A new barn did not deter Ynothos from extending her winning streak to six in Thursday’s fourth race at Rideau Carleton which honoured the Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society’s 25th anniversary. Contested on a beautiful fall afternoon in the nation’s capital the $6,900 race, for distaffers, was reduced to six with the scratch of Village Jamie.
Claimed by Limco Inc of Quebec in her last start at Rideau, Ynothos is now trained by Vic Puddy but maintained her regular pilot of Guy Gagnon. Leaving from post seven, Ynothos swept down to grab the lead well before the opening panel in :27.4.
She tripped the half in a leisurely :57.4 and stepped it up to 1:26.3 for the three-quarters. Down the stretch her competitors started to close in but it was too late as she hit the wire first in 1:55.4. Clodam Bayama took second while Howmacfiesty was third.
A six-year-old daughter of Camystic, the winner now has 13 wins in 21 starts this year for over $38,000 in earnings. Lifetime her earnings are just shy of $140,000. She is the first foal from a full sister to former Western Canadian champion Red Star Hottie ($667,000).
Every Standardbred racetrack in Ontario hosted a race in honour of OSAS’s significant anniversary in 2021. Today’s contest was the 12th and final one and OSAS extends sincere thanks to every track and their staff for the great hospitality and to all of the wonderful OSAS volunteers. They all ensured each event was special and a celebration of the great work OSAS has done over the past 25 years.
The AGCO Judges declared the eighth race a ‘No Contest’ as a result of a mishap that took place as the field neared the half-mile point of the race.
Lil Moe Money, who was sitting fifth on the rail for driver Ryan Guy, made a break and became hooked up with Red John and driver Samuel Fillion. Both drivers were dumped out of their racebikes, and the horses spun around and began to race head on toward the remainder of the field.
Warning lights and sirens were put in place at all tracks across the province to alert drivers of a ‘No Contest’ situation, and these protocols were activated as the field moved across the backstretch.
Despite the warning signals being activated, none of the drivers pulled up their horses. As the field neared the finish line the two loose horses were running head-on in the infield toward the field. Fortunately, the loose horses were avoided by the field as it raced toward the finish line.
Reports from the source indicate the horses were apprehended and suffered no injuries. Both drivers were uninjured, as well.
To catch all of the highlights from Thursday’s card be sure to check out the latest edition of ‘Rideau in Ten’. The video can be viewed below:
(With files from OSAS)
To view results for Thursday's card of harness racing, click the following link: Thursday Results – Rideau Carleton Raceway.