Anita Ouellette trainees So Frisky ($3.70) and Manhattan Night finished one-two in Wednesday's (March 2) featured $12,000 Preferred 2 Handicap for pacing mares at The Raceway at the Western Fair District — but it took some crafty driving from Colin Kelly to seal victory with the odds-on favourite.
Kelly secured the pocket with So Frisky, allowing 11-1 shot Catch An Ace to control early fractions of :27.2 and :57.2. Not wanting to risk being shuffled out of contention behind a flagging pacesetter, Kelly slid the six-year-old Dali mare off the pegs with three-eighths of the one-mile journey to go before Millies Million — whom Travis Cullen activated from fifth — could reach Catch An Ace's wheel. So Frisky had no trouble clearing Catch An Ace, but faced a mild challenge from Millies Million at three-quarters in 1:27. After dismissing that rival on the home turn, So Frisky coasted to the winning post under a hand drive, scoring by three-quarters of a length in 1:57. Stablemate Manhattan Night split foes up the backstretch to avoid traffic and chased up the pegs for second; Saulsbrook Jessie circled three-wide from astern to finish third.
Luc Ouellette Incorporated owns So Frisky, who has won 25 times in her career and three of her five starts this season.
To view Wednesday's complete results, click the following link: Wednesday Results – The Raceway at the Western Fair District.