Breeders Stakes Underway At Fraser

Published: October 23, 2008 11:45 pm EDT

The first leg of the Breeders Stakes was featured at Fraser Downs on Thursday evening, with two pacing divisions on tap for the gals and two for the guys.

Celtic Chloe went coast-to-coast in the first $13,100 split for the fillies. She chopped out fractions of :29.1, 1:00.1 and 1:29.2 for trainer/driver Barry Treen before kicking home in :29.1 to stop the clock in 1:58.3.

It was the second win in just three starts for the daughter of As Promised, who pulled off the 9-1 upset over heavily favoured Austins Minnie. Red Star Brooklyn grabbed the show dough.

Shale Stables, Tammy Lynn Turner and Elizabeth Barbour of British Columbia share ownership on the youngster, who has banked $10,173 to date.

With Bells On led from start to finish in her $13,200 division, and in doing so found her way to victory lane for the first time in four tries for the partnership of Frederic & Barbara Baines and Elizabeth Hollingsworth.

The daughter of Emery Flight threw down fractions of :29, 1:00.3 and 1:29.3 for driver Darren Howald, who used a :29.3 closing quarter to cement the 1:59.1 win with the Grant Hollingsworth student.

Sent off at odds of 5-1, With Bells On held on to win by three-quarters of a length over Oral Fixation, who enjoyed a pocket trip throughout. Crackers And Surf rounded out the top three.

Primary Purpose extended his undefeated streak to four-in-a-row thanks to a 1:56.1 tally in the first $13,400 division for the colts and geldings. The Cammibest threw down splits of :28.3, :59.1 and 1:27.2 before finishing off his foes with a :28.4 final quarter.

Im The Money was next best in the seven-horse affair and Red Star Renegade tagged along to finish a distant third.

Owned, trained and driven by Rod Therres of Surrey, BC, the colt upped his lifetime earnings to $18,262 with the win.

Silver Star Pride gave trainer Grant Hollingsworth his second stakes victory on the card thanks to his 1:57.3 performance in the second $13,400 division for the colt and gelding pacers. The son of Usher Hanover went wire-to-wire in a career-best clocking of 1:57.3.

Jim Marino engineered the winning trip for the colt, who had no problem defeating runner-up Ronnie Rickles and Segomo, who finished third.

Hollingsworth shares ownership on the youngster with partner Gurdaval Sandu of Surrey, BC. The rookie has banked $14,942 to date.

The rookies will have the chance to square off in the second leg of the Breeders Stakes, which is scheduled for to go on Friday, October 31 at Fraser Downs.

To view Thursday's results, click here.

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