Production Team • July 31, 2012
The Queen's Plate winner has been shut down for the remainder of the 2012 thoroughbred campaign because of ligament alignment. Trainer Dan Vella figures the prized three-year-old was injured just over a week ago during a traingin season in preparation for the $500,000 Breeders' Stakes, slated for Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack. Straight of Dover was generally regarded as the horse to beat in the Breeders' Stakes, the 1.5-mile turf event and final jewel of Canadian racing's Triple Crown... The Vancouver Sun

Current leading 3rd crop sire in Canada, the son of Smart Strike, COUNTERFORCE is on the move. COUNTERFORCE who stood in 2024 at Stride Away Thoroughbreds (Steen and Cathy Reggelsen) in Armstrong, BC will be relocating to Empire Equestrian in Ardrossan, AB. For breeding information contact Lori Neyka 780-719-0400 or [email protected] .