Winning Appeal For Wrangler Magic

Published: October 9, 2015 04:05 pm EDT

On Friday, October 9, the Ontario Racing Commission released its decision regarding an appeal by the owners and trainer of Wrangler Magic. The appeal was in regard to the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold race that took place on August 3, 2015 at Grand River Raceway.

Wrangler Magic’s ownership is comprised of Thomas Kyron, Dr. Maurice Stewart, Brian Paquet and Bayama Farms, Inc. Wrangler Magic is trained by Stephane Larocque.

Solar Sister (who was driven by Doug McNair) won the race in question and Wrangler Magic (Sylvain Filion) finished second.

Larocque and Wrangler Magic’s ownership partners launched the appeal against the ORC judges’ decision that day. The judges’ decision had been that Solar Sister did not violate the ‘passing lane’ rule in the home stretch.

On September 9, an ORC appeal panel ruled that Solar Sister did violate the passing lane rule (SB Rule 22.05.02.2 [ii]). As a result, Solar Sister has been placed behind Wrangler Magic in the official order of finish for Race 2 at Grand River Raceway on August 3, 2015 (SB Rule 22.09).

The ORC's Reasons For Decision follow, or are available at this link.

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