Primary Purpose

B.C. Harness Racing's 2011 Awards Presented

The annual Standardbred Awards Banquet Gala was held on Tuesday night at the Newlands Golf and Country Club in Langley, B.C. to honour British Columbia's best in harness racing during the 2011 season

'Purpose' Behind Therres Triple

Primary Purpose rallied home from off the pace to keep his seasonal record perfect in the featured $12,500 Open Pace and complete a training triple on the 12-race Sunday card for horseman Rod Therres

Fraser Card Begins With 'Terror' & 'Panic'

Phone Terror and Panic At The Disco kicked off the Sunday afternoon card of harness racing at Fraser Downs with wins in their respective $7,500 Muriel Fornwald Memorial Stake eliminations for three an...

Brown Sweeps Sophomore BC Breeders Stakes

November 11, 2011

Driver Tim Brown pulled off a sweep of the sophomore stakes events featured on BC Breeders Classic Day 2011 on Remembrance Day Friday at Fraser Downs

Primary Purpose Prevails In Harvest Stake

October 23, 2011

Primary Purpose held off his fellow elimination winner Nobody Can to capture the $25,000 Harvest Stake for aged pacers on Sunday afternoon at Fraser

Top Pacers Return For 'Harvest'

October 16, 2011

Beaten by just a neck in his return appearance on the west coast last weekend, Primary Purpose put forth a season's best 1:52.4 effort in his $5,000 Harvest Stake elimination for aged pacers on Sunday...

Trust The Artist Prevails In Fraser Open

October 09, 2011

Trust The Artist converted from the pocket to prevail by a nose over Primary Purpose in the first $12,500 Open Pace of the meet at Fraser Downs on Sunday afternoon

Therres Returning To British Columbia

August 19, 2011

Trainer Rod Therres will be leaving Ontario at the end of August to return to his native land of British

MacDonald Wins Both 'Friendship' Splits

The Friendship Pacing Series moved to Georgian Downs on Saturday night for the second round with driver James MacDonald sweeping both $12,000 divisions

Georgian Feature To Primary Purpose

After a couple of tough losses in recent weeks at Western Fair Raceway and Mohawk Racetrack, O.S.S. graduate Primary Purpose took his show on the road to Georgian Downs on Tuesday night

Primary Purpose Searching For Outside Path To Gold

August 28, 2009

When Primary Purpose lines up from Post 8 in next Tuesday’s $130,000 Gold Final at Grand River Raceway, driver Mark MacDonald will be experiencing a frustrating sense of deja vu

Golden Glamour Boys Visit Grand River

August 25, 2009

Twelve of the province’s top three-year-old pacing colts and geldings trekked to Elora, Ontario on Tuesday evening for a set of $40,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series

Primary Purpose In Gold Hunt

August 06, 2009

Casie Coleman’s level of satisfaction with the eight-hole Primary Purpose drew for this Sunday’s $130,000 Gold Final is a reflection of the rotten post position luck the three-year-old pacer has had i...