AQHA Canadian Champion.
The gelding races for owners/ breeders Carol and Jaime Robertson, and trainer Bryn Robertson.
The Robertsons bred Had To Be Ivory out of Had To Be Fandango, winner of the Maple Leaf Derby at Ajax Downs. The mare has pro- duced four foals, with Had To Be Ivory her first stakes winner, along with two stakes placed runners.
Ridden by Cassandra Jeschke, Countrys Comin Bac (Country Chicks Man-Bac To Center) showed
a gritty effort to pick up second place money, finishing 3 3/4-lengths in front of the third-place finisher for owner Ralph Pearson and trainer Don Reid. The gelding won the 2020 Ontario Bred Maturity.
Two-time stakes winner
Shes Sizzling (Sizzling Cartel- Shenandoah Special) was in third place under Helen Vanek for own- ers Joyce and Erik Lehtinen and trainer Erik Lehtinen.
Fiesty Icon (Sugarman Perry- Fiesty Spirit), Firing Red Jess (Mr Jess Tex-Easily Holland) and
Tres On Fire (Fire Finder-Quick Six Lady) completed the order
of finish.
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