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Peaceful Way Wins Maple Leaf Trot

               Peaceful Way Wins the Maple Leaf Trot

Saturday, September 9, 2006

Peaceful Way, the only mare in a field of 10 older trotters, capturing the C$877,500 Maple Leaf Trot in a dominant, front end fashion by over three lengths. Trevor Ritchie steered the five-year-old daughter of Angus Hall, who was clocked in 1:53.3 for her effort in the 55th edition of one of Canada's classic harness races. It was the second Maple Leaf trot for Ritchie, who had won the 2003 edition with Rotation.

"This is great," Ritchie said. "It's an honor to be in this race and a bigger honor when you can win it. Everybody thought Brian's horse (Sand Vic) was the horse to beat. But I always had confidence in this mare."

Peaceful Way has divisional honors and a career bankroll in excess of $2.5 million to her credit now. She is trained by co-owner Dave Tingley, and became the first mare since Franconia (1987) to win the Maple Leaf.

"This is pretty sweet," Tingley said. "Not too many mares can go beat the boys like she did tonight. She hadn't raced for a month and last week was a pretty good effort (when she finished second to Sand Vic in her elimination)."

$877,500 Maple Leaf Final
Mohawk Raceway
September 9, 2006
PP Horse                     Driver
1 Peaceful Way             T Ritchie
9 Stiletto                       R Zeron
4 Med Vac                     Ron Pierce
3 Sand Vic                    Brian Sears
10 Abbey Road              C K Jones
8 Gettingdownanddirty P Mcdonnell
7 He's Striking              John Campbell
5 SA Speedy Balance    Chris Christoforou
6 Muscles Marinara      M MacDonald
2 Elegant Man              G Brennan
:27.2      :55.4      1:24.3      1:53.3