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May 11th

Tonight at Fraser Downs featured the Stallion Stakes Final for 4yr olds in the C & G division for a purse of $25,000 it was Limit The Risk (J Marino) going gate to wire to win in 1.53.3 for owners JJJ Stables and trainer Ty O'Neil.

The $25,000 Stallion Stakes final for 4yr old mares was a clean sweep for the owners/trainer & driver as Millbanks Ariel (J Marino) held out Oil Town Amelia to win the co-feature in 1.55.3 for owners JJJ Stables and trainer Ty O'Neil and driver Jim 'The Moneyman' Marino scoring a natural hatrick with the 2 feature races and a conditioned pace sandwiched in between.

Tonights big feature the $75,000 BC Sires Stakes final for 3yr old C & G saw trainer Rick White with 4 entries in the race and it was Hector Protector (G White) who prevailed in a 1.54.3 mile beating home stablemate Gotta Have Nukes (R White) with Steve O (J Marino) getting the 3rd money.

Owners David & Freda Woolley would have been all smiles with the win enjoying some good success these past 2 seasons.

Steve O set the early fractions with Gotta Have Nukes and the other Rick White entries racing handy to the pace and on the home turn Gotta Have Nukes moved off the cones to challenge but down the stretch Glen White had Hector Protector in full flight and closing hard to win by a half length for the win!.

May 5th

Former top jockey at Hastings Park of the past few seasons Mario Gutierez had ventured south this season to try his luck on the Santa Anita thoroughbred circuit and I'm sure like many jockeys he'd had dreams of riding in and even perhaps winning one of the premier races in the world.

Well Mario realized that dream today aboard I'll Have Another a 13 to 1 shot winning in his first attempt in Americas premier grade 1 thoroughbred race the Kentucky Derby.

I'm sure their will be a few bubblies dispatched tonight along with some Tequila both at Hastings Park and in Kentucky tonight.

This is what movies are made from and we at the journal congratulate Mario and his connections for adding a BC content in this great race.

April 28th

Tonight at Fraser Downs it was Killean Cut Kid (D McKellar) fresh off a claim for his new owners paced a new life mark of 1.52.4 to win the $12,500 feature.

2 eliminations of the BC Sire Stakes went postward tonight for 3yr old fillies and it was Yarhos taking out the opening heat and Fast Lane Wealth looking extremely sharp in winning her heat by 9 lengths in 1.55.2 to grab the major share of the $7500 purses.

April 21st

Last night at Fraser Downs featured the $15,000 Wendell Smith Memorial for 3yr old C & G and it was Steve O (J Marino) taking out the winners portion with a 1.54.1 victory for his Alberta connections with I Hear Voices (K Clark) getting 2nd ahead of Procrastinatinpeat (D Hudon) who grabbed 3rd.

Jennas Pass (K Clark) scored in the $10,500 minor feature in 1.54.1 just beating Judges Acenthehole (J Marino) by a neck.

Keith Clark went on to score a driving Grand Slam and a training triple to lead both categories last night. Jim Marino scored a driving triple to maintain his lead of the 'Downs driving table!.

April 14th

Last night at Fraser Downs the $12,500 Mares feature was won by Village Janus (S Masse) in a swift 1.52.4.

Village Janus settled 4th in the small field before Masse peeled her out down the backstretch and she quickly pulled back the leaders to grab a three quarter length victory with Jans Rich Girl getting 2nd and Camifasolasi Do getting the 3rd money.

Saturday night $12,500 Open at Fraser Downs went to Western Nitro (D McKellar) in exactly the same time as Open Mares win by Village Janus Friday night with Western Nitro scoring in 1.52.4 for owner Richard Young.

April 6th

Fraser Downs today featured the $15,000 Keith Linton Memorial for 3yr old C & G and it was won comfortably by the Rick White owned/trained & driven Gotta Have Nukes who had had only 2 starts so far this season for average results, but after a good 2 yr old campaign going 4 wins from 5 starts Gotta Have Nukes paced a solid 1.55.2 to grab the winners share of todays feature sending a strong message that he will be a big player in this seasons 3yr old stakes fields.