August 15 , 2008
Eight to Go in Rainbow Connection

FORT ERIE, August 15...A competitive field of eight fillies and mares, including defending champ Flashy Pink, will contest Sunday’s $125,000 Rainbow Connection Stakes at five furlongs on the Fort Erie turf course.

A two-time winner on the grass, Flashy Pink will get the services of Eddie Robinson and will looking for her first win of the season.

Only If Split is the morning line favourite at 5-2. The Lorne Richards trained filly comes to the Fort off two runner-up efforts at Woodbine. She will be trying the turf for only the third time and gets leading rider Chad Beckon.

Veteran runner Shot Gun Ella is the second choice at 3-1. She has tried this race twice, a third place finish behind Flashy Pink last year and a second place effort the year before. Emile Ramsammy gets the call.

Birsay, making her first start for new connections, is the third choice at 7-2. Claimed for $40,000 out of her last race by Derby Dreamers Racing Stable, she is a proven grass runner with two wins in eight tries. David Garcia will ride for trainer Henry Whalen.

The rest of the field, with jockeys, is Paradise Cat (Chantal Sutherland), Miss Juicey (David Clark), Ninas Cat (Chris Griffith) and Miss Terra (Daniel David).

The Rainbow Connection Stakes will be the eighth race on Sunday’s nine race card. Post time will be 4:18pm. First race of the day goes at 1:05pm.

Sunday is also HBPA day at the races featuring $1 Hot Dogs and $1 Soft Drinks and free umbrellas to the first 1,000 racing fans with a purchase of a program.

Daryl Wells
Media and Communications
1-800-295-3770 ext. 3204
e-mail: dwells@forterieracetrack.ca