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Franco Cianci is only now starting to
appreciate the extent of his good fortune.
The 42 year-old owner of a metalstamping
business in St. Leonard, Quebec,
had no idea what sort of odds he was
defying in purchasing Slave Dream, winner
of this year’s $300,000 Nat Ray Trot
Invitational, in his very first trip to a yearling
auction. A Quebec yearling auction
at that.
“Everyone’s telling me ‘you can’t
imagine how lucky you are’. People like
my friend Gaetan Bono have been trying
for years to get a top one. It’s a dream
come true.”
The dream began in 2006. At the
invitation of his uncle Isidoro Russo, a
longtime Montreal owner and harness
racing fan who’ll be 80 this year, Cianci
attended the then-annual Quebec sale.
“I wasn’t the biggest fan,” Cianci
admitted. “But my uncle had a passion for
it. He owned horses since the early 70s as
a hobby, and asked if we wanted to try,
have a little fun with a horse. It sounded
great, although I must admit, the real cost
is a bit of a shock.”
Russo, married to a member of Quebec’s
wealthy cheese making family the
Saputos, already had a horse in mind for
them: Slave Dream, a colt he’d gone to
see at the Quebec farm of noted French
horseman and breeder Jean-Pierre
Dubois. Slave Dream was a strapping son
of Pearsall Hanover, a stallion Dubois had
brought over from Europe for what
would be a single year of stud duty in
Quebec; when Pearsall Hanover offspring
Conny Nobell and Simb Chaplin became
stars in Sweden, Dubois promptly shipped
him back.
Jean Beaulieu, one of Quebec’s leading
trainers, looked over Slave Dream and
gave Cianci and Russo the thumbs-up.
"He had beautiful conformation," said
Beaulieu.
Cianci and Russo left the auction
owning three yearlings, all sent to
Beaulieu. There was a third partner at
the time, Cianci’s brother-in-law Vincenzo
Monticciolo, but as fate would
have it, he sold his share to the other
partners last year, before the 2010 heroics
that would take Slave Dream to a
whole new level.

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He’d cost them $62,000, making him
the most expensive yearling sold at auction
in Quebec that year. And he was the
only one of the three they bought to ever
race.
Not that he looked like a bargain
early on. “He was wild and dangerous at
two," Beaulieu said. "He hit two of my
employees on the head. He just wanted to
kick everybody. That's why we cut him."
Growing pains and general immaturity
limited Slave Dream to six starts in
Montreal at two, of which he won one.
"He grew a lot that year and I think that
explains his occasional breaks," said
Beaulieu.
The gelding missed the major event
for Quebec-sired two-year-old trotters,
the Coupe de l’Avenir final, because he
hadn’t accumulated sufficient points in
stakes events. He did qualify for the
$35,000 consolation, unleashing his now
customary flying finish to get second.
“That's just him,” said Beaulieu.
"That's just the way he wants to race, coming
from the back."
He was a much improved horse at
three, winning two sires stakes early in
September 2010 • The Harness Edge
The connections of Slave Dream pose in the winner's circle at the Meadowlands
on Hambletonian day after their trotter's dramatic victory in the $300,000 Nat
Ray which may be watched by clicking on the video icon.
the season, but the Quebec racing industry
suddenly imploded. Most of the sires
stakes program was scuttled, including
the annual highlight, the Coupe des
Eleveurs.
“There wasn’t much for him,” Cianci
said. “We hadn’t staked him elsewhere.”
Needing a place with conditions suitable
to his large stable, Beaulieu shipped
to Rockingham Park in New Hampshire,
where Slave Dream competed against a
tough group of older horses.
He started his four-year-old campaign
with Beaulieu at Pompano Park, setting a
track record for trotting geldings (1:55)
and hitting the board in the open class in
seven consecutive starts, three of them
wins. Beaulieu then tried him at the Meadowlands,
sending him to the New Jersey
track for the Hiram Woodruff series, in the
care of trainer Pierre Couture, a former
Beaulieu employee who actually qualified
the horse in Montreal at two.
