Sports & Recreation
Fred Archibald is the grower & the wine maker at Archibald Orchards & Estate Winery. After 10 years of wine making “for the fun of it”, his hobby became an important aspect of the family business.
World-renowned fine artist Ken Dallison was commissioned by Canadian Tire Motorsport Park ownership to create an original oil painting depicting the early days of what was then known as Mosport Park.Titled Mosport Memories (The Early Days), the original masterpiece is an impressive four feet by 8 feet and resides in the Event Centre at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
Wear red, buy a T-shirt, take a chance in the raffle and skate with your family. The Eagles will be skating in their red jerseys. Red for Valentines and for the love of community. All profits will go to support Marcus and the Baksh family during his fight against cancer. For more about Marcus, please see the post below.
Don started training quarter horses in 1980 at the age of 18. His first horse was Loves Dual Diamond, who also became Don’s first stake winner that year when he won the Canadian Bred Futurity. The next year he and his mother, Marie, travelled to the Tattersall’s sale in Kentucky and purchased a 2 year old named Bids Abraham. Bids Abraham went on to win the Early Bird Futurity the following season.
LEANINTOIT is a bay 2 year old filly by Tres Seis, out of the Heza Fast Man mare First Lady Amber, bred by Marcus Smith. LEANITOIT won the 2011 Maple Leaf Futurity, Princess Stakes Futurity and the Ontario Jackpot Futurity and had 7 wins from 8 starts.
Virginia Tech students who developed the robot over the past four years are seen guiding it from computers, but they're already working on an upgraded version of the robot that would operate independently as part of a Defense Department competition to develop robots for natural disaster responses that are too dangerous for people.
The Green Gaels are back with a vengence for the 2014 season, and only one result is acceptable, a Founder's Cup Championship. The Gaels are hard at work this season improving to meet that goal and need your support to do it.
