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22-The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, October 23, 2001 outing at Breeders Crown The latet chapter in the ongoing Bettors Delight/Real Desire battle for standardhred supremacy failed tu live up to its hype at Woodbine Racetrack Friday. Not that there weren't moments of excitement dur- ing their lOsh career meeting - the Breeders Crown's $78 1,050 Three-Year-Old Colt Pace - but those were reserved for the initial stages of compesition. At the end, 6-1 favourite Bettors Delight and Mike Lachance faded to fourth while archrival Real Desire, driven by John Campbell and trained by Miltonian Blair Burgess, held off challenges by Lotsa Clout and Bagel Beach Boy to triumph by a half- length in 1:50. Bettors Delight - owned by Homby's John Grant -was one-and-a-quarter lengths back of the winner. Friday's vic- tory served as psy- Local traîner Blair Burgas back for Real Desire, aftar Real Desira won the Br who was upstaged by his fellow pace at last year's Breeders Crown, the first of eight encouniters between the two heavy- weights that wens in favour of Bentors Delight. "It feels pretty good," sald Burgess, whose prized colt is owned by father Robert Burgess and wife Karin Olsson-Burgess. "They heard me screaming in the paddock, l'm sure. Lt was a surprise one (Campbell's drive). 1 still wasn't confident after a slow second stars. There was a good group of horses behind bum and hie ltad to, battie hard te, the end. "It's very swect because the competition has been s0 tough with Bettors Delight ail year. It's that much more special just to beat a good horse like that. " It was the seventh win in 16 starts this year for Real Desire, who pushed his seasonal bankroll te, over $1 .5 million. He also entered the Breeders Crown lmal as the fastest pacer in the field, having posted a sizzling 1:49 mark at July's Meadowlands Pace. Real Desire's win was the third of the night for hall of famer Campbell - who also steered Western Shooter and Syrinx Hanover to victory in the Two- Year-old Colt Pace and Three-Year-Old Filly Trot respective- al Mcoe al conl matched that win total while Milton driver Randy Waples enjoyed a triumphant ride with Liberty Balance in the Three-Year-Old Colt Trot. "lt's been a white coming," said celebrates with his children Waples, ecstatir in .eders Crown Friday. celebrating his first Breeders Crown win. "H-e (Liberty Balance) seems to race his bcst in front. He relaxes up shere. 1 just wanted to, give hiio a fair chance. If hie gut beat, he gos beat." Grant had a couple of other entries Friday. Driven by Mitonian Steve Condren, 0 U Man represented his finest finish with a third-place performance in the Two-Year-Old Colt Trot. The Breeders Crown night handle of $5,243,109- up from $4.6 million last year at Campbellville's Mohawk Racetrack - was an alI-time Woodbine stan- dardbred record. to fourth at nationals 'The Rextiale Elites have re-estab- lislst themnselves as one of thse top women s soccer squatis in Canada. Anti Miltonian Samantha Hellena is once again a key reason fordia success. The veteran competitor offereti an impressive showing ian rid-field throughout the recent national tourna- ment in Woodbritige. Her efforts put thse two-time provin- cial champs in nietal contention with two wins anti a pair of ties in round- robin play. Unfortunasely, Rextiale feUl short in the batile for bronze - loslng to Alberta 1 -0. "It was close anti we hati our chances. Personally thougis, 1 thlnk they wanted ia bit more than we titi," said Hellens. 1Milton's national representative was rock-solid dunng preliminary competi- tion andi denteti the mwine in a 4-0 white- waab of Saskatcbewan. Het Elites beat Newfountilanti by an identical score andi fought to 1-1 stalemates with both Quebec anti British Columbia. The Elites' fourth-place finish was one spot tiown frm last year's national campsign. It also followed another golden performance on the provincial fronit - where the defending champs stayed atop the pack with a near perfect season and 2-0 triumph of St. Catharines lin the finals. Hellens was part of both title-winning squads anti has been with the team for six years 00w, 4l"aydar off to strong start Darren (Mini) Haydar is on pare to reach new heights in the NCAA. The New Hampshire University soiper hit the half-century points mark in his rookie season - and, if recent results are any indication, appears ready to, surpass that as a senior. Now captamn of the perennial power- house Wildcats, Haydar is averaging just over two points a game 50 far this season and has lit thse lamp each time oui. Ris most prosperous performance to date came as Merrimack Thursday night, when hie scored once and added three assists te, help his side win 6-3. At home Saturday, Milton's most prolif- ic goal scorer made a third-period deposit Rensselaer. With three goals and seven points, thse S diminutive sharp- shooter is on the . ~ way tu delivering a Sj fine finish to his uni- versity career. Haydar was a ninUs round pick for Use NH-L's Nashville Darren Haydar Predators in 1999 and enjoyed a strong showing aithUe club's rookie camp in July - leading ail freshman scoring with a hat- trick in Use week-ending scrimmage. Big weekend for 'A' atoms Milton's A major atoms were rock-solid at hoth ends of the ice en route tu a two- game sweep tis past weekend. The Kanmax Wintcrhawks began by top- pling Arthur 5-2 Saturday aftemoon as Memorial Arena. Parker Mont stood talI between Use pipes while leading up front with a pair of goals was Ryan Cheeseman. Singles were chipped in by Jeif Black, Riley Duke and Daniel Lewandowski. Eric Gottwald assisted on both of Cheeseman's markers. dominated their Flamborough opponents - restricting them to a measly shree shots and blanking them 4-0. Goaltender Nick Digiallonardo battled boredont more than Use competition. Brad Mazzocato tallied twice in this one while also burying the biscuit were Jordan Haggant and Jonathan Riding. Exceptional defense by Jonathan Cragg, Brandon Rae-Hunt and Marshall Vince held opposing snipers at bay throughout the contest. For geea nformo S woul flk to volunlter for Coecbing Please oeil RobJe> ma (905) 691-1675. O.B.A. Rep Preliminary Meeting aMd Team Tryouts Oct 25, 2001. Minor Bantom Boys & Girls Bishop Reding H.S.- smrall gymn (born 1990 or earlier) 8:00 p ni. 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