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Woodbine-Oct29/2012                          OK FANTASTIC                              27.2: 57.2:127.1.155.1Mardon Stables,Carlo Rovella                                                                                Purse...$18.000
Trainer:Bruce MacDonald
Driver:Rick Zeron

OK FANTASTIC NO LONGER A VIRGIN 1;55.1

      2-Ok Fantastic        4.50 2.60 2.10 
       7-Long Fight Hanover   2.60 2.20
                      5-Southwind Razor 2.40     
         Fantastic (br,g,2 - Mach Three-Fanciful-Jennas Beach Boy) Owner: Mardon Stables,Loretto-Carlo Rovella,Toronto,

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$2 EXACTOR (2-7) paid 11.00, pool 25616 $1 SUPERFECTA (2-7-5-3) paid 49.70, pool 24927 $2 TRIACTOR (2-7-5) paid 23.80, pool 29715 $1 PICK 3 (1-9-2) paid 38.35, pool 7066 1 MILE, PACE, PURSE $18,000.Last Horse HV PP 1/8 1/4 1/2 3/4 7/8 Finish Time 1/4 Dist Driver Odds Trainer 2 Ok Fantastic 2 1/T 1/2T 1/3H 1/1Q 1/NK 1/H 1:55.1 28 5351 Ri Zeron 1.25* B Macdonald 27.2, 57.2, 1:27.1, 1:41.1, 1:55.1 (Temperature: 4, Condition: GD, Variant: 3) 1st Ok Long Fight Hanover (b,g,3 - Allamerican Native-Ladyking-Cams Card Shark) Owner: Jeffrey R Gillis,Hillsburgh-Mac T Nichol,Burlington,ON 3rd Southwind Razor (b,g,2 - Art Major-Roses For Molly-Bettors Delight) Owner: Robert J Leblanc,White Plains,NY-Douglas G Dunbar-Frederick W Woolford,London,ON

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OK FAMOUS...offto the big smoke tonite Woodbine Oct 29 2012

2 OK FANTASTIC

is setting up for the O.S.S. superfinal (November 10) with this prep. He hasn’t been able to win a race prior to tonight but did

score enough points to qualify for a starting position in that $300,000 contest. The driver change to Zeron is interesting. MacDonell drove in most of

his races this year. I couldn’t quite decide about the top spot or the second position. He ended up number one but I would consider alternates.

5 -- Pace, purse $18,000 (EX, P3, SU, TR)
2 & 3 YEAR OLDS, NW 1 RACE OR $8,000 LIFETIME. NO ALLOWANCES.
Post time: 08:40 P.M.         Lasix: 04:25 P.M.          Horses Entered: 19(split)
   1 Nephin                             S Filion            J Dean               12-1 (Camluck/Enniscrone)                                     
   2 Ok Fantastic                       Ri Zeron            B Macdonald           3-1 (MachThree/Fanciful)                                     
   3 What A Hooligan                    J Hudon Jr          J Hudon Jr            8-1                                                          
   4 Loves A Challenge                  S Coulter           S Davis               7-1                                                          
   5 Southwind Razor                    D Mcnair            J Libby               4-1 (ArtMajor/RosesForMolly)                                 
   6 Junior Pride                       L Ouellette         L Campbell Jr         7-1 (BadlandsHanover/TurquoisePride)                         
   7***Long Fight Hanover               J Jamieson          J Gillis              7-2                                        (cog: 10-OCT-2012)
   8 Cruijff                            R Mayotte           I Vrablic            15-1 (ArtMajor/IdealDate)                                     
   9 Voltic                             Ra Waples           T Jacobs             20-1                                                          
  10 Bad Boy Hill                       M Saftic            R Boyd               10-1 (StonebridgeRegal/AsleepOntheBeach)                      

FRISKY STRIKES preps for the OSS super final.@Woodbine ,October 25 2012

6 -- Trot, purse $20,000 (EX, P3, SU, TR)
5 YEAR OLDS & YOUNGER, NW 2 (FM 4) RACES OR $40,000 (FM $50,000) LIFETIME.
Post time: 09:05 P.M.         Lasix: 04:50 P.M.          Horses Entered: 12
   1 Impressive=                        D Potvin            D Potvin             10-1                                                          
   2 Canbec Ivanov                      Ri Zeron            G Demers              7-1                                                          
   3 Northern Kendra=                   R Mayotte           J Dean               12-1                                                          
   4 Frisky Strike=                     S Zeron             B Macdonald           9-2                                                          
   5 Sam Hayes=                         D Boughton          D Lindsey             7-1 (AngusHall/FinDeMaye)                                    
   6 Tough Mac                          L Ouellette         R Hughes             15-1                                                          
   7 One More Ginny                     M Baillargeon       B Baillargeon         9-2                                                          
   8 Justasmalltowngirl=                P Macdonell         M Smith               6-1                                                          
   9 Autumn Treasure                    M Saftic            Dr A Johnston         7-1                                                          
  10 Merry Maiden                       A Macdonald         P Reid                4-1    

Mardon Stable at the Jug 2012 entertaining friends in our home away from home

Finally someone with ball tells it like it is.

