from The Raceway at Western Fair District Media Relations

London, ON — Regardless of how she fares in Saturday night’s (Nov. 26) C$195,000 Forest City Pace final at The Raceway at Western Fair District, this will be Ticket To Rock’s last race of the season.

“This is it, she’ll be turned out after the race,” noted the talented mare’s trainer Tony O’Sullivan. “She’s earned a rest.”

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Ticket To Rock has banked $977,883 in her career.

Ticket To Rock has enjoyed a stellar 4-year-old season this year with $306,933 earned for owners Let It Ride Stable, Mentally Stable, Robert Cooper Stables and Jerry Silva.

“She’s just an awesome mare to work with, you’d never know she’s around,” praised O’Sullivan. “On the racetrack she gives it everything she’s got, you can’t ask for more.”

Over the course of her 24 starts this year the Rocknroll Hanover daughter has had a variety of drivers with Jody Jamieson receiving the call on Saturday night.

“Jody’s done well with her, she’s an easy mare to drive, she’s good gaited and should get around the half-mile track fine. She’s a good size mare with some length to her.

“She’s been racing well the past couple of weeks (two close second place finishes in the Mares Open at Woodbine). The obstacle for her Saturday is leaving from the second tier. Hopefully Jody will be able to work out a good trip for her,” said O’Sullivan who is enjoying his best year to date as a trainer with 114 wins and more than C$3.7 million in earnings.

The New Zealand native originally had two starters in the Forest City final, but had to scratch Seriously earlier this week due to sickness. That leaves eight very talented pacing mares to face off in Saturday night’s feature event. The mares are the elite of their division this season and have collectively earned well over C$10 million in their careers to date.

Post time on Saturday is 7:05 p.m. and program pages and live video are available through this link.