Sitting last with a quarter-mile remaining the Italian jockey masterfully manoeuvred Desert Encounter to the lead, overtaking 3-to-1 favourite Thundering Blue in deep stretch for the stunning win in the Grade I $800,000 Pattison Canadian International. Desert Encounter, piloted by jockey Andrea Atzeni,wins the Pattison Canadian International at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto on Saturday. Desert Encounter earned just his second win in eight starts this year but the eighth in 23 career races. Desert Encounter paid $18.20, $7.90 and $5.40 while Thundering Blue returned $5.40 and $3.50. “I think (Simcock) has had this race in mind for a long time for this horse,” Robinson said of Desert Encounter.

Source: thestar October 14, 2018 00:44 UTC