The posts for Sunday's Confederation Cup XXXIV were drawn on Thursday morning during Hamilton's CH Morning Live morning show
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A deep and talented field of 18 will converge on Flamboro Downs Sunday in pursuit of the track’s most significant piece of hardware. CH Reporter Lori De Angelis helped with the post draw and the fields are as follows.
First Elimination - Race 8 - Purse $50,000
1. Four Starz Trace
2. Stonebridge Tonic
3. BGs Folly ($25,000 supplemental entry)
4. Foreign Officer
5. Malicious
6. Classic Rock NRoll
7. Dreamlands Art
8. Im Gorgeous
9. Outrageous Art
Second Elimination - Race 9 - Purse $50,000
1. Wellthereyougo
2. Adrenaline
3. SNP Bluechip
4. BP Chimo
5. Think Back
6. Keystone Raptor
7. Tobago Cays
8. Stompin Tom Creek
9. Aracache Hanover
Raced in heats, each Confederation Cup elimination will carry a purse of $50,000. The top four finishers from each elimination, plus one fifth place finisher drawn by lot, will return later on the Sunday card for the $547,000 final.
“It’s the most competitive group that I’ve seen in my time – and I’ve been here a while!” said Race Secretary Sheri Minler-Grabatin. “We’ve got horses exiting the Adios, the Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Meadowlands Pace and the O.S.S., so it’s a great cross section and a really nice field.”
Seventeen of the 18 declared starters had been paid into the Confederation Cup by way of nomination and sustaining payments. New Jersey Classic winner BGs Folly was a last minute addition via a $25,000 supplemental nomination.
“We’re delighted to have both the quality and quantity of entries that we’ve received,” said Bruce Barbour, Executive Director of Racing Operations. “We look forward to welcoming Ontario racing fans and the greater-Hamilton community to Flamboro Downs on Sunday. It’s going to be a fabulous day of racing.”
(Flamboro Downs)