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March 05, 2010
“Isn’t it amazing. You’ll spend $60,000, $70,000 on a horse and you’ll worry about your cell phone bill.”
— Diane “Joey” Ingham about her partner Harrry Rutherford’s reluctance to use his cell phone in the United States to find out whether he had the winning bid on Glide By, purchased for $62,000 (he did) at the Meadowlands Mixed Sale (Dave Landry photo).
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March 05, 2010
The story:
Despite a small broodmare band, Harry Rutherford and Diane “Joey” Ingham capped a big year with the O’Brien Award as Canada’s breeder of the year.
What we went with:
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What it could have been:
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March 04, 2010
Just a few hours after Canada defeated the United States in the gold medal hockey game at the Olympics, Canadians scored a couple of major victories in harness racing in the United States.
At a banquet Sunday at Yonkers Raceway in New York City honouring the best in U.S. harness racing for 2009, Canadians had a share in the three biggest awards.
All-world colt Muscle Hill, trained by Sydney Mines, NS. native Greg Peck, was the no-surprise winner of both the trotter of the year and the overall horse of the year awards after a perfect season.
Meanwhile, the pacer of the year award went to Well Said, a colt owned, in part by Sue Grange of Cheltenham, ON.
Well Said won Canada’s richest race, the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup, in June of 2009. It was the third time Grange’s family had won the NA Cup in partnership with Jeffrey Snyder of New York City.
Snyder, who rates his yearling prospects on conformation on a scale from one to 10, said Well Said scored a nine, the highest of any yearling he ever graded.
“He’s about as good-looking a yearling as I’ve seen, and I think many people will agree that he was about the best-looking yearling they’ve seen in many years,” Snyder said. “None of them have gotten a 10. I think the highest rating that we’ve given is a nine for anything. No 10s, because nothing is absolutely perfect. But, if they get a nine, that’s great.”
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