Once Admired Beauty reached the lead, there was no stopping her as she rolled to her third straight win on Sunday at Grande Prairie in the $11,000 Fillies & Mares
Open Pace.
Trainer/driver Keith Clark and the daughter of Apaches Fame-Armbro Teacher secured the lead at the :29.1 first quarter pole and glided past the remaining panels of :59.4 and 1:30.1 en route to victory in 1:58.2. Goodbadanddeugly N (Ron Graham) rode the pocket to finish one and a quarter length behind with Second Fancy (Don Monkman, Jr.) closing from the back of the pack to get third.
Clark, who completed a driving grand slam on the 11-race card with the win, also shares ownership of the five-year-old mare with Niele Jiwan of Burnaby, B.C. For Admired Beauty, the win was her 12th of the season in 25 starts and pushed her earnings to $65,219. Her 23rd lifetime score lifted her total earnings to $153,052.
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