EDMONTON, Alberta, CMC – Reigning champion Dane Nelson and fellow Jamaican Samantha Fletcher each logged braces to guide the Caribbean’s domination of Saturday’s eight-race card at Century Mile.
The 39-year-old Nelson captured race 4 over seven furlongs with 4-9 selection Midnight Backyard earlier than returning to nail race seven over a mile with favourite Little Chicago.
Fletcher, 31, received race six over six furlongs with a 6-1 likelihood Behind the Curtain and doubled up by taking race eight, additionally over six furlongs, with 31-1 longshot Elegant Rose.
There was additionally success on the day’s card for Rasheed Hughes, who adopted up his triple on Friday by successful a six-furlong dash in race two aboard favourite Majestic Avenue, whereas fellow Barbadian N’Rico Prescod paired with 2-1 likelihood Charlie’s Copy to win a seven-furlong journey in race three.
Nelson, who narrowly missed out in race three aboard 2-1 wager Passage, opened his account within the subsequent race when he edged the three-year-old and upward fillies and mares with nine-year-old chestnut mare Midnight Backyard.
5-to-one selection Chatty Gal – with veteran Barbadian Desmond Bryan within the saddle – led a lot of the method earlier than Nelson introduced Midnight Backyard with a late run to win, driving by a neck.
Nelson’s second win was one other slender rating, this time by a head, combining with eight-year-old chestnut gelding Little Chicago to collar the three-year-olds and upward.
Huge Al’s Imaginative and prescient set the tempo underneath strain from Sensible Cat earlier than Nelson bid on the three-sixteenth, grabbed the lead, and held off Give Em Heck Beck within the stretch.
Till her first win, Fletcher had completed final in her two outings – in race two with a 3-1 likelihood Amusing Method and in race 4 with a 51-1 longshot Entitled Star.
She lifted herself, nevertheless, pairing with the five-year-old chestnut gelding Behind the Curtain to get the higher of the three-year-olds and transfer upward by half a size.
And he or she returned to stun the sector with four-year-old chestnut filly Elegant Rose, trouncing the three-year-old and upward maiden fillies and mares by three-quarters of a size.
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