Ontario Sire Stakes 2009

2 2-Ja El Express 2.70 2.40 2.10 16684 6-Pointe To Pointe 3.60 3.00 5297 1-Great Emancipator 5.10 4746 DAILY DOUBLE (6-2) paid 5.60, pool 9343 EXACTOR (2-6) paid 12.40, pool 25127 TRIACTOR (2-6-1) paid 52.70, pool 30931 1 MILE, TROT, PURSE $40,000. ONTARIO SIRES STAKES - GOLD ELIMINATION - 2 YEAR OLD COLTS & GELDINGS. STARTING FEE $750.00 Last Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 2 Ja El Express 2 2/2Q 2/2T 4/4T 5/4Q 1/1H 1:59.1 29.1 J Jamieson 0.35* J Gillis 6 Pointe To Pointe 6 6/11Q 6@/8 5@/5H 2/2 2/1H 1:59.2 29.2 W Henry 5.45 W Henry 1 Great Emancipator 1 3/4T 3@/4 1/2T 1/2 3/2H 1:59.3 30.3 D Ackerman 15.25 D Ackerman 3 Grumpy Jake 3 4/6T 5/6T 6/8Q 7/8Q 4/3T 2:00 29.2 J Moiseyev 13.85 M Guitard 4 Boogie Woogie 4 5/9H 4@/6 3@/3T 4/3Q 5/4Q 2:00 30.1 C Jamieson 30.40 C Jamieson 7 Crown And Coke 7 1/2Q 1/2T 2/2T 3/2T 6/5 2:00.1 30.3 Ri Zeron 57.80 C Auciello 10 Keystone Swagger 10 X7@/13 7/12 7@/9Q 6/7Q 7/7T 2:00.4 30 Ra Waples 27.10 J Kopas 5 Arriba Amigo 5X 8/27 8/26 8/30 8/33 8/DIS B Burgess 19.70 B Burgess 8 Go Go Red Marty X8 10X/DIS 10X/DIS 10/DIS 9/DIS 9/DIS M Saftic 21.30 K Baker 9 Lexis Noah 9X 9/28 9/29 9/DIS 10/DIS 10/DIS T Ritchie 71.95 R Bourgeois Time: 29.1, 59.4, 1:29, 1:59.1 (Temperature: 21, Condition: FT, Variant: 0) Judges List: Keystone Swagger-BREAKS, Arriba Amigo-BREAKS, Go Go Red Marty-BREAKS Lexis Noah-BREAKS 1st Ja El Express (b,c,2 - Kadabra-Keystone Bluejay-Sierra Kosmos) Owner: Ken A Henwood,Mississauga-Jeffrey R Gillis,Guelph,ON 2nd Pointe To Pointe (br,c,2 - Mutineer-Garland Bonita-Garland Lobell) Owner: Henry Stable,Arthur-Jeffrey J Thomson,Chesley,ON 3rd Great Emancipator (b,c,2 - Striking Sahbra-Minnesota Carol-Garland Lobell) Owner: Doug Ackerman Stables Inc,Warren,MI

3 8-Quantum Starship 38.50 13.40 5.90 19687 10-Sombrero Hall 44.10 12.40 6790 9-Magic Fruit 3.40 3011 EXACTOR (8-10) paid 611.20, pool 23469 TRIACTOR (8-10-9) paid 3526.80, pool 30244 WIN THREE (6-2-8) paid 47.35, pool 6519 1 MILE, TROT, PURSE $40,000. ONTARIO SIRES STAKES - GOLD ELIMINATION - 2 YEAR OLD COLTS & GELDINGS. STARTING FEE $750.00 Last Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 8 Quantum Starship 8 1/2 1/Q 1/1 1/2H 1/4Q 1:57.4 29.2 T Ritchie 18.25 H Lunde 10 Sombrero Hall 10 9/12H 8/12T 6@/5H 4/4T 2BE/4Q 1:58.3 29.1 P Macdonell 54.20 J Bax 9 Magic Fruit 9 3@/3Q 2@/Q 2@/1 2/2H 3/4T 1:58.4 30.1 P Henriksen 4.30 P Henriksen 3 Lexis D J 3 2/2 4/2Q 4/2 3/3 4/5H 1:58.4 30 M Saftic 3.35 R Bourgeois 5 Rudy Rocks 5 6/8Q 6/8 7/6T 5/7 5/5T 1:59 29.1 S Condren 9.80 C Beaver 7 Cover Of Night 7 8@X/10T 9/24 9/13Q 8/14Q 6/18 2:01.2 30.2 S Filion 66.65 J Kopas 6 Oaklea Seeker 6 5/5T 5/5 5/4Q 6/9 7/19 2:01.3 32.2 P Mackenzie 41.85 W Durbridge 2 Poof K 2 X10/19 10/32 10/23 9/24 8/24 2:02.3 29.3 Ri Zeron 46.35 J Arledge 1 Protege Seelster 1 4/4 3@/1T 3IX@@/1H7/13T 9BE/25 2:02.4 34.1 J Jamieson 0.80* M Weber 4 Citizen 4 7/9T 7/9T X8@/12H 10/DIS 10/DIS B Burgess 64.95 B Burgess Time: 28.3, 58, 1:28.2, 1:57.4 (Temperature: 21, Condition: FT, Variant: 0) Judges List: Cover Of Night-BREAKS, Poof K-BREAKS, Citizen-BREAKS 1st Quantum Starship (br,c,2 - Striking Sahbra-Merry Yankee-Muscles Yankee) Owner: Quantum Farms Corp,St Paul,MN 2nd Sombrero Hall (b,c,2 - Striking Sahbra-Stormont Flambe-Balanced Image) Owner: Parkhill Stud Farm,Peterborough-Don A Allensen,Camlachie-Harry Locke,Oshawa-Glengate Farms,Campbellville,ON 3rd Magic Fruit (b,c,2 - Kadabra-Anna Banana-Valley Victory) Owner: Ernst Gerbaulet,Recklinghausen 45665,GER

