EDMONTON, Alberta, CMC – A number of-times Barbados champion jockey Rasheed Hughes loved a superb day within the saddle when he rode three winners on Friday’s nine-race card at Century Mile.
The 26-year-old, who solely per week in the past received the Western Handicap with Stylish Metropolis, maintained that type by starring in race three with favourite Goldie Socks, in race six with 3-1 selection Night time Flyer and in race eight with one other favourite After a Few.
With success, Hughes moved his tally for the season to eight, 5 adrift of second-placed Jamaican Dane Nelson, with Jose Asencio out entrance with 16.
Nelson, the reigning Century Mile champion, captured race two over seven furlongs with favourite Kiss Me Good day, beating the three-year-olds and upward maidens by 3-¼ lengths.
One other Barbadian jockey, Rashaun Griffith, additionally tasted success on the day’s card when he mixed Saxon Saga with a 5-1 guess to edge the three-year-olds upward by a head going a mile.
Hughes took heart stage, nonetheless. He opened his account in his first journey of the afternoon when he paired with four-year-old bay filly Goldie Socks to get the higher of the three-year-old and upward fillies and mares by three lengths.
Going seven furlongs, 7-1 selection Burning Up – ridden by veteran Barbadian Desmond Bryan – sprinted clear to steer by means of the half-mile in 48.18 seconds earlier than Hughes eased Goldie Socks to the lead on the high of the stretch and inched away.
Hughes’ second win got here in one other seven-furlong journey for the three-year-old and upward fillies and mares when he guided four-year-old chestnut filly Night time Flyer to victory by half-length.
He sat Night time Flyer off the tempo set by 28-1 longshot Eyespymylittleeye earlier than bidding on the high of the stretch, dueling with the pacesetter and getting clear.
Hughes wrapped up his success in one more seven-furlong journey, this time steering the five-year-old bay mare After a Few to a three-length rating over the three-year-old and upward fillies and mares.
Hughes tracked the early leaders from fourth as 12-1 guess Stevie Surprise Lady after which 16-1 probability Fast Dial produced the fractions by means of the half-mile.
He swung the mare to the skin heading into the ultimate flip, snatched the lead on the high of the stretch, and stormed to the end utilizing a hands-ride.
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