Jamie Laboucane's winning outfit at Rangeland Derby a source of family pride
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For Jamie Laboucane, what was even more special about his day money-winning Panorama Advisory Group outfit at Sunday night's Rangeland Derby presented by Play Alberta was the fact that his wife and two kids each named one of the horses.
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His daughter Ella has widely been credited for giving Laboucane's award-winning left wheeler a tasty name.
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'Ella named Marshmallow,' said Laboucane, while adding that his son and wife also helped him play the name game with his equine athletes. 'Oliver named the right leader Bray, my wife Dana named Jovi and I guess I'll take credit for naming Threescore.'
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Jovi ran alongside Marshmallow on the right wheel, while Threescore took his traditional spot on left lead as Laboucane completed the figure-eight pattern around the barrels cleanly and raced around the GMC Stadium track in Sunday's quickest clocking of 1:13.79.
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Saving his best for the ninth and final heat, Laboucane beat the time that Chanse Vigen and his VisitLethbridge.com outfit had set three heats earlier by 44/100ths of a second.
'I've just got to try to drive clean,' said the 38-year-old Laboucane from St. Walburg, Sask. 'I know the horses are going to run for me. Honestly, I probably cut 'er a little bit too tight tonight. I rolled that top barrel, but I got away lucky. Some other drivers didn't. It's a long 10 days and sometimes you need a little luck to win.'
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The other drivers who weren't so lucky were defending Calgary Stampede champion Jason Glass, who crunched a barrel in the seventh heat, as did Kurt Bensmiller — a four-time winner of the coveted chuckwagon championship — one race later.
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'I think (the track) was a little bit heavier today as I found out as well,' said Laboucane in regards to the afternoon rains that slowed the track down. 'Guys probably just cut 'er a little bit too tight. I can't judge them because I came darn close as well.'
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As far as the aggregate standings go, Vigen maintained his spot atop the leaderboard with a three-night time of 3:38.79.
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'Chanse Vigen, he's rocking it,' said Laboucane, who was sitting in second spot, just 23/100ths of a second behind his rival heading into Monday's fourth night of racing action.
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Laboucane was also oh-so close to recording Saturday's fastest time but had to settle for tying for second spot with Vigen, a mere 1/100ths of a second behind Obrey Motowylo's Dynamic Energy Group rig.
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