Alfie Carroll turned a two-hole trip into a speedy score with I Wish You Well in Thursday’s $13,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred 2 at Flamboro Downs.
The Anita Ouellette trainee got away second for Carroll while Saulsbrook Jessie shot to the front and did all of the heavy lifting. The race favourite sliced out splits of :28, :56.4 and 1:25 before giving way to I Wish You Well in the closing strides. She drew clear to win by a length over Saulsbrook Jessie in 1:53.1. Third prize went to So Long Darling.
I Wish You Well, a daughter of Well Said-Precious Shopper, , won for the fifth time this season and for the 23rd time in her career. The homebred has banked over $290,000 to date.
Esquire marched to the top and didn’t look back en route to a 1:56.3 triumph in the $13,000 Preferred 2 for trotters.
Colin Kelly hustled the Mark Goddard trainee to the lead from Post 6, and after whacking out fractions of :28, :57.3 and 1:26.4 the gelding kicked home in :29.4 to win by a length over I Got The Looks. Taking home the show dough in the eight-horse affair was Bastiano.
Sent off at odds of 6-1, the eight-year-old son of Kadabra-Earl Of My Dreams won for the fourth time this season for owner Brandon Guerra of Brantford, Ont. The 21-time winner has banked just shy of $220,000 in his career.
To view results for Thursday's card of harness racing, click the following link: Thursday Results – Flamboro Downs.