6 8-Reach Higher 10.60 4.90 3.70 25676 9-War King Ton 4.20 3.90 9665 5-Tymal Tyme 9.40 4756 EXACTOR (8-9) paid 51.10, pool 26708 TRIACTOR (8-9-5) paid 654.30, pool 31363 1 MILE, TROT, PURSE $40,000. ONTARIO SIRES STAKES - GOLD ELIMINATION - 2 YEAR OLD COLTS & GELDINGS. STARTING FEE $750.00 Last Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 8 Reach Higher 8 3/2Q 4/6 2@/T 1/1T 1/1Q 1:59.1 28.3 S Condren 4.30 J Kopas 9 War King Ton 9 2@/H 3/3T 5/3Q 6/5 2/1Q 1:59.2 28.2 P Macdonell 3.80 B Macdonald 5 Tymal Tyme 5 1/H 2/1T 3/1T 3/2 3/2 1:59.3 28.4 W Henry 14.60 W Henry 6 Duke Maccallum 6 9@/11 9@/12T 8@@/6T 5/3T 4/3Q 1:59.4 28 A Macdonald 2.50* J Macdonald 4 Celebrity Ferrari 4 7@/7T 6@/8T 4@/3 4/3Q 5/4H 2:00 29 T Ritchie 6.20 S Lind 10 Quantum Antonio 10 4@/2Q 1/1T 1/T 2/1T 6/7 2:00.3 30.1 J Jamieson 18.50 H Lunde 2 Warrawee Leader 2 5/4H 5/8 6@/4T X8X/8 X7/12T 2:01.4 30.2 C Jamieson 105.10 C Jamieson 3 B Hittinit 3 6/6Q 7/10Q 10/9T 9X/11T X8/13 2:01.4 29.2 Ri Zeron 7.35 G Mackenzie 11 Up To Speed 11 8/9Q 8@/10H 7@@/5T 7X/6Q 9/19 2:03 31.2 J Gilchrist 35.95 L Gilchrist 7 Random Strike 7 10/12Q 10/14T 9@X/9H 10/26 10/DIS J Moiseyev 20.00 C Christoforou 1 Kenny B X1X 11/32 11/DIS 11/DIS 11/DIS 11/DIS K Rose 13.55 C Auciello Time: 29.3, 59.3, 1:30.2, 1:59.1 (Temperature: 21, Condition: FT, Variant: 0) Judges List: Celebrity Ferrari-COGGINS, Warrawee Leader-BREAKS, Random Strike-BREAKS Kenny B-BREAKS 1st Reach Higher (br,c,2 - Striking Sahbra-Raising The Bar-Angus Hall) Owner: Estate Of George F Hempt Trust,Camp Hill,PA-KR Stable,Milton-Douglas W Millard,Woodstock-LLK Stable,Mississauga,ON 2nd War King Ton (b,g,2 - Ken Warkentin-Emma Rules-Mr Lavec) Owner: Marvin R Chantler,Loretto,ON-Daniel W Macisaac,Charlottetown,PE-John F McCormack-Richard J Bartel,Kelowna,BC 3rd Tymal Tyme (b,c,2 - Angus Hall-Lukes Elvira-American Winner)

Quantum Starship turned in the fastest clocking of three $40,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold eliminations for two-year-old colt and gelding trotters Thursday night at Mohawk Racetrack.

With Trevor Ritchie doing the driving, the son of Striking Sahbra-Merry Yankee grabbed control of the race early from post eight and then cruised to a gate-to-wire score at odds of 18-1. Sombrero Hall closed for second at long odds with Magic Fruit landing the show spot despite being parked the mile. Quantum Starship was overlooked by the wagering public and returned $38.50 on the nose.

It was just the second career start for Quantum Starship who finished third in his debut at Flamboro Downs in a division of the Bud Light Stakes even though he made a break in the first quarter. Harald Lunde does the training for the Quantum Farms Corp. of St Paul, Minnesota.

The highly-regarded Ja El Express remained perfect in two career starts with a sharp off-the-pace victory in the opening elimination for driver Jody Jamieson in 1:59.1. The son of Kadabra - Keystone Bluejay turned back Pointe To Pointe with Great Emancipation rounding out the top three. Ja El Express returned a popular $2.70 for the win.

The colt is trained by Jeff Gillis who co-owns along with Ken Henwood of Mississauga, Ontario. He was just a $17,000 yearling purchase at last Fall�s Canadian Open Yearling Sale.

In the final elimination, Reach Higher turned in a dominant first-over victory for driver Steve Condren in 1:59.1. The son of Striking Sahbra-Raising The Bar easily turned back a closing War King Ton with Tymal Tyme grabbing the show spot.

Reach Higher is the younger half-brother to the stakes-winning filly Raising Rachel (1:55 - $373,583) and was a hefty $140,000 yearling purchase at last season�s Forest City Sale. He is now one-for-two in his young career for trainer John Kopas and owners Estate of George Hempt Trust of Pennsylvania and the KR Stable, Doug Millard and LLK Stable of Ontario.

The top three finishers from tonight�s eliminations and Duke Maccallum, the lone fourth-place finisher who was drawn by lot, will advance to next Thursday�s final. Here�s how they�ll line up on the starting gate:

$130,000 OSS Gold Series Final
1. Tymal Tyme
2. Magic Fruit
3. Sombrero Hall
4. Great Emancipator
5. War King Ton
6. Pointe To Pointe
7. Quantum Starship
8. Ja El Express
9. Duke Maccallum
10. Reach Higher.