Base Camp went wire-to-wire to win his Keith Linton Memorial elimination one week ago at Fraser Down and on Friday night, January 8 the four-year-old son of Camluck-Merry Go Round returned to take the $25,000 finale despite the rainy weather and a sloppy track
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With Jim Marino taking the lines, the 4-1 second choice left from Post 4 and used the same front end tactics as last week, clicking off quarters of :28.1, :58 and 1:26.2 before crossing under the wire in 1:56.1.
Favourite Wilfred Sands (David Hudon) finished one length behind while Garden Gate Ll (Gord Abbott) finished third.
Base Camp picked up his sixth victory tonight and lifted his bankroll to $30,802 for trainer Darren Howald and owner David Woolley of Langley, B.C.
Trainer Ed Hensley swept the top two spots in this week’s edition of the $13,000 Open Pace with Just Plug It In prevailing over defending champion Ridgeline and Mike Hennessy.
Hensley sent Just Plug It In to the lead from the center of the track and the six-year-old son of Artsplace-Electrical Express carved out fractions of :27.4, :57.1 and 1:25.2 en route to a two-length victory in 1:53.4.
Ridgeline followed his 1-5 co-favoured entry mate from the two-hole to place while Cash Account (Carl Sibiga) rounded out the top three finishers.
Just Plug It In is owned by the J J J Stables of Aldergrove, B.C. and Casandra Uppal of Blaine, Washington. His first win of 2010 was also his 19th lifetime and pushed his earnings to $288,586.
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