Way to Go Dave. Thank

Marvin Chantler SAID...

Way to Go Dave. Thank goodness someone with some common sense is listening and reporting the truth.
The other media's seem to have been silenced and controlled by the management. Comments on SAR's and the competition that horse racing is getting from Tannenbaum and Godfrey is pretty quiet in the other papers. Could it be that way because of the Chairman of Post Media?? LOL

OK FANTASTIC .Was really fantastic,just missed the Gold final in a photo closing in 27.3.Super Gold Final here we come November 10 at Woodbine

10
5-Windsong Jack 3.10 2.10 2.20 2790
1-Ok Fantastic 5.60 3.80 1500
3-Mach Pride 4.60 1131

$2 EXACTOR (5-1) paid 14.00, pool 2357
$1 SUPERFECTA (5-1-3-6) paid 123.85, pool 3005
$2 TRIACTOR (5-1-3) paid 68.30, pool 3146

1 MILE, PACE, PURSE $130,000.
ONTARIO SIRE STAKES GOLD FINALS 2 YEAR OLD COLTS
                                                                                         Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer
5   Windsong Jack               5    1@/T    1/1     1/1Q    1/1T     1/NS       1:54.3  28.1 Ra Waples        0.55*  D Menary
1   Ok Fantastic                1    3/2Q    5/3     4/3     5/3T     2/NS       1:54.3  27.3 D Clements       9.80   B Macdonald
3   Mach Pride                  3    2/T     3/1H    3/1H    2/1T     3/2T       1:55.1  28.3 A Macdonald      9.00   L Eftimiadis
6   Tarpon Hanover              6    6/6H    4@/2H   5@/3Q   3/2      4/4        1:55.2  28.2 S Zeron          4.90   D Menary
4   Duc Dorleans                4    5/5     2@/1    2@/1Q   4/2H     5/4Q       1:55.2  28.4 S Brosseau       5.70   J Dupont
8   Glammit                     8    9/11    8@/6H   9/7     8/7H     6/4Q       1:55.2  27.3 S Byron         54.10   L Micallef
2   Just Henry                  2    4/3H    7/5     7/5     6/5H     7/5        1:55.3  28.1 P Mackenzie     11.40   B Goit
9   Champagne Phil              9    7/8     6@/4H   6@/4H   7/6      8/6Q       1:55.4  28.3 S Allard        15.40   T Osullivan
7   F Twenty Two                7    8/9H    9/8     8@/6H   9/9      9/15H      1:57.3  30   S Coulter       30.85   T Pinske
Time: 27.4, 58.1, 1:26.2, 1:54.3 (Temperature: 7, Condition: SY, Variant: 2)

1st  Windsong Jack (br,g,2 - Santanna Blue Chip-Milliondollarsmile-Million Dollar Cam)
Owner: Larry J Menary,Cheltenham-Kenneth R Ewen,Georgetown-Denis R Breton,Welland-Geoffrey Lyons Mound,Burford,ON
2nd  Ok Fantastic (br,g,2 - Mach Three-Fanciful-Jennas Beach Boy)
Owner: Mardon Stables,Loretto-Carlo Rovella,Toronto,ON
3rd  Mach Pride (b,c,2 - Mach Three-Cyber Wave-Fighting Major)
Owner: Gerald L Mijal,Westland,MI

Finally ,OK! OK FANTASTIC,draws good P.P for Gold Final ar georgian Downs on Oct 13 2012

Here is a look at the fields for next weekend's $130,000 finals in post position order:
Two-Year-Old Colt Pace
1. Ok Fantastic
2. Just Henry
3. Mach Pride
4. Duc Dorleans
5. Windsong Jack
6. Tarpon Hanover
7. F Twenty Two
8. Glammit
9. Champagne Phil
AE1. Windsong Joker

OK FANTASTIC closes from last to almost win the elim. Georgian Downs Oct 6 2012

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6-Duc Dorleans 11.70 9.10 4.30 1562
5-Ok Fantastic 7.40 3.80 697
3-Mach Pride 3.10 684