Slave Dream won two eliminations
and then the $46,500 final, by a nose, in
1:53.2 with John Campbell in the sulky.
“That’s when we saw he had great
potential,” Cianci said. Others did too.
Cianci said they turned down an offer of
$500,000 at that point.
They were hoping the gelding would
climb another rung in the 2009 Maple
Leaf Trot, but he finished fifth to Sakic
Seelster in his elimination and didn’t
advance.
That race nonetheless was a turning
point for Slave Dream. Cianci and Russo
felt the horse should remain in Ontario
and compete on the elite Woodbine
Entertainment Group circuit. Beaulieu
wasn’t ready to travel. Soon after, they
parted ways.
“It wasn’t bitter. We’re on good terms
still,” Cianci said. “Jean and his wife
(Micheline Gaudet) are great people. He
helped us a lot. If Jean had moved to
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New Name,
Same Great Service
Introducing…Clark Equine
By way of introduction, we’re Susan and
John Clark, the new owners of Glassford
Equi-care which will now be known as Clark
Equine.
We’re proud to be taking over Canada’s
premier boarding facility for turnouts, yearlings and broodmares due to the recent retirement
of John and Lynda Glassford.
We look forward to continuing to provide top notch service to the existing clientele of
the most accomplished owners and trainers in the racing game and to care for some of the
greatest racehorses in recent times. We intend to carry on in the same fashion retaining
the existing staff on this exceptional 45 acre property.
Clark Equine is now officially open for business and we invite everyone to visit the farm
or meet us at the upcoming yearling sales and racing functions. If you need a facility to
house your upcoming yearling purchases before you commence training, give us a call.
John & Susan Clark
John & Susan Clark
655 Abbey Road
Caledonia, ON N3W 1R7
Cell: (416) 805-4595 • Phone: (905) 765-0548
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Toronto, the horse would have stayed with him. That’s the way
the ball falls sometimes.”
Beaulieu is equally gracious. "I don't regret anything. You
can't be everywhere. I made a lifestyle choice that works for me,
but I still love the horse and the people who own him."
His loss turned out being Frank O’Reilly’s gain.
Cianci and Russo weren’t sure who to entrust with their gelding
initially, but ultimately were convinced by a glowing recommendation
from Quebec friends, the Mondoux family. Norman
Moundoux had long been associated with Quebec’s famous Filion
clan, having co-owned 1987 North America Cup winner Runnymede
Lobell with Yves Filion.
O’Reilly had worked for Yves’s brother Denis in New Jersey
and Quebec in the 1980s. In fact, he used to date Denis’s daughter.
“She dumped me, Denis and his wife (Fleurette) didn’t,”
O’Reilly, 48, recalled with a laugh.
Quebec was just one of many stops on O’Reilly’s well-travelled
career path. The native of Wolfe Island, Ontario (near
Kingston), 10th of 13 children in a family of dairy farmers, didn’t
grow up with horses, but became smitten after attending the
races in Kingston a few times with his parents. Wolfe Island horsemen
Joe Hogan and Joe Hawkins were instrumental in his introduction
to the sport. By the time he was a teenager, it was all he
could think of doing.
After a chance meeting at a restaurant with trainer Ernie
Spruce, who was on Wolfe Island duck hunting, O’Reilly left for
the plush lodging of Greenwood and Mohawk tack rooms. “You
September 2010 • The Harness Edge
“He was wild and dangerous at two. He
hit two of my employees on the head.
He just wanted to kick everybody.
That’s why we cut him.” – Jean Beaulieu
could hear the rats and raccoons running across the ceiling at
night,” O’Reilly said.
“My parents thought I was crazy when I left . . . and they
were right. I think they thought I’d smarten up and come home,
but I never did, though if I’d known how hard it would be to get
where I am, I might have reconsidered.”
