16-1 upset in Century Preferred

If Only Id Known (Shadow Play) charged down the stretch to win her first Fillies and Mares Preferred since March on Friday (Jun. 28) at Century Downs in a 16-1 harness racing upset.

Phil Giesbrecht planted the mare in fourth and remained in line through panels of :27.3, :55, and 1:23.4. If Only Id Known shifted out turning for home and turned on the jets at the top of the lane, soaring from four lengths back past three opponents to win in 1:53.1. Grey Sea finished second over Outlaw Sharktastic (Nathan Sobey).

IF ONLY ID KNOWN REPLAY

If Only Id Known has raced in the Preferred level in 14 straight starts without missing a cheque. She has hit the board in 13 of 16 starts this season and won three times for trainer Christopher Lancaster, who co-owns the mare with Velda Olding. The six-year-old is 19-for-91 lifetime with $226,708 in the bank.

The card also saw the fifth straight win in the high-level claiming ranks by Outlaw Spiced Rum (Blue Burner), who wired the field in a lifetime-best time of 1:54.2. Michael Hennessy drove the six-year-old mare to victory for trainer Travis Ellis and owners Trevor Williams and Aurel Vodon.

Century Downs will skip a day from its normal schedule and return on Sunday, Jun. 30 at 6:05 p.m. MDT.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink