Make it a double for Fix A Drink

Fix A Drink (Angus Hall) repeated in the Rideau Carleton Raceway Preferred-Handicap on Thursday (Nov. 2) in another wire-to-wire harness racing effort.

The gelding raced on top through :28.2 and :58 first-half fractions before throwing down with Crossfit (Guy Gagnon), who tipped first-over entering the backstretch. Fix A Drink held the attacker a length adrift through three-quarters in 1:26.2 and into the stretch. Crossfit chipped into the margin late, but Fix A Drink held him off handily and completed the victory in 1:55.3. Crossfit was second by three-quarters-of-a-length. Duke Lavictoire finished three-and-a-half lengths back in third.

FIX A DRINK REPLAY

Fix A Drink’s back-to-back wins make him two-for-seven at the Rideau Preferred level this season. He has shifted between the Ottawa oval and Trois Rivieres, totaling six trips to the winner’s circle. Pierre Leclerc trains the six-year-old, who has now racked up 17 wins and $82,576 in earnings in 65 starts, and co-owns him with breeder Shaun Bines of Mono.

Gagnon recorded a triple on the nine-race card, also scoring with Amigo Mio (Amigo Hall, 1:58.4) and Getyourlicenseliam (Control The Moment, 1:55).

Rideau Carleton Raceway is set to resume action on Sunday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m. EST.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink