Records and comebacks in Industry Day ‘Battles’
ELORA – Grand River Raceway celebrated its 35th annual Industry Day on Aug. 5, welcoming guests to the reconfigured five-eighth mile track in Elora.
The 11-race card was highlighted by finals for the $245,400 Winbak Farms Battle of Waterloo and the $175,200 Battle of the Belles companion race for two-year-old pacing fillies.
Wicked N Single and driver James MacDonald won The Battle of the Belles final.
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In the Winbak Farms Battle of Waterloo final, Doug McNair drove Stonebridge Wizard to the gelding’s fourth lifetime win.
Stonebridge Wizard, a gelded son of Dancin Lou-Odds On Magic, is owned by David Kryway of Amherstburg and bred by Angie Stiller of London, Ontario.
His Battle of Waterloo title established a new track record for two-year-old male pacers, and surpassed his own Canadian seasonal record for two-year-old pacing geldings to become fastest of all for his age and gait on a Canadian five-eighth-mile track this year.
The total amount bet on the day was $580,074.
