THE HONOURABLE EARL ROWE MEMORIAL CUP XXIII TROT 2008

6 5-Save My Ashes 27.00 7.80 6.20 6990 8-Armbro Chronicle 4.90 3.80 3133 10-Gutsy Volo 10.10 2087 EXACTOR (5-8) paid 159.20, pool 5139 SUPERFECTA (5-8-10-4) paid 5104.50, pool 5453 TRIACTOR (5-8-10) paid 8775.90, pool 6016 1 MILE, TROT, PURSE $107,000. EARL ROWE MEMORIAL TROT - GOLD DIVISION Last Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 5 Save My Ashes 5 6/6 6@/5 5@/5 4/2H 1/T 1:55.1 28.2 Ma Macdonald 12.50 I Fisher 8 Armbro Chronicle 8 7/7H 7/6H 7@/7 7/5H 2/T 1:55.2 28.1 M Saftic 2.10 K Baker 10 Gutsy Volo 9 9/10H 9/8H 8/8H 8/6 3/1 1:55.2 28 J Morrill Jr 18.95 R Robinson 4 Define The World 4 2@/Q 1/1H 1/1H 1/1H 4/1Q 1:55.2 29.3 P Macdonell 1.85* J Bax 6 Rose Run Hooligan 6 5/4H 5@/4H 2@/1H 3/2 5/2 1:55.3 29.3 S Allard 3.20 R Allard 1 Admirals Quest 1 4/3 4/3H 6/5H 6/4H 6/2 1:55.3 28.4 M Baillargeon 29.50 R Moreau 2 Digital Image 2 1/Q 2/1H 3/2 2/1H 7/2H 1:55.3 29.2 J Jamieson 4.00 G Maltby 3 Abbey Road C 3 3/1H 3/3 4/3H 5/3Q 8/2T 1:55.4 29.2 K Jones 20.15 K Jones 7 Mr Tasty 7 8/9 8/7 9@/10 9/9Q 9/8Q 1:56.4 29 P Mackenzie 63.10 S Charlton 9 Stick Man Moe SCRATCHED - VET(SICK) Time: 27.3, 56.1, 1:25.4, 1:55.1 (Temperature: 15, Condition: FT, Variant: 0) Judges List: Stick Man Moe-VET 1st Save My Ashes (br,h,4 - Andover Hall-Ashleys Carousel-Donerail) Owner: Ely R Iversen,Moffat,ON 2nd Armbro Chronicle (b,g,7 - Self Possessed-Pat Honey-Balanced Image) Owner: Kent R Baker,Coldwater-Cal R Patterson,Wasaga Beach-Jo Anne Smith-Randy A Fielder,Coldwater,ON 3rd Gutsy Volo (b,g,5 - Yankee Glide-Gutsy Lobell-Speedy Somolli) Owner: Brian D Cassell,Ottawa-Jacqueline D Dinelle,Metcalfe-Sean Hibbert,Corbyville,ON

4 6-Minor Supernover 10.30 3.10 2.10 3167 3-Ericskarri 3.00 2.10 1141 4-Hp Forte 2.60 713 EXACTOR (6-3) paid 19.80, pool 1507 TRIACTOR (6-3-4) paid 33.70, pool 988 $6938. REFUND NO. 1 1 MILE, TROT, PURSE $57,000. EARL ROWE MEMORIAL TROT - SILVER DIVISION Last Horse PP 1/4 1/2 3/4 Stretch Finish Time 1/4 Driver Odds Trainer 6 Minor Supernover 5 1/2H 1/1H 1/1H 1/1H 1/Q 1:56 29.2 J Jamieson 4.15 I Fisher 3 Ericskarri 3 2/2H 2/1H 3/2 2/1H 2/Q 1:56 29 P Macdonell 2.45 R Maxwell 4 Hp Forte 4 4/6 4/4H 4/3H 4/3H 3/3H 1:56.3 29.2 Ma Macdonald 14.50 I Fisher 2 Reve D Amerik 2 3/4H 3/3 2@/1H 3/2 4/3T 1:56.4 30 M Baillargeon 0.25* B Baillargeon 1 Ziegler Hanover X1 5/DIS 5/DIS 5/DIS 5/DIS 5/DIS S Byron RE B Baillargeon 5 Gutsy Volo SCRATCHED - JUDGES(INELIGIBLE) Time: 28, 57.3, 1:26.3, 1:56 (Temperature: 15, Condition: FT, Variant: 0) 1st Minor Supernover (b,h,4 - Andover Hall-Cc Super Home-Super Star Ranger) Owner: Ely R Iversen,Moffat,ON 2nd Ericskarri (b,g,6 - Angus Hall-Warrawee Karri-Dream Of Glory) Owner: PVC Management Inc,Port Perry,ON 3rd Hp Forte (b,h,4 - Muscles Yankee-H P Espoir-Tabor Lobell) Owner: Ely R Iversen,Moffat,ON

A pair of Honourable Earl Rowe Memorial Trot divisions were featured on Georgian Downss Upper Canada Cup undercard Saturday with Ira Fisher trainees upsetting in both divisions. Save My Ashes took the lions share of the $107,000 purse in the gold division and Minor Supernover prevailed in the $57,000 silver split.

In the Gold division, Digital Image (Jody Jamieson) and Define The World (Paul MacDonell) battled for the early lead with Define The World finally settling on top past the opening quarter in :27.3. He led to half in :56.1 where Rose Run Hooligan (Simon Allard) got the outer flow rolling.
As the field approached the third quarter station in 1:25.4, Save My Ashes and Mark MacDonald fanned out wide from second-over and used a :28.2 final frame in the stretch for the 12-1 upset in 1:55.1.
Armbro Chronicle (Mike Saftic) finished three-quarters of a length back in second and Gutsy Volo (Robert Robinson), who drew in after Stick Man Moe was scratched, finished third.

Simon Allard was out there on the first turn and was able to drop infront of me and then I just kind of used him for cover a little bit. He took me as far as he had to and [Save My Ashes] kicked home real good, said MacDonald in a post-race interview. He is a nice colt. He really is an over achiever. He hasnt done much, but hes getting better with age. Hes like a fine wine. Hes going to be a real nice aged trotter.

I drove this horse quite a bit this winter at Woodbine and I know hes got a huge kick. I just have to be careful because he will make the odd miscue so I didnt want to run him off his feet in the last turn. Once he straightened out and he was still trotting and I still had him square I was pretty sure he was going to reach.

The four-year-old son of Andover Hall notched his third seasonal score and eighth of his career lifting his earnings to $173,820 for Ely Iversen of Moffat, Ont.
With Gutsy Volo scratched and Ziegler Hanover (Luc Ouellette) refunded for making a break before the start of the silver division, Minor Supernover and Jody Jamieson only had to beat out three other rivals and the four-year-old Andover Hall bay did just that.
Minor Supernover, the 4-1 third choice, left the gate from Post 6 and laid down fractions of :28, :52.3 and 1:26.3 before digging in to hold off Ericskarri (Paul MacDonell) by a quarter of a length in 1:56. Hp Forte (Mark MacDonald) rounded out the top three.
Minor Supernover posted his third win of the year and fifth of his career pushing his earnings to $124,642 for owner Ely Iversen