May 16, 2024
The Canadian Cowgirls Precision Drill Team, which includes a retired Standardbred as one of their featured performers, have announced their schedule for the 2024 season. Team members include retired trotter Bugsy and his rider Jamie Drew. Jamie’s family adopted Bugsy, then known as Masseno, from the Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society in 2020 and he has quickly adapted from racehorse to a valued member of the drill team. Now seven, Bugsy is a son of Muscle Mass who had a brief racing career (four starts, two seconds and one third) as a three-year-old before being retired. His full brother, Nzuri, enjoyed success last year as a two-year-old, earning just under $50,000 from seven starts which included two Ontario Sires Stakes victories. The geldings hail from a celebrated Canadian trotting family. Their dam, Tomorrows Dream (owned by Julie and Paul Walker), is a daughter of O’Brien Award winner Mombasa, and the dam of O’Brien winner Filly At Bigs. The third dam is another O’Brien victor, Mygal Haw Lea, the dam of Bridger, a member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. To read a full feature story on Jamie and Bugsy distributed by Woodbine Entertainment and written by Chris Loman, please click here. Jamie notes in the story how people are quite surprised to learn that her mount is a harness horse. The pair are a shining example of OSAS’s mandate to promote the incredible versatility of the Standarbred horse. If you have the opportunity to see the Canadian Cowgirls team in action, we strongly recommend it as they put on a wonderful show. Here are the 2024 dates: May 25-26 Grey Highlands Ram Rodeo * June 8-9 Headwaters Ram Rodeo * June 22-23 Polo For Heart * July 13-14 Breyerfest (Kentucky)* July 13-14 Brigden Ram Rodeo July 20-21 Erin Ram Rodeo * July 27-28 Rockton Ram Rodeo August 3-5 Stevensville Ram Rodeo August 9-11 Comber Fair * August 10-11 Exeter Rodeo August 17 Petrolia Parade August 24-25 Purple Hill Ram Rodeo * August 31 – September 1 Tweed Stampede* September 14-15 Binbrook Ram Rodeo October 1-5 International Plowing Match (Lindsay) October 18-20 Ancaster Ram Rodeo Finals * November Royal Winter Fair * * Indicates events where Jamie and Bugsy will be performing. Photos of Jamie and Bugsy are courtesy of Tammy Walker Drew.