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Reckless An Wild is Morning-Line Favorite For Ontario Sires Derby
Gary and Marlene McNichol’s Reckless An Wild is the 3-1 morning-line choice for Tuesday’s 350-yard, $73,850 Ontario Sires Derby.

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Reckless An Wild is Morning-Line Favorite For Ontario Sires Derby

BY MICHAEL CUSORTELLI

AJAX, ONTARIO, CANADA—SEPTEMBER 2, 2014—Gary and Marlene McNichol’s Reckless An Wild, the fastest qualifier, is the 3-1 morning-line choice for Tuesday’s 350-yard, $73,850 Ontario Sires Derby for accredited Ontario-sired 3-year-olds at Ajax Downs.

A homebred son of the First Down Dash stallion Wild Boyz, Reckless An Wild is trained by David Ward. The gelding was a prompt 1-5 favorite in the second of two trials on August 19.

Zoomin On Ice won the first trial for his owner, Stephanie Keeble. The gelded son of the Oak Tree Special stallion Iced N Oak races from the barn of trainer Greg Watson, and he was a finalist in the June 22, $105,000 Picov Derby at Ajax Downs.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds--

  1. Dees Black Dimples (Lloyd Desouza), 10-1
  2. Arctic Fame (Cassandra Jeschke), 7-2
  3. Not Too Much (Tony Phillips), 12-1
  4. Lil Shaz (Helen Vanek), 8-1
  5. Eyescap (Yannick Hardy), 15-1
  6. Zoomin On Ice (Aron Hunt), 4-1
  7. Make Me A Miracle (Daniel W. Rose), 6-1
  8. Wild What (Chelsey Willick), 10-1
  9. Reckless An Wild (Cory Spataro), 3-1
  10. Down Town Sugar (Marty J. Mercieca), 8-1.

All Ajax Downs races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.