The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame congratulates the people and horses being recognized as inductees in 2022. Five people and three horses have been elected from an extremely deep ballot of candidates.
Although he’s by a champion sprinter, long-fused Heywoods Beach prefers marathon distances, evidenced by his convincing neck victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Tokyo City Cup (G3) going 1 ½ miles on Santa Anita main track.
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Proven at the distance, John Sadler’s long-fused Heywoods Beach, a 5-year-old horse by Eclipse Champion Sprinter Speightstown, looms the horse to beat among a field of eight three-year-olds and up in Sunday’s marathon mile and one half, Grade 3, $100,000 Tokyo City Cup at Santa Anita.
Having now fully recognized and inducted those named to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame as the Classes of 2020 and 2021, the Standardbred and Thoroughbred Nomination Committees have determined the categories and finalists to appear on the ballot presented to the Election Committees, from which the Class of 2022 will be selected.