Princess Derby Stakes winner One Kool Dynasty seeks more riches Wednesday, September 2 at Ajax Downs as she goes postward as the favourite for the $56,300 Ontario Bred Derby for provincial bred 3-year-old Quarter Horses.
One Kool Dynasty is a half-sister to 2010 Horse of the Year One Kool Wave, one of Canada's all-time top Quarter Horses, and she is doing big brother proud in 2020 with three wins in her six races this year including the $54,600 Princess Derby and a Trial victory for Wednesday's Ontario Bred Derby.
Owned by Belinda Taggart of Oakwood, ON, and bred by her son William 'Bill' Taggart. ONE KOOL DYNASTY drew post position 7 in a field of 10 sophomores who qualified for the Derby final from two Trials on August 19. With regular rider 'Hurricane' Helen Vanek on board, One Kool Dynasty won the first of two Trials Aug. 19 by a comfortable 1 1/4 lengths as the 3 to 5 favourite in the 300 yard dash.
The fastest Trial time was posted by Picov Cattle Company's HANOVER HILL CHALSEE, also a three-time winner this year, who broke sharply and rolled to victory in the second Trial for trainer Rick Kennedy and Ajax Downs' leading rider Ed Walton.
Competition for the two fillies in the Derby will come from a pair of geldings from the barn of owner/trainer Chantelle Bourgeois - the fast improving Hot Like Fyre, second to One Kool Dynasty and Shaken, who closed fast to be second to Hanover Hill Chalsee.
The Ontario Bred Derby goes as race 9 on an exciting card of racing at Ajax Downs that begins with a 12:55 post time for race 1.
**COUNTRY BOY 123, the all-time leading Canadian-based Quarter Horse who is arguably in the best form of his career, highlights a field of five in the second leg of the $21,500 Distance Series at 400 yards. going as race 6. Fresh off two consecutive wins since returning to Ajax Downs following a victory in the $59,600 (US) Bradford Stakes at Indiana Downs, Country Boy 123 comes into Wednesday's race with 25 career wins from 39 races. Owned and trained by Ruth Barbour of Hillsburgh, the 7-year-old drew post 1 and will be ridden by Ed Walton.
While Ajax Downs is not yet open to the public you can watch and wager on the races through Horseplayer Interactive (
www.hpibet.com), which has a user-friendly method of signing up, and Ajax Downs also has a livestream of its races beginning with the Talking Quarters Handicapping Show at 12:15 p.m. A free pocket program with race analysis can be downloaded from the Ajax Downs website (
www.ajaxdowns.com).
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ONTARIO BRED DERBY RACE 9 - POST TIME 4:31 P.M.
Exactor / Triactor / Superfecta
Purse $56,300. For Ontario Bred (program Registered) Three Year Olds, Which Nominated To, And Qualified From The Time Trials (if Necessary), Contested On Wednesday, August 19/20 (10 Fastest Qualifiers).
Three Hundred Yards.
PP Horse Jockey Trainer M/L
1 Hey There Giorgi Boy L Desouza A Hudgins 15/1
2 Hot Like Fyre 3 C Jeschke C Bourgeois 6/1
3 Eazy Street T Phillips B Robertson 4/1
4 Silken Siri R S Castillo E Lehtinen 8/1
5 Shez Perry Fiesty R Knowles R W Kennedy 12/1
6 Shaken C Spataro C Bourgeois 10/1
7 One Kool Dynasty H M Vanek J Pascoe 7/2
8 Hanover Hill Chalsee E Walton R W Kennedy 3/1
9 Get On the Bus Gus I Mosqueira C McIntyre 8/1
10 Rowdy and Bodacious J Scott S Reid 10/1
Owners: 1 - Alan Hudgins ; 2 - Chantelle Bourgeois ; 3 - Robertson, Carol and Jaime ; 4 - Lehtinen, Joyce and Erik ; 5 - Richard W. Kennedy ; 6 - Chantelle Bourgeois ; 7 - Belinda Taggart; 8 - Picov Cattle Co. ; 9 - Big Dog Racing Stable ; 10 - George Coleman
Breeders: 1 - Alan Hudgins or Krista Smith; 2 - Dean Link; 3 - Guylaine Paquin; 4 - Joyce And/Or Erik Lehtinen; 5 - Richard Kennedy; 6 - Chantelle Bourgeois; 7 - William 'Bill' Taggart; 8 - Picov Cattle Co; 9 - Big Dog Racing; 10 - Ivy Lane Racing
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