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Jim Brown (right) with A Lasting Peace after one of his wins at Hastings Park, British Columbia
TRM Trainer of the Quarter
JIM BROWN
The TRM Trainer of the Quarter award has been won by Jim Brown. Brown and his team will receive a selection of products from the internationallyacclaimed range of TRM supplements, as well as a bottle of fine Irish whiskey. WORDS: BILL HELLER PHOTOS: FOUR FOOTED FOTOS
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N AN age when Thoroughbreds rarely make more than nine starts in a year, June Dunte’s six-year-old gelding A Lasting Peace has been an exception, a durable and versatile exception, one who has made 49-year-old Jim Brown’s 30th year as a trainer special. “He’s a versatile horse, the most versatile horse I’ve had,” Brown said. A Lasting Peace is also one of his most successful horses Brown has ever trained. A Lasting Peace’s seven-length repeat victory in the non-black-type Similkameen Cup Stakes at Sunflower Downs in Princeton, British Columbia, in his last start June 29th was his fifth win in his last six races and his 13th in his last 22 starts. And his best races may still be ahead of him. “He’s still improving,” Brown said. Since Brown took over his training in the spring of 2012, A Lasting Peace has made at