Spruce put O’Reilly right to work. Among the horses in his
charge was accomplished pacer Bregman Hanover, who’d earned
$500,000 at that point.
The Spruce stable used to campaign at The Meadowlands
each year, and that’s where O’Reilly met a couple who’d play a
pivotal role in his life: Carol and Steve Crevani, whose horses race
with the Bullville name.
“Carol was in the same barn in New Jersey. She kind of
adopted me, and Steve was stuck with me.”
The Crevanis hired O’Reilly as their full time trainer, and for
eight years, he campaigned their small stable at the Meadowlands,
Freehold, Yonkers and Roosevelt. “They’re special people,”
O’Reilly said. “I actually lived with them and their kids. Had my
own room at the house.”
When the Crevanis scaled back the racing side of their operation,
O’Reilly went to work for Denis Filion, then based at The
Meadowlands as well.
Filion subsequently decided to move back to Quebec and
O’Reilly came with him. They went their separate ways a few
years later, when the native uprising in Oka complicated operations
at the farm that had been their base of operations.
“It was time for me to hang up my own shingle anyway,”
said O’Reilly, who opened a public stable at Blue Bonnets and
began to drive horses regularly, both for himself and others.
He enjoyed considerable success and by 1993, had expanded
the stable to 25 horses. But a lengthy horsemen’s strike at Blue
Bonnets triggered the sale of his best horses and an eventual
move to Ontario.
“It was a tough couple of years after Montreal. I made the
mistake of selling my best horses in New Jersey and keeping the
others, which is exactly how not to do it.”
O’Reilly tried Ottawa, Windsor, “wherever my stock would
do,” without making any real waves until 1998-1999, when King
Conch colt Armbro Scribe raced productively on the Ontario Sires
Stakes circuit.

WINDSONG ACRES
Featuring Full Sister
to the greatest 2 YO
trotting colt
to race in Ontario
WINDSONG ESPOIR
2,1:55.3 S ($765,386)
Selling at the Canadian Yearling Sale
September 11 & 12
Flamboro Sales Pavillion
Hip #237 WINDSONG INVINCEBL b.f.
Kadabra – Diamond Image – Balanced Image
Full sister to the $765,386 winner and O’Brien Award winner
Windsong Espoir 2,1:55.3s. Dam is the $149,923 winner Diamond
Image 4,1:56.1s, half sister to the $145,903 winner Briscos Husker
1:57.3s, dam of the $129,867 winner Brisco Rodeo 3,1:58.4s. Second
dam is a full sister to the $454,262 winner Dancers Crown 3,1:57.3
and to the dam of the $223,312 winner Fiery Chip 3,1:53.4.
Hip #197 WINDSONG ICON b.c.
Stonebridge Regal – Jasper Avenue – Village Jasper
Half brother to the $358,557 winner Windsong Filou p,2,1:55.4h;
3,1:52.1f; 4,1:51.3s-’10 and Windsong Grand Ave p,2,Q1:58.2s;
3,1:51.3s-’10 $118,054. Dam is the $530,636 winner Jasper Avenue
p,3,1:51.1s, half sister to the $163,159 winner TJ Run p,1:54 and to the
dam of the $214,539 winner Fysia p,4,1:52s etc.
Hip #117 WINDSONG INGENIUS b.c.
Kadabra – Oaklea Ina – King Conch
Half brother to Paradox Image 3,2:02.1h and full brother to the 2010
multiple OSS Stakes winner Dabrina 2,2:01-’10 ($27,660) race timed
in 2:03.4h. Dam is the $128,001 winner Oaklea Ina 3,2:01.3h,
half sister to the $163,881 winner Oaklea Kramer 1:55.2s; the
$104,867 winner Oaklea Ginny 3,1:58.3s (dam of the $157,931
winner Gerry Lavec 2,1:57s).
YEARLINGS OF 2010
Hip #220 WINDSONG ILLUSION b.c.
Kadabra – Windsong Elegant – Angus Hall
First foal of a half sister to stakes placed Windsong Geant 3,1:55.2s and
Windsong Diamond 2:01.3h-’10. Second dam is the $692,853 winner
Early Secret 3,1:56.4s. From the family of the $190,451 winner
Trojan Spark 1:57.2h; the $172,151 winner Keystone Epic 4,1:58.3 etc.
Hip #205 BRODYS LEONA b.f.
Modern Art – Witness To Fame – Apaches Fame
Half sister to the 2010 OSS stakes placed 2-year-old Dr Quinn,
race timed in 1:57.1s. Second foal of the $192,922 winner
Witness To Fame p,3,1:53s, half sister to the $152,000 winner
Pictonian Pride p,3,1:52.2s. Second dam is a half sister to the $283,145
winner JBS Lion King p,1:54f and to the dam of the $368,180 winner
L Dees Rosemel p,1:51.4s etc.
Hip #241 WINDSONG INA b.f.
Stonebridge Regal – Mercedes Lady – Western Hanover
Half sister to Lady Of The Dragon p,2,1:59.3f; 3,1:57.1f; Q1:56.2z and
the 2010 2-year-old Windsong Hermes, race-timed in 1:56s. Third dam
is a half sister to the $266,595 winner Sunbest Hanover p,2,1:59.2f
and to the dam of the $2,570,357 winner Beach Towel p, 3, 1:50.
Hip #291 WINDSONG INTOGO br.f.
Camluck – Surviving Trouble – Survivor Gold
Half sister to the $232,013 winner Windsong Cruiser p,3,1:52s;
4,1:50.1s; the $218,673 winner Windsong Eva p,2,1:54s; 3,1:52.1s;
the $103,461 winner Windsong Bullet p,3,1:55f; 4,1:54f and stakes
placed Windsong Gorgeous p,2,1:55.3s; 3,1:51.3s-’10 ($106,246).
From the family of the $641,587 winner Another Mile p,1:50.1s and the
$533,997 winner Bosuns Mate p,4, 1:49.2.
Visitors Welcome
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Armbro Scribe was O’Reilly’s firstever
purchase at a yearling auction. He
cost $3,200. “I was training his sister, Armbro
Piranha, for John and Jim Fielding;
she’d cost $70,000, and I liked her. I figured
he had to be worth the money. By
the time we sold him at Harrisburg at
three, he’d got us just over $300,000.”
He was the first in a series of productive
OSS performers for O’Reilly. “We
seemed to always have one good one a
year,” he said, mentioning the likes of
Caught My Eye, Armbro Amaze, Summertimedreams,
Very Violet, Cumin First, and
Warrawee June (who was second to
Lantern Kronos in the $588,705 Elegantimage
final at Mohawk in 2008).
His 15 horse stable is now exclusively
Total Truth
p,4,1:48.3 ($2,022,433)
Steuben Ruthless (F), #23
Dragon Again x Ruthless Jen x Beach Towel
Ruthless Jen, p,4,1:53f ($421,785) is a three-quarter
sister to Total Truth.
Steuben Farms
Owned by Guy Hammond, VMD
Phone 607-776-3748 | Cell 607-769-7539
E-mail eggs5@verizon.net
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trotters. “I’ve just had a lot of luck with
them, especially trotting fillies. If it’s working
for you, you work it.”
It isn’t lost on O’Reilly that a career
built largely with Ontario-breds now has
been taken to a new level by a horse from
Quebec, one he wasn’t sure he even
wanted at first.
“When the owners, who I didn’t
know, told me he was a Quebec-bred, I
almost said I didn’t want him. Not many
can compete. I had to consult a program
before saying yes.
“Now I’m just grateful I got him. He’s
a great-looking horse. We did a few
changes, treated him for tying up, but he
was already special. The Mondoux could
not have done me a better turn. They
Morrisville Sept. 27 with 15 yearlings
USTA photo
These top yearlings could go
anywhere to sell but we take all of our
yearlings to Morrisville. Don’t miss
this sale. Come and enjoy the day.
