Catherine Wreford Ledlow and Craig Ramsay are the newest champions ofThe Amazing RaceCanada!
TheBroadwayalums and longtime best friends finished first in the show’s season 8 finale that aired Tuesday, beating out siblings Jesse and Marika Cockney, who came in second place.
Ramsay, 45, spoke out about their victoryon social media, writing that it’s “a WIN for theater people, for middle aged people, for anyone who has medical obstacles and told they have limitations.”
The pair’s participation on the show comes almost a decade after Wreford Ledlow, 42, “was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and told she had two to six years to live,” according toBroadway World.
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Ramsay, who first met Wreford Ledlow at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School over two decades ago, countsHairandFiddler on the Roofamonghis stage credits, while Wreford Ledlow’sincludeOklahoma!and42nd Street.
Speaking with theToronto Starafter their win, Ramsay said the show “was an opportunity to step in and show what support for a friend going through a terrible diagnosis is and often looks like.”
“This competition was all about trust. I trust him 100% and I know he trusts me,” Wreford Ledlow told the outlet. “When you have that, the world’s your oyster.”
Ramsay hopes that Canadians look at their win “and take this opportunity to connect with their friends and make special memories together,” he told theStar.
The originalAmazing Racehas been a reality competition staple on CBS since it first aired in September 2001.
Penn and Kim Holdernesswon the most recent 33rd season of the show, making history as the oldest team to ever take home the top honors.
Penntold PEOPLE back in Marchthat in addition to working hard, not giving up and studying — “the reason why we won the race” — “getting the most out of your partner, and being able to work with a partner, can yield unbelievable results.”
source: people.com
