It was an excellent Friday the 13th for jockey Dane Nelson at the Woodbine Racetrack in Canada, winning two races.
Nelson won the second race of nine atop the Frank Huarte trained Friendly.
The post-race report reads as follows: “FRIENDLY broke inwardly, raced outside foes mid-pack, began to advance on the turn under mild encouragement, fanned seven wide into upper stretch, lugged in a path then continued to gain taking a narrow lead in mid-stretch, held while kept to task.”
Nelson’s second winner came in the eighth on Waitingforaholiday trained by Dale Powell.
The post-race report reads as follows: “WAITINGFORAHOLIDAY settled on the outside in mid-pack, took closer order at the seven sixteenths pole, glided around d foes well in hand three to four wide through the turn, moved to the six path for the drive and kept chipping away at the leader in the final furlong and just got up in the shadow of the wire outside for the win.”
