Photo from the Alberta Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association Facebook page

By Curtis Galbraith

Local Sports

Locals win first-ever race at Century Downs

Apr 29, 2019 | 6:07 PM

A horse with local connections won the first-ever race run at the new Century Mile Race Track near Edmonton.

Born In A Breeze won $15,000 in the five-and-a-half furlong sprint. Teepee Creek’s Tom Rycroft is the trainer. Rycroft, Dale Stark, and Lewis Mailer are the co-owners. Stark is also from Teepee Creek.

Trooper John, trained by Tom’s son Tim, ran second in the same race.

Tim also trained the winner in Race 8, a horse named Stone Carver. Mr. Pucci, trained by Grande Prairie’s Darcy Hawkes and owned by Dianne Delaney also of the Swan City, ran second in the same race.

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