CALGARY, Canada, CMC – Jamaican jockey Dane Nelson took the honors at Century Downs right here Saturday when he mixed with favourite Itsallgoodman to win the characteristic CAN$100 000 CTHS Gross sales Stakes.
Going seven furlongs for the two-year-old Canadian-breds in race seven, Nelson made all of the working with the brown gelding to achieve the wire by 4-¼ lengths in a single minute, 24:29 seconds.
Fourteen-to-one guess Bounce the Queue completed second, whereas 15-1 selection BB’s Wildfire, ridden by Barbadian N’Rico Prescod, got here in third.
Nelson is the present championship chief with 16 wins, with Prescod seven again in second and Barbadian Antonio Whitehall third on eight.
The 39-year-old Nelson, topped champion at Century Mile in Edmonton final month, tasted his success in his first look on the 11-race card.
He broke Itsallgoodman well to shortly take command of the competition with fractions of twenty-two:57 for the quarter and 46:19 for the half, with Bounce the Queue, BB’s Wildfire, and Jodeys Lil Ache all chasing.
As soon as within the stretch, Nelson stored a watch on his challengers whereas coasting to the wire with Itsallgoodman to win simply.
Prescod was additionally in winners’ row, pairing with 4-1 guess Smilin Evie to beat the three-year-old and upward fillies and mares by 1-½ lengths over 6-½ furlongs in race eight.
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