FORT ERIE, Canada, CMC – Jamaican Kirk Johnson took the headlines at Fort Erie on Sunday when he rode three spectacular winners on the eight-race card.
He needed to wait till race 4 to style success with a 10-1 selection Gambler’s Pose, however then he went on to seize race 5 along with his favourite Grand Ambition and race seven with one other favourite, Princess Aleska.
Johnson, who splits his time between Fort Erie and Woodbine in Toronto, lies second on 5 wins – one behind Ismael Mosqueira – within the early exchanges of the season, which obtained underway Could 28 and wrapped up October 22.
Reigning Fort Erie champion, Barbadian Christopher Husbands, was additionally in winners’ row when he mixed with an 11-1 wager Among the many Roses to beat the three-year-old and upward maiden fillies and mares by a nostril in a six-furlong dash.
Jamaican jockey Mark-Lee Buchanan additionally made his presence felt, guiding 4-1 likelihood A Gal for TJ to a good-looking 4-¾ size rating over the three-year-olds and upward fillies and mares in a 5-½ furlong sprint.
After ending final in race one, three from backside in race two, and one from final in race three, Johnson hit again in a five-furlong dash in race 4 when he obtained four-year-old bay filly Gambler’s Pose up late to beat the three-year-old and upward maiden fillies and mares by half-length.
Two-to-one selection Tangerine Twist produced the early fractions till Johnson introduced Gambler’s Pose from mid-pack with a storming stretch run to catch the leaders.
He adopted up in a six-furlong dash for the three-year-olds and upward when he carried four-year-old bay gelding Grand Ambition to a dominant 5-¼ size rating in a gate-to-wire effort.
Grand Ambition sprinted clear to guide by 4 lengths on the half-mile in 45.04 seconds, and after that, the consequence was by no means unsure.
Johnson capped off a wonderful day when he unveiled one other front-running effort, this time aboard three-year-old bay filly Princess Aleska, to dismiss the three-year-old and upward fillies and mares by 1-¼ lengths going seven furlongs.
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