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This Saturday (July 17) at 1:30 p.m., Hanover Raceway is set host the first five legs of the OLG Ontario Women s Driving Championship, with the top female drivers in Ontario set to square off in battle, for a chance to be crowned the champion.
This two-day event, with Dresden Raceway holding the final five legs on Sunday, July 18 at 1:00 p.m., is a fundraising initiative for the Canadian Cancer Society for Cervical Cancer at Hanover Raceway and Harness The Hope at Dresden Raceway, two worthy causes that the drivers in the event are happy to support. I m honoured and excited to be involved in this event and to help raise money for two great causes. I ve had family members and friends that have been affected by Cancer. It s a horrible disease and it will be great to one day find a cure, said driver Pam Forgie.
Two races and two wins; that s the tally for veteran trotter Nebraska Jack after Ontario s second Racing Under Saddle event of 2021 was contested on Saturday (July 10) at Hiawatha Horse Park.
A field of six trotters was reduced to five with a scratch, and the betting public was firmly behind Nebraska Jack to the tune of 2/5 support. Rider Karoline Nielsen waited patiently behing temposetter Waikiki Hanover (Marielle Enberg) through panels of :29.4, :59.4 and 1:30.2 before making a bid heading around the final turn.
As Waikiki Hanover found another to repel that challenge, Nielsen bravened up Nebraska Jack with a tuck back in behind around that bend and then angled back out in midstretch for another run at the leader. That effort would prove sufficient, as Nebraska Jack said