ED­MON­TON – Bar­ba­di­an N’Ri­co Prescod rode two win­ners at Cen­tu­ry Mile on Fri­day, to head­line Caribbean suc­cess on the nine race pro­gramme.

The 25-year-old cap­tured race three with favourite Church Har­bor and re­turned to win race eight with 2-1 choice Char­lie’s Copy, to take some of the head­lines at the west­ern Cana­da oval in Al­ber­ta.

Trinida­di­an Kei­h­ton Nat­era al­so tast­ed vic­to­ry, com­bin­ing with 2-1 chance Al Re­ichert to beat the three-year-olds and up­wards by 1-1/2 lengths over six fur­longs.

Rasheed Hugh­es made his pres­ence felt in race six over a mile when he car­ried heavy favourite Lykan to a one length score over the three-year-olds and up­wards, while fel­low Bar­ba­di­an, vet­er­an Desmond Bryan, paired with 3-1 bet Bun­ny Noreen to edge the three-year-old and up­ward fil­lies and mares by a head in a six fur­long sprint in race sev­en.

Hugh­es lies third in the jock­eys cham­pi­onship on 13 wins, three be­hind reign­ing cham­pi­on Ja­maican Dane Nel­son, with Jose Asen­cio top with 22, while Prescod and Bryan both have sev­en wins.

Prescod opened his ac­count over sev­en fur­longs when he made all the run­ning aboard four-year-old chest­nut fil­ly, to dom­i­nate the three-year-old and up­ward fil­lies and mares by 3-1/4 lengths.

His sec­ond win came in a six fur­long sprint when he steered three-year-old bay geld­ing Char­lie’s Copy to a hand­some three length win over the three-year-olds and up­ward.

Long­shot Run Ross­co Run sparred with 13-1 out­sider Kiss Me Hel­lo through the open­ing half in 46.59 sec­onds be­fore Prescod brought Char­lie’s Copy from a stalk­ing po­si­tion to take com­mand in the stretch.

CMC