TORONTO, ON – The $80,000 Lake Huron Stakes, part of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series, took place Saturday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack with Forest Survivor taking the victory.Ā
The 5-furlong inner turf event for colts and geldings is part of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series, a new 8-leg stakes series open to Ontario-sired 3-year-olds, to be contested at Woodbine and Fort Erie racetracks.Ā Ā
Ontario Racing and its Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP) Committee unveiled the series in March. With a total purse structure of $750,000, the Heritage Series will feature a total of 4 races ā 3 opening legs and 1 final ā for both 3-year-old colts and 3-year-old fillies that are sustained to the Ontario Sires Stakes program.Ā
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Forest Survivor and All Canadian both shot out strongly to engage in a speed battle, dueling through a 1/4-mile of :21.72. Sent off as the 1/2 favorite, Forest Survivor and Kazushi Kimura turned away All Canadian convincingly to open several lengths in the stretch, running to a 1 3/4-length victory in :57.33.Ā
Galvaston closed in late to finish second, while Jocularity and Dragonās Brew completed the top four.Ā
ā(Forest Survivor) is pretty quick all the timeā¦Iām just doing one job like just send him to the front,ā said Kimura, noting it was the same tactics as the coltās most recent start, a second-place effort on June 13.
A son of Old Forester, Forest Survivor has now won 2 of 3 starts this season after 3 of 8 starts overall. The chestnut colt is trained by Norm McKnight for owner Bruno Schickedanz.Ā
Forest Survivor paid $3.10 to win.
