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Ontario Bred Maturity Re-Match and Ontario Bred Futurity On Tap Wednesday

Ontario Bred Maturity Re-Match and Ontario Bred Futurity On Tap Wednesday

AJAX DOWNS, JULY 15, 2025 - Quarter Horse racing fans are in for a treat on Wednesday, July 16, as two Horses of the Year are set to square off once again in the $40,140 Ontario Bred Maturity at Ajax Downs. HAD TO BE IVORY, the incredible 10-year-old gelding who has won two Horse of the Year titles and won his 2025 season opener with ease, will try and turn the tables on 2023 Horse of the Year SNOW MOOSE, who upset Ivory in this race last July.

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Erynn Ballard Leads the Way in MacAllister CIS3* Welcome Stake at Great Lakes Equestrian Festival

Erynn Ballard Leads the Way in MacAllister CIS3* Welcome Stake at Great Lakes Equestrian Festival

Traverse City, MI – July 11, 2025—Canadian Olympian Erynn Ballard topped an all-female podium riding Kandide Chavannaise in Friday’s $32,000 MacAllister CIS3* Welcome Stake during the second week of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival (GLEF), presented by B&D Builders.

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Francois Lamontagne Wins $40,000 Cooper Equipment Rentals Grand Prix at Wesley Clover Parks

Francois Lamontagne Wins $40,000 Cooper Equipment Rentals Grand Prix at Wesley Clover Parks

Ottawa, Ontario – François Lamontagne of Saint-Eustache, QC, won the $40,000 Cooper Equipment Rentals Grand Prix on Saturday, July 12, to close out the RBC Ottawa Summer Tournaments at Wesley Clover Parks in Ottawa, ON.

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Ivy League Sugarbaby Making Her Ontario Breeders Proud

Ivy League Sugarbaby Making Her Ontario Breeders Proud

AJAX DOWNS, JULY 9, 2025 - Joe Tavares' IVY LEAGUE SUGARBABY posted a mild upset in the featured GRIDIRON GALLOP at Ajax Downs on July 9, breaking like a bullet and fending off five rivals to win the 110-yard dash by a neck.

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Ontario Bred Maturity Re-Match and Ontario Bred Futurity On Tap Wednesday

Ontario Bred Maturity Re-Match and Ontario Bred Futurity On Tap Wednesday

Posted in Equestrian News, Home Page articles, horse-racing

AJAX DOWNS, JULY 15, 2025 - Quarter Horse racing fans are in for a treat on Wednesday, July 16, as two Horses of the Year are set to square off once again in the $40,140 Ontario Bred Maturity at Ajax Downs. HAD TO BE IVORY, the incredible 10-year-old gelding who has won two Horse of the Year titles and won his 2025 season opener with ease, will try and turn the tables on 2023 Horse of the Year SNOW MOOSE, who upset Ivory in this race last July.

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Erynn Ballard Leads the Way in MacAllister CIS3* Welcome Stake at Great Lakes Equestrian Festival

Erynn Ballard Leads the Way in MacAllister CIS3* Welcome Stake at Great Lakes Equestrian Festival

Posted in Equestrian News, Home Page articles, horse-shows-clinics

Traverse City, MI – July 11, 2025—Canadian Olympian Erynn Ballard topped an all-female podium riding Kandide Chavannaise in Friday’s $32,000 MacAllister CIS3* Welcome Stake during the second week of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival (GLEF), presented by B&D Builders.

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