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Seecharan takes feature, Santo rides double

Seecharan takes feature, Santo rides double

Source: Trinidad Guardian

VAN­COU­VER - Learie Seecha­ran cap­tured the fea­ture CAN$50 000 George Roy­al Stakes aboard 17-1 out­sider Set­te­cen­to while fel­low Trinida­di­an jock­ey Ki­mal San­to rode a brace, as they dom­i­nat­ed pro­ceed­ings at Hast­ings Race­course in Cana­da on Sat­ur­day.

Rid­ing in the penul­ti­mate race on the six-race pro­gramme, the 26-year-old Seecha­ran com­bined with the six-year-old bay geld­ing to edge the three-year-olds and up­ward by half-length, in a time of one minute, 15:97 sec­onds.

An­oth­er Trinida­di­an jock­ey Ker­ron Khelawan just missed out aboard sec­ond placed Bakken Over­drive.

Go­ing 6-1/2 fur­longs, 4-1 chance Stormy Blue du­elled with Bakken Over­drive through the half-mile in 45.36, with Seecha­ran rac­ing Set­te­cen­to well off the pace.

How­ev­er, Seeacha­ran brought the geld­ing to stalk along the rails down the back­stretch be­fore shift­ing out, sur­viv­ing a bump with Sun­bird turn­ing for home, and out­last­ing his ri­vals in the stretch dri­ve.

Mean­while, the 23-year-old San­to opened his ac­count in race two al­so over 6-1/2 fur­longs when he paired with favourite Beck­ett's Best to beat the three-year-olds and up­ward by a length.

The win­ner stalked 3-1 choice Askmeno­ques­tions be­fore bid­ding on the fi­nal turn and get­ting the bet­ter of the ex­changes in the stretch.

San­to quick­ly fol­lowed up in race three when he pro­duced a gate-to-wire ef­fort aboard 6-1 chance Dy­na­miter to dis­miss the three-year-old and up­ward by two lengths.

Go­ing a mile and six­teenth, the five-year-old chest­nut geld­ing sprint­ed clear be­fore hold­ing off 8-1 Tex Han­ley on the back­stretch and fin­ish­ing strong­ly.