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Molson Pace Match Up Contest
The Fan Club is gearing up for the $300,000 final of the Molson Pace set to take place this Friday, May 25 at The Raceway at Western Fair District! Featuring some of the best pacing horses in North America, it’s one race you don’t want to miss! Getting right into the action, the Fan Club’s free May Handicapping contest is a Molson Pace Match Up. Contestants will be given a series of 2 horse match-ups from the race card on Molson Pace night and must select the horse that will finish in higher placing. The contestant who determines the most correct match-ups will be declared the winner. The contest will open for entries at 12:00 PM on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 and will close for entries at 6:30 PM EST on Friday, May 25, 2012. The winner will be the contestant who determines the most correct match-ups. In the event of a tie, the winner will be selected by blind draw. The contest winner will receive an I Love Canadian Harness Racing Prize Pack, which includes a $50 gift certificate to the Canadian racetrack of their choice and a great Fan Club tote filled with Fan Club merchandise and great Molson Pace Swag! Not a Fan Club member? Join here. May's Referral Contest We know you love Canadian harness racing and we want you to share your passion and enthusiasm for this great sport! The Fan Club is approaching its first-year anniversary and it wants to celebrate by expanding its membership. So, who better to help it than the people who live and breathe racing every day! So, here’s your challenge: the Fan Club wants you to SPREAD THE WORD about Canadian harness racing and the Fan Club. Starting Friday, May 11, 2012, any new Fan Club sign-up with your name in the referral section automatically qualifies YOU to win one of two incredible Fan Club prizes! Prize #1: Two (2) tickets to see Cavalia Odysseo and a great Fan Club Prize Pack! This prize will be awarded to the individual who has the most referrals at the contest’s conclusion. To find out more information about this incredible show click here. Prize #2: A $50 gift certificate for the Canadian harness racetrack of your choosing, and a great Fan Club Prize Pack! This prize will be randomly drawn from all referrals received during the contest. All you have to do is send out this link (http://www.standardbredcanada.ca/fanclub/fanclub.html) to your friends and family and remind them to put your name in the referral section when they register for the Fan Club. Remember to post the sign up link on Facebook, Twitter, and your other favourite social media tools and send it out to all your email contacts! Rather do it the old fashion way? Download the Fan Club Application here, print it off, pass it around to your friends, coworkers, and family, and mail your complete sign ups to: Kristina Pringle
Congratualtions goes out to Tom Welsh and Marie Stoyles, winners of April's Fan Club Contests! Tom earned a remarakable 21 points in the Fan Club's competitive 'Win, Place, Show Us What You've Got' Handicapping Contest based out of Truro Raceway on April 22nd. Marie, a brand new Fan Club member, correctly identified all twelve photos in the Blast From the Past Photo Trivia Contest! Both of them have won great Fan Club prize packs including $50 gift certificates to the racetracks of their choosing! Congratulations to Max Felice from Orangeville, Ontario winner of the Fan club’s March Handicapping Contest. Max, along with one other contestant, placed 7 race times correctly out of a card of twelve at Georgian Downs on Saturday night and was deemed the winner in a blind draw! At 72 years old, Max has been a racing fan since 1974 when he began working at Orangeville Raceway in the mutuels department. He spent 33 years working in the aircraft business, training Standardbred horses on the side as a hobby, and claimed his first horse, a trotter named Key Jim, in 1981. Max owned several other horses after that, his favourite being Disc Drive. Max loves Canadian Harness Racing because it’s exciting and a great source of entertainment! Congratulations to Danny Bolton of Guelph, Ontario, winner of the February Weekend Handicapping Contest! Danny selected five of eight winners and won a $50 gift certificate to Flamboro Downs &a great Fan Club Swag package! He has been a devoted racing fan for over 40 years. He started out playing the claiming game & had partial ownership in quite a few horses racing the Greenwood/Mohawk ovals, but slowed down to raise his family. He never lost interest in racing, however, & continued to enjoy the sport as a fan! A few years ago, he started helping out at a friend's stable again, mucking stalls & jogging & training horses! Danny has been a Fan Club member since it's onset & truly loves Canadian Harness Racing. Congrats again Danny! Congratulations to Norm Spry of Belleville, Ontario, winner of the Winter Warm-Up Weekend Handicapping Contest. Norm rose above the competition, selecting an impressive five winners in the eight eligible contest races from tracks coast to coast over the weekend. Two other contestants out of the 114 entrants also selected five winners and Norm's name was selected by blind draw. Norm has been a harness racing fan for over 55 yearsand is looking forward to making the trip to Milton to attend the RACE DAY Launch Party on February 8. He also won a $50 gift card to Mohawk Racetrack & a Fan Club winter merchandise prize pack! Congrats Norm! Congratulations to Sydney Weaver of Acton, Ontario, winner of the Fan Club's VIP O'Brien Awards Package! Sydney's entry about why she loves Canadian Harness Racing and why this past year was especially fantastic in creating lasting memories for her and her family represented exactly what the Fan Club is all about! Sydney's VIP prize package includes two tickets to the O'Brien Awards gala, overnight accomodation at the Delta Meadowvale Hotel in Mississauga, and an incredible Fan Club swag package! Sydney is thrilled at the opportunity to meet more of her heroes at the 2011 O'Brien Awards. "There are many memories that I will never forget when it comes to Standardbred racing, but without my dad, none of them would be possible. In return for all of the memories he has created for me, I would like to return the favour and create a memory for both of us." Congratulations Sydney and thank you to all who entered! GOOD LUCK!
Congratulations goes out to John Ruffo of Mississauga, winner of the Fan Club's Online Cross Canada Pick 8 Handicapping Challenge. John selected 6 out of 8 winners to win the challenge and, after a blind draw to break a tie, has earned himself the very last spot in this year's Trot Canada National Handicapping Championship for a shot at $25,000. The 2011 TCNHC will take place on Saturday, November 12 at The Raceway at Western Fair District. Good Luck John! Bill Beacham of Calabogie, Ontario, is heading to the TROT Canada National Handicapping Championship on November 12 at Western Fair District. Bill selected four winners in the Xtreme Handicapping Challenge, and his name was drawn from all of those who selected four winners. Congratulations to the Fan Club members who will be enjoying the Canadian Country Music Association Awards on Monday, September 12 including Joseph Bahemuka of Hamilton, Lisa Estrada of Denfield, and Don Fancourt of Waterloo! Linda Leggett of Borden, ON, won the $500 pick 4 ticket at Xtreme Horsepower at Georgian Downs on August 27 and managed to turn it into a winner for the Pick 4! Linda cashed her Pick 4 ticket for $1432.65! The winning numbers were 18-2-8-1. Way to go Linda!
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