Stormaway Euthanized

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Published: July 12, 2009 01:01 am EDT

A mishap around the final turn of Saturday’s eighth race at Georgian Downs claimed the life of the hard hitting pacer Stormaway

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Stormaway and trainer/driver Dan Megens, who were trailing the field going into the final turn in Saturday’s $115,000 final of the Masters Pacing Series, got tangled up in the racebike of the horse in front of them [Along Came Polly]. Stormaway fell and dumped Megens out of the bike. Megens came away unscathed, but Stormaway suffered a catastrophic injury and was later euthanized.

The six-year-old son of Northern Luck-Nice Scooters was a homebred owned by Megens and partners Jan Van Nest of Hamilton and Peter Caetano of Ancaster, Ontario. The OSS graduate won multiple stake events over the course of his career including this year’s $283,000 Molson Pace at Western Fair Raceway.

Please join Standardbred Canada in offering condolences to the connections of Stormaway.

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