Vancouver, B.C. – It was a successful homecoming for Ookashada at Hastings Racecourse Sunday in the inaugural Chris Loseth Handicap.
The champion 2-year-old in B.C. last year held off a gallant charge by longshot Bad Sneakers to win by a half-length and earn $33,268 for his owner Mike Boylan and T.D. Stables.
Ooksshada, trained by Toni Cloutier, is a probable starter in the B.C. Cup Stellar’s Jay on August 6 at Hastings. Ooksshada finished third over a muddy track in the $125,000 Alberta Derby in mid-June.