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ilié Oar~sdts~thas Ib<~P~l~, ~~u~Usl2B, ¶198 , 4 , q ý ---. .1. - -. - - - ý ........... . , ................ Photo by GRAHi Christi McOuaker and mount MIy By Nlght clear one of the lumps ln Sunday's $50,000 Prix evant et the thîrd annuel Hilton Valley Summer Clessslc ut Hndervule Stables. eTAYLOR MADE* CALLAWAY* MIZUNO* TITLEIST* TOPFLITE ec F ~Junior GoN 11 rme&woien rrwts front 11gol &mon 000othing Fi 100 - eTAYLOR MADE* CALLAWAYe MIZUNO TITLEISTe TOPFLITEe At Hendervale Christmas on mark in Classic By STEVE LeBLANO The Champion Christmas has corne around a little earli- er tban expected for Mike Grinyer. Not the holiday mmid you, but the eight- year-old thoroughbred he rode Sunday during the $50,000 Grand Prix event of the third annual Halton Valley Summer Classic at Hendervale Equestrian Complex. Despite his youth and inexperience, Christmas pulled off a near-flawless per- formance in the main draw preliminary round. He and 45-year-old Grinyer of Caniphellville - a-horse jumping main- stay for more than three decades - rode to a respectable eighth-place finish amnong a class that included Olympians Mac Cone and Hugh Grahamo. The pair were among a precious few able to cleanly negotiate the triple combi- nation near the end of the 14-jump course. They finished in a deadlock with five other entries including Milton duo Ainsley Vince and Catch 22 of Trinity Farmn. "ýChristmas was probably the youngest entry in the Grand Prix," explained Grinyer, who along with Vince banked $750 in grand prix earnings. He and Christmas had just two faults in their pre- iminary round showing. "I'm really excited about the way he's developed so quickly. He's only been competing for two seasons and already he's a very powerful jumper. "He's very careful and doesn't like to touch the bars at aIl."1 Christmas began the season with a grand prix victory at the Fox Run in Troy, Ontario From there he was crowned open jumper champion at the Fort Erie Friendship Festival and Reserve Jumper Champion in Winnipeg at the Pan- e se CHRISTMAS on page 22 8ofc.coilon appl% Inited dm. cnly. Seacm uMd Ju*ns cor 1 R THTflMSON TROAD. Jon Moncrleff Moncrieff S gamble is disastrous By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion Jon Moncrieff may not have been heard uttering the catch phrase 'feet, don't fail me now', but he was most likly thinking it. Heading into last Sunday's -World Duathlon Championship ini Germany, the 23-year-old Miltonian was still hindered by pain in iNs left foot caused by a training session spill two and a half weeks earlier. Said the up and comning duathlete, "I laid off heavy training the week before the race and thought I'd be okay." But what began as a slightly isaligned bone turned into a serious fracture - which gave way a mere four kilomnetres into the grueling course. I feit somnething snap and knew the race was over for me," explained a frustrated Moncrieff, who began duathlon competi- tion just two years ago and already has two world championsbip appearances under Nis belt. The ill-timed injury put the finishing touches on a disappointing season for Milton' s top young duathletes. Where Moncrieff's lame foot prevented him from completing the international showcase, a lack of sponsorship kept 17-year-old sue INJURY on page 21 pwechase! ile MH Iis coupon. UNIT M. MILTON: ------------ * 1 L5 U 5T3»5T (M) 8784M 1551 FRIDAY, AUGUST 28,1998 IIIE CHAMPIO'N' 1 m