CTHS BC • November 2, 2020
IT IS WITH SADNESS THAT WE INFORM YOU OF THE PASSING OF ONE OF OUR GREAT HORSEMEN BRIAN LEIGHT. BRIAN FINISHED THE RACE PEACEFULLY, OCTOBER 23, 2020 ON VANCOUVER ISLAND, HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS LOVING WIFE MARGIE AND MANY RELATIVES.
REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND, YOU WILL BE DEARLY MISSED.
BRIAN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ALBERTA, AT THE AGE OF 20 HE JOINED THE RCMP.
HE THEN WENT ON TO MANAGE JAWL BROS FARM ON VANCOUVER ISLAND AND LATER WAS THE MANAGER OF ORANGE BLOSSOM FARM. MARGIE AND BRIAN RETIRED AND PURCHASED A SMALL FARM IN DUNCAN RAISING THEIR OWN HORSES, BRIAN’S WHOLE LIFE WAS HIS HORSES AND THEIR WELL BEING.
AS MOST WILL RECALL BRIAN BROUGHT MANY WELL BRED HORSES TO THE CTHS SALES.
REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND, YOU WILL BE DEARLY MISSED.
BRIAN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ALBERTA, AT THE AGE OF 20 HE JOINED THE RCMP.
HE THEN WENT ON TO MANAGE JAWL BROS FARM ON VANCOUVER ISLAND AND LATER WAS THE MANAGER OF ORANGE BLOSSOM FARM. MARGIE AND BRIAN RETIRED AND PURCHASED A SMALL FARM IN DUNCAN RAISING THEIR OWN HORSES, BRIAN’S WHOLE LIFE WAS HIS HORSES AND THEIR WELL BEING.
AS MOST WILL RECALL BRIAN BROUGHT MANY WELL BRED HORSES TO THE CTHS SALES.
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE CTHS BC BOARD OF DIRECTORS by Dave Pihl, President CTHS BC Division
Not Bourbon (Not Impossible – Bourbon Belle) passed away on December 28, 2025, at the age of 20. Bred and owned by Charles Fipke and trained by Roger Attfield, Not Bourbon was an exceptional racehorse whose accomplishments earned him a place in Canadian racing history. During his career on the track, Not Bourbon captured some of the nation’s most prestigious races, including the Queen’s Plate, Plate Trial, Queenston Stakes, and Overskate Stakes. As a two-year-old, he showed early promise by winning the Bull Page Stakes and setting a track record for six furlongs at Woodbine. Over the course of three racing seasons, Not Bourbon earned more than one million dollars, and his outstanding three-year-old campaign was recognized with a Sovereign Award. Retired to stud, Not Bourbon went on to become a champion sire in Ontario, further cementing his legacy in the breeding shed. In 2020, he relocated to British Columbia, standing his first season at Emerald Acres in Aldergrove, before moving to Flying Horse Farm in West Kelowna, where he continued to make a meaningful contribution to the provincial breeding industry. Not Bourbon will be remembered for his talent as a racehorse and his contributions to breeding in both Ontario and British Columbia.
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