Our other yearlings are sired by:
Sand Vic
Four Starzzz Shark
Yankee Cruiser
Riverboat King
American Ideal
Equinox Bi
Totally Western
Artiscape
Catawba
Tom Berg photo
p,4,1:52.3 - ‘10 ($66,757)
Steuben Mistress (F), #59
Bettor’s Delight x Unblemished x Artsplace
Unblemished has produced in 1:48.4, 1:50.4 and Catawba p,4,1:52.3 -’10
were the complete reason I got him. I still
can’t understand what (Beaulieu) was
thinking to give him up. He did a wonderful
job with him, though. He wouldn’t be
the horse he is today otherwise.”
After joining the O’Reilly string, Slave
Dream had back-to-back wins at Mohawk
in 1:53.2, then finished a rallying second to
Ziegler Hanover in the $161,570 Frank
Ryan Trot at Rideau Carleton. He finished
out the year in the open class at Woodbine
and Mohawk and wound up his fouryear-old
campaign with nine wins and 22
top-three finishes in 27 starts, good for
$244,992.
O’Reilly said the horse is a heavyweight
and that’s the way he approached
this season. “I mapped out his schedule
this year like a prizefighter. The trouble
with good horses is that they’ve got to
race against good horses. When you’ve
made $250,000, there are no easy fights,
so you try to pick your spots.”
Slave Dream didn’t start his season
until June. After three winless appearances
in the open class at Mohawk, he was
entered in the elimination of the Maple
Leaf Trot, finishing seventh. In the
$772,000 final, however, he closed with a
flourish at odds of 47-1 for regular driver
Sylvain Filion and appeared destined for
second money behind record-setter San
Pail until a skip at the wire meant a
lapped-on break and relegation to third
behind Reven Damour.
O’Reilly said the skip probably was
due to a foot bruise suffered the night
before when the horse got loose on the
Mohawk backstretch. He wasn't 100 per
cent that night, he said.
After the Maple Leaf Trot, it was on
to the Nat Ray at The Meadowlands,
where Slave Dream was reunited with
John Campbell, which whom he won the
Hiram Woodruff final in 2009.
“The owners made the call (on
John),” O’Reilly said. “ I think Sylvain
knows him better but they remembered
the Woodruff, they wanted John and they
pay the bills. I called John myself and said
‘you’ll want to drive this horse’. I really felt
he’d win.”
O’Reilly wanted to win one of harness
racing’s premier events in the worst way.
And that pretty much describes Slave
Dream’s trip in the Nat Ray.

2010 Trotting Yearlings
Trotting Colts
* E L METAL, br.c. NJ Eligible
Yankee Glide-Courtney Hall-Garland Lobell
From one of trotting’s most prestigious families! Second foal, oldest now
2, from stakes winner COURTNEY HALL 3,1:55.4 ($118,986), full
sister to CAMERON HALL 4,1:53.4 ($1,816,236-dam of Elegantimage
Final winner ULTIMATE CAMERON 3,1:53.3-’10-$751,462) and
CANLAND HALL 3,1:57 ($339,143-dam of CANTAB HALL 3,1:54-
$1,442,303).
PARK VIEW, b.c. KY Eligible
Valley Victor-Glacier Park-Donerail
Second foal, oldest now 2, from a half-sister to multiple stakes winner
RUDY ROCK’S 2,1:59.2f ($43,916). Second dam is a half-sister to
PENN NOBLE ROCKY 3,1:56.3 ($102,600). From the immediate family
of NAN’S CATCH 3,1:54.4 ($766,074), dam of MONI MAKER
1:52.1 ($5,589,256).
