Dodge This Link delivers in opener
At seven years, chestnut gelding Dodge This Link demonstrated that he is still in his prime by winning his third-consecutive race in the opening event on the 10-race card on Saturday, March 9, 2024.
Trained by Ryan Darby and ridden by Raddesh Roman, Dodge This Link won a three-year-old and upwards Claiming ($750,000-$600,000) going 6 ½ furlongs (1,300m) by a head in a time of 1:23.4 (23.0 x 48.1).
Dodge This Link exited his starting stall in good nick, thereafter settling in second place behind the quick
Simba The Lion (Christopher Douglas).
Alexa’s Lodge (Jordan Barrett), Secret Traveller (Phillip Parchment), and
Exotic Light (Jerome Innis) followed closely behind the top two.
Dodge This Link maintained his form while passing the half-mile (800m) turn before surging to the front with a burst as the distance approached.
He led the field into the lane on a merry clip and although he began to shorten in the final stages of the race, he held on by a head at the wire from the fast-finishing
Exotic Light.
Secret Traveller placed third.