TIME IS MAGIC

The ninth Ogopogo Stallion Stakes Futurity for Roy and Agnes Jackson’s TIME THE MAGIC was worth the wait. The Jackson’ s are a Kamloops area ranching family with a love of horses. One of their passions is raising and racing horses and it was a family affair when Time The Magic galloped home in the nearly $20,000.00 race for two year old Quarter Horses.

The dam of the winner, Chart The Magic was bred by the late Dave Bruce who had wanted to win the Ogopogo since it’s inception. The Jackson’s purchased then raced the mare successfully before breeding her to Judge Cash. The Bruce family as well the Jackson's were celebrating with the Wilcox’s who trained both families runners. Dave Bruce was an avid Quarter Horse enthusiast and the Jackson's were as happy for his memory as for their own efforts in raising a champion. Daughter Jennifer a local vet and daughter Holly were beaming and it was a happy crowd that joined jockey Laurina Windt and trainer Ron Wilcox. It was special for the the Wilcox's, it was a third Ogopogo winner for the Kamloops based trainer. Jockey Laurina Windt had ridden Time The Magic to the fastest qualifying time two weeks ago and it looked easy again for speedy filly.

Time The Magic became the fastest winner of the Ogopogo and the gray??? daughter of War Easy Jet.was a convincing two and a quarter length winner. This spring the Jackson’s had to straighten out paper work with the AQHA because her colourlng to make certain that she would be eligible to race. It was a certainly a family affair that hard work, time and magic(*a new name?) helped to complete a Dave Bruce dream.

Buckey Stockwell runners Ima Emotional Girl and Anticipation 109 finished second and third respectively in the four hundred yard sprint.

It was an excellent day for other Interior based runners. In the first Roberta Holmes’ Buckey Stockwell trained Runnin Onya with Travis Wilkinson up battled for a head victory over Luigi Sales’ High Lee Likley. In the third Wilkinson was an easy three length winner with J & A Strachan’s and C & O Vizer’s Ebony Jazz against three year old maidens. In the fifth another Kamloops runner Jeannie Blain’s Alyisco held sway over Taurnaga. Sam Shirley was in the irons for his second winner. Shirley also won the second with Ma, Neigi and Yeung’s Colorado Springs. Trained by Jim Brown of Vancouver Colorado Springs held on by a head after 6 1/2 furlongs.

The sixth, the $4300.00 Erin Rae Stakes for fillies and mares, saw Vic’s Eyes, with rider Jackie Smith, upset the heavy favourites Holly Hollywood and So Cool. Waskiseau Farms Vic’s Eyes ran down the front runners and paid $14.10 to win. Dennis and Irene Miller’s homebred Dad’s A Prospector was another Kamloops winner and jockey Amber Dickinson gained her sixth season winner in the eighth race.

The Arabians were featured in the Arabian Desert Mile. The $1950.00 race sponsored by Trucks Plus of Kelowna was won for the second straight year by Penny Hoglund’s C N Formeen. Hoglund, who ships from Spokane, Washington was especially pleased with the six year olds' effort which was faster than last year’s time. Laurina Windt helped C N Foreen get the record as they came a head best of Norman Pottle’s N-L Serbania.

Despite a blustery start to the day the ninth running of the Ogogopo had a good crowd which enjoyed special a event which will be remembered as Time Is Magic’s Ogopogo.