Half The Vision, Twice The Heart January 20, 2018 "I was absolutely amazed. It's such a huge honour for us to be nominated for an O'Brien Award...a horse from the west, especially, to be mentioned in the same breath as some of these nice colts in Ont...
All Eyes On Yoga Pants Saturday November 10, 2017 Horseman Jim Marino is in the midst of a career year as a trainer and he's poised to add substantially to his seasonal stash with a number of contenders heading postward on Breeders Classic Day this S...
Fraser Downs Race Day Profiled October 31, 2017 Grace Kennedy of the Surrey Now-Leader recently spent a day at the races at Fraser Downs in Surrey, B.C., and she has put together a profile piece which highlights the hardworking Standardbred horsepe...
Yoga Pants Rebounds In BC Stakes October 06, 2017 Multiple stakes winner Yoga Pants ($3.40) returned to her winning ways on Thursday evening (October 5) at Fraser Downs, proving fastest of 20 three-year-old pacing fillies with a 1:55.3 triumph in her...
Half-Blind Horse Worth The Risk September 29, 2017 "I didn’t have $2 to my name so I was willing to take a shot on just about anything. You miss 100 per cent of the shots you don’t take. This shot has obviously worked out."
Tainsh Doubles Up In Alberta August 20, 2017 Driver William Tainsh, Jr. captured two of the three Alberta Sires Stakes (ABSS) Rising Star events for two-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Sunday afternoon (August 20) at Century Downs.
Klein, Lady Luck Stakes At Century August 07, 2017 Pacers contested over $380,000 in purses on a windy Civic Holiday (August 7) card at Century Downs, with Da Magician and Yoga Pants proving best in the Mid-Summer Classic Day co-featured events for th...
Mateo Sweeps Alberta Marksman July 16, 2017 Christine Cutting and Jim Marino’s Mateo ($3.90) asserted his dominance among Alberta-sired three-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Sunday afternoon (July 16) at Century Downs, making easy work of...
Horses Shipping Into Calgary Area May 04, 2017 As the calendar turns to May, stalls are filling up very quickly at Century Downs.
Yoga Pants Tight In Bath Eliminations April 15, 2017 Divisional champion Yoga Pants continues to impress in British Columbia, capturing the fastest of two $10,000 Penny Bath Memorial eliminations for three-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday (April 15) ...
Illwinifican Cops Open; Marino Wins Five April 09, 2017 After having been sent off as the even-money second choice, Allamerica Native five-year-old Illwinifican captured Fraser Downs’ $11,000 Open Pace on Sunday, April 9 over the Surrey, BC oval.
Fifteen-Year-Old Pacer Wins At Fraser March 04, 2017 There is a limited number of Standardbreds that have won a pari-mutuel race at the age of 15, but now Prime Time Bliss is one that can boast such an accomplishment.