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The 2015 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) season wrapped up on Saturday night at Woodbine Racetrack with $2 million in purses on the line for a star-studded card of harness racing....read on
2-åriga hingstar 1.609 m auto Purse: $250 000 ()
Race 6 Trot, purse $250,000 (EX, P3, SU, TR) ONTARIO SIRES STAKES - GOLD SUPER FINAL - 2 YEAR OLD COLTS & GELDINGS. Last Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 5 Tony Soprano= (Kadabra/WindsongSoprano) 5 1@/Q 1/1T 1/1H 1/2H 1/2T 1:55.1 28.4 J Campbell 0.35* R Mcintosh 8 Will Take Charge (Kadabra/CelebrityAngel) 8 7@/7T 4@/5Q 2@/1H 2/2H 2/2T 1:55.4 29.1 P Macdonell 16.90 J Bax 6 Deweylovernleaver=(L) (Deweycheatumnhowe/Solovesick) 6 2/Q 2/1T 3/2H 3/4T 3/7 1:56.3 29.4 Trev Henry 11.75 C Beaver 9 Dunvegan Don= (CornaroDasolo/FranniesRidge) 9 5@/5T 3/4 4/6 4/8T 4/12H 1:57.3 30 D Mcnair 5.70 H Holland 2 Dad Leads= (Mutineer/DancingSlippers) 2 4/4Q 5/5T 6@/7T 6/11H 5/13 1:57.4 29.4 M Saftic 59.10 G Rivest 1 Pukka= (HolidayRoad/SunflowerSue) 1 6/6 6@/6T 5@/6Q 5/11Q 6/16Q 1:58.2 30.4 Ra Waples 61.90 C Beaver 7 Smoke Monkey (MajesticSon/Nashotah) 7X X9X/19 8/30H 7/DIS 7/DIS 7/DIS C Christoforou 64.10 C Beaver 3 Dewy Dont Cheat= (Deweycheatumnhowe/ShippsEmpress) 3X 10/DIS 10/DIS 9/DIS 9/DIS 8/DIS Ri Zeron 9.90 Ri Zeron 10 Nofear Blue Chip (Deweycheatumnhowe/NewHampshireGirl) 10 8@/10 X9X/32 10/DIS 10/DIS 9/DIS S Condren 57.00 P Reid 4 Mass Balance= (MuscleMass/AimeesImage) 4 3/3 X7/13H 8/DIS 8X/DIS X10/DIS S Filion 23.40 R Fellows Time: 28, 57.2, 1:26.2, 1:55.1 (Temperature: 15, Condition: FAST, Variant: 0) Judges List: Smoke Monkey-BREAKS, Dewy Dont Cheat-BREAKS 1st Tony Soprano (b,c,2 - Kadabra-Windsong Soprano-Windsongs Legacy) Owner: Robert McIntosh Stables Inc,Windsor-Mardon Stables,Loretto-Paradox Farm Inc,Caledon East-Dave A Boyle,Bowmanville,ON 2nd Will Take Charge (b,g,2 - Kadabra-Celebrity Angel-Yankee Glide) Owner: Bax Stable,Campbellville,ON-Gordon C Wright,Charlotte,MI-Don A Allensen,Wyoming-John F Hayes,Sharon,ON 3rd Deweylovernleaver (b,c,2 - Deweycheatumnhowe-Solovesick-Broadway Hall) Owner: Christopher F Beaver,Delaware,OH-Synerco Ventures Inc,Toronto-Leo V Fleming,Campbellville,ON
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The 2015 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) season wrapped up on Saturday night at Woodbine Racetrack with $2 million in purses on the line for a star-studded card of harness racing.
Trainer Bob McIntosh added another Super Final trophy to his collection as divisional leader Tony Soprano delivered on his 1-5 pari-mutuel promise in the next $250,000 stakes final with John Campbell in the sulky.
Tony Soprano took the lead after the 28-second opening panel and cruised past the half in :57.2 and three-quarters in 1:26.2 en route to the career-best 1:55.1 victory. Will Take Charge (Paul MacDonell) advanced first over from the backfield and tucked in behind the leader down the stretch for cover, ultimately finishing two and three-quarter lengths behind in second. Early leader Deweylovernleaver (Trevor Henry) was third.
"They were trotting out of there pretty good on both sides of me," noted Campbell after the race. "I asked him after we got out of there to make the front and, you know, :28 can be a good first quarter for those horses. After that, he rated well and he responded really well in the stretch when I asked him."
Tony Soprano notched the fourth win of his 10-race season and pushed his bankroll over $286,000.
"He's held his form," said Campbell. "He started out very good and he's held his form all year. I think he is maybe as strong tonight as he has been all year."
"I was really high on him all last winter," noted McIntosh. "I kept talking him up to John. He went through a few growing pains earlier in the summer, but nothing major. He's just really matured into a great horse right now. I think it's just a matter of maturity."
The Kadabra colt is out of the millionaire mare Windsong Soprano, who was campaigned by McIntosh throughout her racing career. Bred by Lothlorien, Tony Soprano was purchased for $90,000 at the Lexington Select Yearling Sale by the Robert McIntosh Stables Inc., Mardon Stables of Loretto, Ont., Paradox Farm Inc. of Caledon East, Ont. and Dave Boyle of Bowmanville, Ont.
"Lothlorien bought the mother, Windsong Soprano, at the sale in Lexington. I trained her her whole racing career and she was just a fantastic mare," said McIntosh. "As soon as I saw him in the catalogue, I said I've got to take a look at him."
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