Vegas Vacation, one of the continent's all stars in his three-year-old campaign will return to the harness racing wars in God's Stable in 2015.
The classy and talented multiple stakes winner trained by Casie Coleman, was a gem of consistency in his three-year-old campaign with a handsome record of 11-10-1 in 30 starts, with earnings of $1,071,788 and a lifetime mark of 1:48.3 for his Toronto owner, Adriano Sorella.
An O'Brien award recipient as Canada's three-year-old pacing colt of the year in 2013, Vegas Vacation racked up victories In the Empire Breeders Classic, the Matron and divisions of the Simcoe and Somebeachsomewhere Stakes , then capped his season strutting victory lane in the 68th edition of the prestigious Little Brown Jug.
Vegas Vacation took a year off to recover from an injury sustained in his three-year-old year, but, according to his owner, Adriano Sorella "he is coming back strong and is staked very heavily for the 2015 season."
Vegas Vacation is the 37th and the newest member of the" Stable That God Loves", a major fundraising initiative and good news story that has attracted the attention of mainstream media and embraced by a groundswell of support from horsemen with a collective sense of purpose to help their own.
As a member of the Stable That God Loves, one per cent of Vegas Vacation's season's purse earnings will be donated to the Standardbred Chaplaincy of Canada.
"I have seen the work which the program (Chaplaincy) is involved in, and I would definitely like to be part of the fundraising" said Adriano Sorella.
Following is a current list of the horses and their owners (in brackets) in the Stable That God Loves.
SHAKE IT CERRY (John Fielding)
MANNY IN SPORTS (John Fielding)
PL HERCULES (Norm Clements)
IT'S PAYDAY FRIDAY (Daniel Clements)
PL IDAHO (Norm Clements and Daniel Clements)
PL HELLCAT (Norm Clements and Daniel Clements)
ROCKIN WITH DEWEY (Harry Rutherford and Ben Baillargeon)
SILKY FLASHY N FAST (Harry Rutherford and Ben Baillargeon)
LUCK BE WITHYOU (John Craig)
MADEFROMLUCKY (Thoroughbred) (Mac Nichol)
ARMSTEAD PAIGE (Dr. Roly Armitage)
IN RHYTHM (Dustin Jones and Diamond Creek Farm)
DON'T RUSH (Dustin Jones)
UTTER NONSENSE (Dustin Jones)
CHARLIE IS A JOKER (Tom Rankin)
FEELIN FREE (Ted Nadhazi)
MACHYNBIRD PRINCESS (Canamerica Capital Corp &Hyatt Holdings, Inc) (First Win for God's stable)
AINT SHE A SWEETIE (Canamerica Capital Corp & Richard Papazian)
ADORE HIM (Canamerica Capital Corp & Richard Papazian)
EINSTEIN'S BEST (Hyatt Holdings, Richard Papazian & Canamerica Capital)
LEXUS HAWKEYE (John Patterson)
THORS SEELSTER (John Patterson) (Second winner for God's Stable)
NAMES MUSCLE (John Patterson)
LITTLE MISS SPORTY (John Patterson)
JHIGH (Anna Glide)
STONEBRIDGE QUEST (Angie and Cal Stiller)
STONEBRIDGE BRULE (Angie and Cal Stiller)
STONEBRIDGE EPIC (Angie and Cal Stiller)
NASHVILLE (Don and Glenda Armitage)
VEGAS VACATION (Adriano Sorella)
(Horse to be named) Rob and Wayne Giles
( Horse to be named) (Luc Ouellette)
(Horse to be named) (Luc Ouellette)
(Horse to be named) (Doug Millard)
(Horse to be Named) (Ben Wallace)
(Horse to be named) ( George Millar, Millar Farms)
For additional information contact Bill Galvin: billgalvin2000@yahoo.ca or Ken Middleton: kmiddleton@rogers.com