A well-timed ride by Wesley Henry piloted Sir Frederick to a mild upset in yesterday’s co-feature for the Ram Nagrani Memorial Trophy at Caymanas Park.

The Overnight Allowance event for three-year-olds and upward was expected to be a stroll for the howling 2-5 favourite Superior Quality (Omar Walker up). But Henry and the five-year-old bay horse by Storm Craft-Brenda’s Song by Wise Emissary had other ideas in the seven-horse field going over 1,200 metres.

Sent off at odds of 8-1 Sir Frederick, running from the number two draw, was well held behind the speedy Tooting Kat (Obrien White up) and Superior Quality approaching the first turn. And when Tooting Kat gradually faded after turning for home, it was anybody’s race, as Superior Quality on the inside, Butler Cabin (Shane Ellis astride) on the outside and Sir Frederick all went in chase.

However, it was the Howard McLeod-owned and trained Sir Frederick who burst from the pack leaving the furlong pole and sprinted away from rivals to complete a two-length victory in 1:14.3 minutes, with splits of 22.4, and 46.2 seconds.

Rum Punch at 77-1 finished very strong to take second, with Butler Cabin finishing third and Superior Quality relegated to a disappointing fourth.

“My plan was to break and sit second, but they pushed me back into fourth so I didn’t panic I just sat there and waited for the leaders to tire. I started urging my horse from the three-eighths pole and once the leaders stopped he ran away easily,” Henry told the Jamaica Observer.

Meanwhile, Agakhan (Richard Lunan up) also created a mild upset at 8-1 in the days feature event. The 1,000 metre straight event was run in honour of Master Blaster.

After breaking from the number one draw, the speedy five-year-old chestnut by Greatness – Yes Please by Crowd Pleaser swerved right to the stand fence where he held his own to the line.

But the Deon Facey-owned and trained charge did not have it all his way, and had to withstand a late surge from Bad Boy Justin under Jevvanne Erwin to win by one-and-a-quarter lengths in 1:00.2 minutes.

Frangipani was third, with second favourite Clearly Ours completing the frame.

Shane Ellis opened up a two-win lead over Walker atop the jockeys’ standing after sharing the day’s riding honours with Robert Halledeen with two winners each. Ellis piloted New Kingston in the fifth for trainer Neive Graham and Valley of Queens in the eighth event for Rowan Mathie, while Halledeen won aboard Dripping Gold in the first for Wayne DaCosta, and Hawkeye in the third for owner/trainer Steadman Curtis.