Late Affair opened a big lead early and held off Daymaker late for a head victory Saturday in the $21,000 Pepsi Purse for older fillies and mares at Emerald Downs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ridden by Pedro Terrero, Late Affair ran 6-\u00bd furlongs in 1:15.83 on a fast track and paid $5.60, $3.60 and $2.80. Mike Puhich is the trainer for owners Glen Todd of Surrey, British Columbia and Patrick Kinsella of Surrey, BC.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Daymaker, with Frank Fuentes riding, surged late to just miss the victory, and paid $5.20 and $2.80.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Both the winner and runner-up are based at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver, British Columbia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Feeling Fancy, the 3-to-2 betting favorite, was 2-\u00bc lengths back in third place, and paid $2.20. Dream Sweeper and Maggie’s Special completed the order of finish.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Late Affair has now won four straight races and has a 4-1-1 in six lifetime starts, with earnings of $41,117. Saturday’s victory was worth $11,550.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A 4-year-old filly by Terrell, Late Affair won three straight at Hastings by a combined 20-\u00be lengths, all on the front end. And that strategy worked again as Late Affair and Terrero rocketed to a four-length lead, setting fractions of :22.84, :45.24 and 1:09.37, and held by a diminishing head.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The winning trainer and owners combine with St Liams Halo in Sunday’s $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3), Emerald Downs’ marquee event in which defending champion Noosa Beach is the early 2-to-1 favorite. St Liams Halo, the top older horse this year in Vancouver, is 10-to-1 on the morning line.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jockeys Gallyn Mitchell and Leslie Mawing dominated Saturday’s eight-race program with a combined five winners*three by Mitchell, two by Mawing*and Mitchell has the Mile mount aboard Noosa Beach.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Frank Lucarelli led the trainers with two wins, his second double in three days, and trimmed Howard Belvoir’s lead to 44-39 in the thoroughbred trainers’ standings.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
NOTES: Jockey Juan Gutierrez sat out Saturday’s races with a sore left ankle but will be able to ride Sunday when his mounts include Assessment in the $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3) and Seven Torrents in the $30,000 allowance race. Second in the Thoroughbred jockey standings with 77 wins, Gutierrez was injured at the gate Friday while the horses were loading for the sixth race*Jockey Robert Skelly received a two -day suspension*Aug. 25-26*for causing interference aboard Olympic Lights in the eighth race Aug. 14. Olympic Lights finished first but was placed fourth*West Seattle Boy had a rare off-day Saturday, finishing seventh as the 6-to-5 favorite in the fifth race. \u00a0It was career start No. 100 for Emerald Downs’ all-time leader in wins with 19*Live racing continues Sunday with the 76th running of the $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3). The 10-race program is scheduled to begin at 2:15 p.m.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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