$2 EXACTOR (6-5) paid 117.70, pool 1554
$2 TRIACTOR (6-5-3) paid 796.30, pool 3258
NO SF WAGERING

1 MILE, PACE, PURSE $40,000.
ONTARIO SIRE STAKES GOLD ELIMINATIONS 2 YEAR OLD COLTS
STARTING FEE $800 CDN $840 US
                                                                                         Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer
6   Duc Dorleans                5    2/1H    2/1H    3/1H    2/1H     1/H        1:53.4  29   S Brosseau       4.85   J Dupont
5   Ok Fantastic                4    5/8H    5/6     5@/3H   4/3      2/H        1:53.4  28.3 D Clements      11.95   B Macdonald
3   Mach Pride                  2    1/1H    1/1H    1/H     1/1H     3/1H       1:54    29.2 A Macdonald      2.25   L Eftimiadis
2   Tarpon Hanover              1    3/3H    3/3     2@/H    3/2H     4/5Q       1:54.4  30.1 Ra Waples        0.45*  D Menary
4   Windsong Joker              3    4/7     4/4H    4/2H    5/4      5/6        1:55    30   D Mcnair         9.55   B Treen
1   Roar                        SCRATCHED - JUDGES(TRANSPORTATION)                                                   
Time: 26.3, 56.3, 1:24.3, 1:53.4 (Temperature: 7, Condition: FT, Variant: 0)

1st  Duc Dorleans (b,g,2 - Shanghai Phil-Legende Dorleans-Shipps Purser)
Owner: Les Ecuries Dorleans Inc,Repentigny-Gestion C Levesque 2005inc,Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu,QC
2nd  Ok Fantastic (br,g,2 - Mach Three-Fanciful-Jennas Beach Boy)
Owner: Mardon Stables,Loretto-Carlo Rovella,Toronto,ON
3rd  Mach Pride (b,c,2 - Mach Three-Cyber Wave-Fighting Major)
Owner: Gerald L Mijal,Westland,MI

PAN AND SUFFERING Qualifying at Georgian Oct 6 2012

3 -- Both
QUALIFYING PACE AND TROT
          Horses Entered: 9
   1 Just One Amigo                     D Holliday                                                                   
   2 Highplains Drifter                 D Clements                                                                   
   3 Too Good Too Pass                  D Clements                                                                   
   4 Pan And Suffering                  B Macdonald         (Kadabra/NoPanNoGain)                                    
   5 Cover Of Night                     S Byron                                                                      
   6 Shiftin Geartogear                 C Auciello                                                                   
   7 Chuckalo Caden                     C Thompson                                                                   
   8 Road To Glory                      S Byron                                                                      
   9 Poppis Boys                        R Ertel                                                                      

OK FANTASTIC Gold elims Georgian Oct 6 2012

5 -- Pace, purse $40,000 (EX, TR)
ONTARIO SIRE STAKES GOLD ELIMINATIONS 2 YEAR OLD COLTS
STARTING FEE $800 CDN $840 US
Post time: 08:45 P.M.         Lasix: 04:30 P.M.          Horses Entered: 13(split)
   1 Roar                               Ti Tetrick          L Toscano             9-2 (MachThree/SouthernMagnolia)                             
   2 Tarpon Hanover                     Ra Waples           D Menary              9-5 (BadlandsHanover/TarportHerald)                          
   3 Mach Pride                         A Macdonald         L Eftimiadis          5-2 (MachThree/CyberWave)                                    
   4 Windsong Joker                     D Mcnair            B Treen               7-2 (JeremesJet/AccessHollywood)                             
   5 Ok Fantastic                       D Clements          B Macdonald           6-1 (MachThree/Fanciful)                                     
   6 Duc Dorleans                       S Brosseau          J Dupont              8-5 (ShanghaiPhil/LegendeDorleans)                           

