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Bil-flan NiacPhee

Third Gefiération Horseman

he picturesque rural community of

Cornwall in tiny l’rince Fdward

Island has proyided an abundance of talented horsemen — Francis .\Iclsaac. .-\ngus NIacl’hee. Alex \lacl’hee. lilois \lacl’hail. Ronnie Cxass and others. In fact. the Charlottetown l)ri\'ing l’arlx’ used to feature "The Cornwall Face” in which all the driyers were from Cornwall and the surrounding area,

In the past few years, at)—year4fld Brian

.\Iacl)hee quietly and positiyely esta )— lished himself in the top echelon of har— ness racing driyers in the Atlantic proyinces and Brian just happened to be another Cornwall product. He joined the elite group of dri\ ers with l.()()t’) yictories

when he won with Ian Smiths Kobe/7

Hunter at the C.l).l’. He made oyer

Sl."()t).()()() in career purse earnings. He won six consecutiye stake races inclttding a phenomenal 2:02.] \‘ictory with a two- year—old trotter of .\lyron Ford‘s. lx’lts/ico lien and more and more. he earned catch—driyes in important stakes and freer

for~a|l eyents throughout the \laritimes.

Brian was about six or seyen when he started to help his dad. ;\lex with the

horses. Grandfather Richie and .'\lex both

totos: ('iail .\1acl)onald lx'CPl a number of horses around home so he got the bug early in life.

Hie Nose was the first horse that Brian remembered working around. “He was a big old horse whose best days were behind him. I kind of inherited him for his last year of racing for helping ottt. In addition. I also paid a wry minimum price to my dad."

Brian clearly remembered the Belfast Lion's l)ay Pace at l’inette Raceway when he was lo and able to dri\ e a truck. He stated. "Dad gaye me the half—ton and sent me on my way to l’inette." That afternoon he droye 'llte .Vos‘e to a third place finish in his very first amateur driye. He also learned to shoe and did the training on Hie .\'ose which they had around for a number of years. The old horse gaye this youngster many yaluable

learning experiences.

x\s a youngster around home. he admired and appreciated his father. Alex as a horseman. \\"hen he graduated to the (Ll).l’.. he got a lot of pointers from Francis .\lclsaac. Brian was shoeing and driying at this stage and Francis was at

the top of his game and a best friend to

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