SKY LAV, b.c. PA Eligible
Chip Chip Hooray-Auntie W-Supergill
Half-brother to stakes winner AUNTIE’S DREAM 3,1:57.2 ($159,909)
and the dam of Canadian Breeders Final winner HIDDEN MESSAGE
3,1:54.2-’10 ($193,439). From multiple stakes winner AUNTIE W
3,1:57.2 ($177,254), half-sister to UNCLE’S FORTUNE 1:56.4
($133,523) and to the dam of WINBAK DREAM 4,1:56.4 ($327,156).
SAMBUCA, br.c. NJ Eligible
Muscles Yankee-Mai Tai-Conway Hall
Second foal, oldest now 2, from multiple stakes placed MAI TAI 2,1:57
($92,082), half-sister to WANDERIN’ DREAM 4,1:58.1h ($162,705),
SUPER DREAMER 2,2:01.3f ($106,124-dam of MOTIVATIONAL
3,1:53.2-$302,128) and SMACK 1:56.4 ($105,628).
JOSEPH KYLE PHOTO
Selling at the Lexington Selected Sale
October 13 through 17
Trotting Fillies
BOMBAY NAAN, br.f. PA Eligible
Glidemaster-Nimble Nan-Supergill
Half-sister to stakes winner NAVY SEAL ($200,000+)–Int. and
CELEBRITY VENUS 4,1:56.3f ($52,688). From a half-sister to
multiple stakes winner NAN’S CATCH 3,1:54.4 ($766,074), dam of the
incomparable MONI MAKER 1:52.1 ($5,589,256).
D’ORSAY, b.f. NJ Eligible
Yankee Glide-Danae-Andover Hall
First foal from Hambletonian Oaks winner DANAE 3,1:54.2
($529,099), half-sister to TASTY CHIP 3,1:55.1 ($153,080). Second
dam DEANELLA HANOVER 3,1:56.4 ($44,472). From the family of
DELMONICA HANOVER 1:59.2 ($832,925-dam of Hambletonian
winner PARK AVENUE JOE 3,1:55.3-$666,311).
SPANISH TAPAS, b.f. NJ Eligible
Yankee Glide-Yo Quierro-Donerail
First Yankee Glide from a half-sister to the pair of multiple stakes
winners SPICE QUEEN 3,1:53 ($402,864) and MARGARITA
NIGHTS 3,1:54.2 ($248,614-dam of multiple stakes winner
BEHINDCLOSEDOORS 2,1:56.4-$320,423).
*Selling as Agent
All inquiries to Rikki, Elizabeth or Danny Caldwell
1520 Lexington Rd., Georgetown, KY 40324
(502) 863-6091 • Fax (502) 863-1105
www.canerunfarm.com

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Conceding six lengths at the start to
some of the world’s best trotters usually
gets you ulcers, not a trip to the winner’s
circle.
Watching from the Meadowlands
paddock, O’Reilly gulped hard when he
saw Slave Dream decelerate at the start as
Campbell struggled to prevent a bobble
behind the gate from turning into a break.
Or, to put it in his own words: “I puked in
my mouth.”
“I wanted to cry,” said Cianci, at trackside
with Russo and a large delegation of
friends and family.
“At that point, I just hoped we’d get
some money,” O’Reilly said. “ You really
can’t give horses of that calibre six or
September 2010 • The Harness Edge
seven lengths and expect to win.”
But win they did. Campbell hustled
Slave Dream back into contention along
the inside, saved ground all the way, accelerated
into a narrow opening when Tacs
Delight moved over in the stretch and
snuck up the rail to outkick Enough Talk
by a neck in a career-best time of 1:52.
“To see his number fly by at the end
was just incredible,” said Cianci. He and
Russo had brought about a dozen guests
and family members to the race, among
them Cianci’s five-year-old son Franco Jr.,
who’d been adamant about going in case
the horse got his picture taken.
“My kids love to see him race. They
got a taste for it in Montreal before it
EASILY the best group
we have ever sold!
