Harness racing driver Bruce Ranger made a triumphant return to the winner's circle with a victory in one of the eight Florida Sunshine Stakes held at the Sunshine Meadows Equestrian Village in Delray Beach, Fla., on Saturday morning (Sept. 13).

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It was back on May 12 in the third race at the Isle Pompano Park that Ranger was involved in a three-horse accident and was catapulted from his race bike and landed on his back, fracturing several vertebrae in his spine. Ranger, 55, is the all-time winningest driver in the history of the Isle Pompano Park with 8,733 career wins.

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With no surgery, Ranger had been wearing a brace since the accident and took it off just last week after four months of healing and therapy.

'I jogged by first horse since the accident this week at Pompano Park,” Ranger said, 'And it felt good enough to give me the incentive to try just a couple of races today. My friend Mel Turcotte had a heart attack two weeks ago and I wanted to help him out and drive his two horses.”

In the fourth race $3,300 division of the Sunshine Stakes for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings, Ranger was aboard Ron Turcotte's Victory Park in his maiden debut and the son of Arapa Victory was able to lead from start to finish for Ranger, winning by three-quarters of a length in 2:05.2 over the one mile oval.

'It felt really good to sit in a race bike again,” Ranger admitted, 'but we will see how I feel come tomorrow morning. This was a great first mile and Mel looks to have a nice colt. He was smooth going and has a nice gait. Two drives for me was just fine today. I think I will be ready to try a few more next week here.”

Victory Park is co-owned by Barbara Turcotte, Vickie Howard, Pete Roccasano and Ron Ruggles.

The fastest mile on the program was registered by Markie and driver Bob Roberts in the fifth race $3,400 3-year-old filly trot. They sped away from the field right at the start, leading by as many as ten lengths by the half-mile and went on to win by 20 open lengths in 2:02.1.

It was the first start of the year for the daughter of Proud Bushy, who was bred and is owned by Kim and Jay Searsand trained by Kim Sears. Trotting JC Poss (Tom Sells) was second with Gold Star Ginger (Walter Ross Jr.) third.

Other divisional winners were Paxxie (Warren Harp) in 2:05 in the $2,950 2-year-old filly pace; Caesar's Forum (Marc Aubin) in 2:03.4 in the $2,800 2-year-old colt pace; Brandy (Bob Roberts) in 2:09.3 in the $2,950 2-year-old filly trot; Showing Off (Bob Roberts) in the $2,900 3-year-old colt trot; Limelight (Tom Sells) in the $3,500 3-year-old filly pace; and Gold Star Kenny P (Mickey McNichol) in the $3,000 3-year-old colt pace in 2:03.3.

'Considering all the rain we had Friday and again early this morning,” Ranger said, 'the track crew at Sunshine Meadows did an outstanding job. Their racing surface was in super shape for today. I got to meet both the track super Brandon Mills and his assistant Scott Miller and told them what a great job they did in preparing this place for the races.”

There were also two 'celebrity” races in double-seater jog carts held during the program. In the closest finish of any race on the day, Florida State Senator Maria Sachs barely beat Senator Joseph Abruzzo by a slim nose in the first event. The second race saw professional Mazda car race driver Tristan Nunez, age 18, defeat his mother/manager Diane Nunez by three opens lengths.

The $25,000 second leg of the Sunshine Stakes will take place next Saturday (Sept. 20) at Sunshine Meadows Equestrian Center in Delray starting at 11 a.m. with free admission and parking. (By Steve Wolf/harnesslink.com)

We are so excited that this painting has finally been unveiled! The idea to paint the legendary Hickstead and Eric Lamaze came from Philip Roson and John Anderson. Some might know John from the International Ring at Spruce Meadows and others because of his great show-jumping venue near Calgary – Rocky Mountain Show Jumping. Plans were put into place for this project in March of this year following the tragic death of Hickstead last November. In hopes to remember the great athlete and to carry his legacy on it was decided that proceeds from sales of the 550 limited edition giclees and artist proofs would go to two programs – JustWorld International, a program supported by many equestrians including Eric, is helping impoverished children in areas of South America. The second program is RMSJ’s own First Leg Up who’s goal is to give inner-city kids as well as young up & coming riders opportunities they would not otherwise have.

Kim Marsh American Meadows Equestrian Center Utah

Eric Lamaze has been a well known name in the equestrian world for a long time now but his best known partner became a legend.

Hickstead, a stallion small in structure but big in heart teamed with Eric to bring home countless victories.

Eden Brothers

Among them were a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics, 2-time winner of Spruce Meadows prestigious CN International, and bronze at the 2010 World Equestrian Games where Hickstead also won ‘Best Horse’ after jumping clear rounds for all the riders in the famous ‘final four’.

Of course these are just a few of the many wins that won the hearts of many fans around the world!

Kim Penner’s “A Moment in Time”

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Unframed Dimensions – 30″ x 40″ framed approximately 40″ x 50″

500 s/n giclee prints – $2500 framing included
50 artist proof prints – $3500 framing included

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