Fraser Downs News Today

Itll Be Fine has been overshadowed by rivals Sunshine Boy and Armycaptin Hanover for most of the spring/winter meet at Fraser Downs, but finally got his time to shine in the $10,000 Preferred Handicap before the session concluded on Friday, May 3.

 

On North American harness racing tracks it’s all about speed over a mile trip, in Australia it’s a mix of both standing start and mobile features across a range of track sizes, in New Zealand it could be about an extreme two-mile contest or a grass track race featuring non-race winners and in Europe the

Driver Phil Giesbrecht swept the co-featured $50,000 sophomore stakes on Friday, April 26 at Fraser Downs with Ray Gemmill Memorial upset winner Phone Nine One One and Penny Bath Memorial champion Kootenay Cocoa, who equalled the divisional track record. 

In High Cotton was first in line at every panel before going home a winner for the third straight week in the $10,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred Handicap Pace at Fraser Downs on Thursday, April 18.

Sunshine Boy seized back his crown in the $10,000 Preferred Pace at Fraser Downs with an authoritative victory on Friday, April 12 after settling for second place in a pair of recent photo finishes to Armycaptin Hanover.

Kelly Hoerdt steered his student In High Cotton to her second straight victory in the featured $10,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred at Fraser Downs on Thursday (April 11) evening.

Phone Nine One One had no emergencies to call on Thursday (April 4) evening card at Fraser Downs, but the Jim Marino trainee made the one call to get his trainer to a 1,000 win training milestone.

On North American harness racing tracks it’s all about speed over a mile trip, in Australia it’s a mix of both standing start and mobile features across a range of track sizes, in New Zealand it could be about an extreme two-mile contest or a grass track race featuring non-race winners and in Europe the

The winners of the last two editions of the Preferred Pace at Fraser Downs duked it out down the stretch in their rematch on Friday, March 22, with favoured Armycaptin Hanover besting trailing tier starter Sunshine Boy in a photo finish.