Yearlings by the following sires:
Allamerican Ingot
Allamerican Native
Art’s Card Trick
Blissfull Hall
Cambest
Cantab Hall
Chip Chip Hooray
Conway Hall
CR Excalibur
Dream Away
Don Boss Vita
Garth Vader
I Am A Fool
Like A Prayer
Lis Mara
Malabar Millenium
Metropolitan
Mcardle
Malabar Man
Modern Art
Quik Pulse Mindale
Real Desire
Revenue S
Riverboat King
Sand Vic
Sharky Spur
SJ’s Caviar
Southfork
Straight Up Lindy
Tejano
Totally Western
Tom Ridge
Yankee Cruiser
Eligible to NY, PA, ONT, NJ, KY, MD and DE programs.
We have yearlings for everyone!
OCTOBER 4, 12 NOON
POCONO DOWNS, IN THE PADDOCK
closed,” said Cianci, a father of four.
“That was probably a mile in 1:50
and change, considering where he
started,” O’Reilly said. “John said after
‘you told me he could win, but I didn’t
think he could win from there’.”
Beaulieu, 48, who watched in a
teletheatre at Tioga Downs, was cheering
him on. "I'm happy for the horse. When
you win in the U.S., it's always bigger than
if you win in Canada to people in the
horse business. And it makes me feel I did
my job. If he's the way he is now, maybe
it's because of the way we broke him and
protected him and took care of him along
the way." It also helped him decide training
is what he still wants to do for a living,
reversing an earlier decision to give up the
sport at the end of this year.
Three weeks later Slave Dream was
back at Rideau Carleton for the 2010 edition
of the Frank Ryan which he won by
more than three lengths in 1:53.3.
The win was the 20th of Slave
Dream’s career and pushed his career
earnings beyond $704,000. He’s now the
fastest Quebec-bred trotter, though he’s
got a way to go yet on the earnings side to
surpass Hanko Angus (winner of the 1998
Maple Leaf Trot) and McCooeye, both
millionaires.
He could still up a lot of ground this
season with a tentative schedule that
includes the Credit Winner stakes at Vernon
Downs, the Breeders Crown at
Pocono Downs and Allerage Stakes at The
Red Mile.
For O’Reilly, it’s already been the
adventure of a lifetime.
“To win a race like that on Hambletonian
Day, in front of 25,000 people,
against the best trotters around, that’s just
as it good as it gets,” he said. “I’ve been
dreaming in Technicolor since I started,
when all you have is a dream. I was always
going to win the big one. The Hambo. The
Nat Ray.”
After the race, O’Reilly loaded up the
gelding and headed off to the farm of his
friends, the Crevanis, where Slave Dream
got to relax in a field while he got dinner
and a hero’s welcome.
“And you know what. They’d have
treated us the same if we finished last.
That’s the beauty of it.”

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TAKE A LOOK AT INDIANA
Msnaughtybynature, 3, 1:56 ($405,150) - Victorious in 14 of 17 career starts with three ISS finals wins.
...Over 17 Million Rea$ons Why You Should
The Indiana Standardbred Breed Development Program is offering a budget in excess of $17 MILLION for 2010.
Wouldn’t you like to earn some of it?
Indiana Sires Stakes offering in excess of $9.6 MILLION in purses
· $40,000 Legs (6 legs for 2 YR Olds; 8 legs for 3 YR Olds)
· $200,000 Finals for 2 & 3 YR Olds (two finals each)
· $30,000 Consolations for 2 & 3 YR Olds
More than $1.2 MILLION in purses were awarded to
Indiana-sired horses during Hoosier Champions Night –
July 10th at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino.
But that is not all…the program also offers:
· Lucrative Fair Program with racing from June – October
· Indiana-sired Late Closers
· Owner’s Bonus Program
· Breeder’s Awards
· Increased Purses for Indiana Sired Overnight Races
· Mini – Series
If you have any questions regarding the Indiana Standardbred Breed Development Program or would like
to receive additional information, please contact the offices of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission at
(317) 233-3119 or visit our website at www.in.gov/hrc.