Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Final 2 Year Old Trotting Colts Saturday at Woodbine

Volomite Trotting Sire Line Resurgent in Ontario Two Year Olds

The $120,000 OSS Super Gold Final for freshman trotting colts and geldings goes as the 5th race this Saturday, November 8, 2008:

5 -- Trot, purse $120,000 (EX, P3, SF, TR)
ONTARIO SIRES STAKES - GOLD FINAL - 2 YEAR OLD COLTS & GELDINGS.

Post time: 08:54 P.M. Lasix: 04:39 P.M.

1 Play Right= Ma Macdonald J Dean (Kadabra/Poetry)

2 Hibbler J Jamieson H Poulton (StrikingSahbra/MeghansMemories)

3 Mopey Corey= A Macdonald J Macdonald (SouthwindLustre/ArmbroKaitlyn)

4 Illusionsndreams T Durand T Durand (Kadabra/IntimateDream)

5 Senator Hall D Ackerman D Ackerman (AngusHall/LadyLeesun)

6 Pointe Of Honour P Macdonell P Wellwood (StrikingSahbra/GarlandBonita)

7 Lemon Candy S Condren A Lorentzon (Kadabra/LemonsMill)

8 Mapleson= R Mayotte T Cherwaiko (MalabarMaple/ZorgwijkConchy)

9 Kingsbury To Be Announced P Wellwood (Kadabra/RFirstInquirer)

10 Striking Lindsey J Jamieson R Mcnair (StrikingSahbra/LindseyFireyimage)



AE1 Northern Illusion= P Macdonell D Creighton (Kadabra/NorthernFuchsia)

AE2 Mr Escadar L Ouellette C Beaver (MrLavec/Escadilla)

AE3 Dr Cal M Baillargeon R Mcintosh (AngusHall/ArmbroSylvie)



Focusing on the ten colts who have earned or drawn in to the final, four are sons of Kadabra while three are Striking Sahbra. The other three starters are by Angus Hall (Senator Hall), Southwind Lustre (Mopey Corey) and Malabar Maple (Mapleson).

In recent decades the dominant trotting line has been Valley Victory - Muscles Yankee, but with the line nearly absent from the Gold Final, with only Mopey Corey (Southwind Lustre is a son of Valley Victory) to defend the champs, Ontario is proving once again to be the home of outstanding outcross sires.

Furthermore, of the other nine, none are by Speedster or Speedy Crown line stallions, but rather all are from the resurgent Volomite line (even pacing sensation Somebeachsomewhere is of the Volomite sireline):


Volomite - Trotting Descendants


Among world-class trotting sires, Kadabra is probably exceeded only by Revenue with regard to obscurity of top line.

Volomite

Worthy Boy

Star's Pride

Nevele Pride

Madison Avenue

Meadow Road

Primrose Lane

Kadabra


For a long time the Super Bowl and Supergill offspring were the second major line after Speedy Crown and his great grandson Valley Victory, but the emergence of the Garland Lobell sons has threatened this second line status. With Striking Sahbra and Malabar Maple, the line is well represented in the race for the cream of Ontario's two year old trotting crop.

Volomite

Worthy Boy

Star's Pride

Super Bowl

Supergill

Malabar Man Striking Sahbra

Malabar Maple


Garland Lobell son Angus Hall and his full brothers Conway Hall and Andover Hall are the ascendant outcross line transitioning to dominant line. In the same way that there are three dominant lines in pacing (Abercrombie - Art Major, No Nukes - Western Hanover, and Cam Fella), it can be confidently stated that the success of Garland Lobell sons and grandsons has established his line as a third dominant force in trotting, already challenging the Super Bowl-Supergill lin sires for second spot (after the arguably still supreme Speedy Crown - Valley Victory males).

Volomite

Victory Song

Noble Victory

ABC Freight

Garland Lobell

Angus Hall





Volomite - Pacing Descendants

Volomite

Sampson Hanover

Sampson Direct

Direct Scooter

Matt's Scooter

Mach Three

Somebeachsomewhere

Horses are beautiful animals

Horses are beautiful animals, and I must thank my late uncle Don for taking me to Fort Erie and other tracks as a kid. Also, my parents took me to New Brunswick and PEI every summer, where my mom and dad are from respectively, and my father used to take me horseback riding too.

Uncle Don was more into the flats, but I loved horseracing in general from my very first exposure to it; even the math of the betting appealed to me as a kid and as a teen. A trip to the track and some outdoors time and it can make for some idyllic memories. As one wag once commented, "A bad day at the track is still better than a good day anywhere else ..."

I remember being able to pick one two-dollar bet per race card. That was more money back then than now, so when I take my kids to the North America Cup, I let them each pick three two-dollar bets, and we have a grand time. It's usually just me and my dad and a friend of his, plus either or both of Rebecca and Aaron, but the horses are the fastest in the world, the very cream of the 3-year-old pacing crop. The card is filled out with about 7 or 8 other stakes races, so if you've never been, I suggest you consider attending the 2008 Pepsi North America Cup.


Be good,

Joe


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Standardbred Racing Post Times at Woodbine moving up 10 minutes

Woodbine Racetrack Standardbred Post Times to begin 10 minutes earlier; THUR, FRI, SAT

Standardbred races at Woodbine racetrack will start ten minutes earlier beginning in 2008.

Woodbine racetrack announced that beginning in 2008, its previously scheduled post time of 7:40 p.m. would be moved up to 7:30 p.m.

"The Meadowlands has shifted its 2008 post times, so for the benefit of our customers, we moved our first race post on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights up 10 minutes to avoid the conflict," said Bruce Murray, Woodbine Vice-President of Standardbred Racing.

Monday evening post time will remain at 7:20 p.m.

article from: Woodbine-Racetrack.com Info