OK FANTASTIC makes the news

Hometown Colts Look For Gold Luck
Oct 3
Georgian Downs will showcase Ontario’s finest freshman pacers on Saturday night and the connections of two local entries are hoping their horses can finally show off their full skill set over the Innisfil oval. The two-year-old pacing colts will lead things off in races two and five, and owner Marv Chantler is looking for an improved effort from OK Fantastic in the second $40,000 Gold Elimination. In the September Gold Series at Mohawk Racetrack, OK Fantastic finished fifth in his elimination and sixth in the final. The September outing was only the gelding’s second at the provincial stakes level. After a third in the elimination and second in the final of the season opener at Mohawk Racetrack, the Mach Three son was felled by a virus that knocked him out of action for a month and is still having an impact on his training and racing routine. “I’ve been racing horses for 45 years and he was the fastest two-year-old I’ve ever owned,” says Chantler. “We just have not been able to get him back to where he was in July. “He’s a very fast colt, but the sickness totally derailed him.”In his first three lifetime starts OK Fantastic delivered one second and two thirds, but in the four starts since he fell ill, the youngster’s best effort was a second in a Sept. 14 overnight event at Mohawk Racetrack.Paul MacDonell will steer the winner of $47,400 from post five in Saturday’s fifth race, and Chantler is hoping the pair can earn a spot in next weekend’s $130,000 Gold Final.“We’re hoping for better things to come, either Saturday at Georgian, or the next Saturday, or in the Super Final,” says the Loretto resident, whose Mardon Stables shares ownership of OK Fantastic with Carlo Rovella of Toronto. “He has a lot of ability. He has that speed built in; we’ve just got to get it out of him again.”Alliston resident Bruce MacDonald trains OK Fantastic, who was an $85,000 purchase out of the 2011 Forest City Yearling Sale. Among the five colts that OK Fantastic faces in Saturday’s elimination are former Gold Final champions Tarpon Hanover and Mach Pride, who will start from posts two and three respectively

Frisky misses gold final

1 MILE, TROT, PURSE $40,000.
ONTARIO SIRES STAKES - GOLD ELIMINATIONS - 3 YR OLD FILLIES
(STARTING FEE $800.00 CAD, $840.00 USD)
                                                                                         Last Horse HV PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer
4   Sugar Wheeler               4    1/1H    1/1H    1/1H    1/3H     1/3        1:56.1  28   P Macdonell      0.75*  M Keeling
1   Magic Lindy                 1    2/1H    2/1H    3/2H    2/3H     2/3        1:56.4  28.1 Ja Macdonald    43.90   J Mckinnon
5   One More Ginny              5    5/8     5/6H    4/4H    4/6      3/4Q       1:57    28   M Baillargeon    5.25   B Baillargeon
3   Lexus Helios=               3    4/6     4@/4H   2@/1H   3/4      4/4T       1:57.1  28.4 M Saftic         1.35   N Dunstan
2   Frisky Strike=              2    3/4     3/3H    5/7     5/8      5/9T       1:58.1  28.3 S Zeron          5.65   B Macdonald
Time: 29, 59.2, 1:28.1, 1:56.1 (Temperature: 15, Condition: FT, Variant: 0)

1st  Sugar Wheeler (b,f,3 - Angus Hall-Quick Credit-Credit Winner)
Owner: P C Wellwood Enterprises Inc,Cambridge,ON-Alan C Hainsworth,Mt Morris,NY-William B Weaver III,Freehold,NJ-Kelley Racing Stable LLC,Gansevoort,NY
2nd  Magic Lindy (b,f,3 - Kadabra-Giza-Dream Vacation)
Owner: James A Macdonald-Johnathan L McKinnon,Guelph-Peter D Porter,Port Dover,ON
3rd  One More Ginny (b,f,3 - Angus Hall-Oaklea Ginny-Balanced Image)
Owner: Kor Stable Limited,Guelph,ON

Frisky goes for Gold semifinals at Grand River Oct 3

6 -- Trot, purse $40,000 (EX, SF, TR)
ONTARIO SIRES STAKES - GOLD ELIMINATIONS - 3 YR OLD FILLIES
(STARTING FEE $800.00 CAD, $840.00 USD)
Post time: 08:46 P.M.         Lasix: 04:31 P.M.          Horses Entered: 10(split)
   1 Magic Lindy                        Ja Macdonald        J Mckinnon           25-1                   
   2 Frisky Strike=                     S Zeron             B Macdonald           9-2                   
   3 Lexus Helios=                      M Saftic            N Dunstan             1-1                   
   4 Sugar Wheeler                      P Macdonell         M Keeling             9-5                   
   5 One More Ginny                     M Baillargeon       B Baillargeon         7-2

Down memory lane September 1972 .Marv Chantler starts his driving career

A young local reinsman Marvin Chantler of Newton Robinson has been a frequent visitor to the winner's circle of late .He has piloted the family owned and now 6 year old Mighty Lucy Bay to 3 straight wins in as many starts during the month of September . This mare is trotting bred by Riddell Todd out of Lucy Bay but is a pacer . She debuted as a two year old racing for Wes Coke and took a freshman record of 2:10 back in 1968 in her only victory that year . This filly is the first venture for the senior Mr. Dewitt (known as Dee) Chantler who has long had an interest in the sport undoubtedly from living so close to the farm of The Hon. Earl Rowe .He has recently had the pleasure of seeing his mare race close to home with his son handling the reins .