Five Iron took command out of the gate and would not be denied a front-running victory in Sunday’s $153,300 Victoria Park Stakes, at Woodbine.
Five Iron, trained by Robert Martin for Fred Allor, came into the 1 1/8-mile ‘Poly’ event off of a third-place finish in the Marine Stakes, a neck behind Victoria Park rival Winning Cause.
Winning Cause, sent to post as the 2-5 betting favourite, trailed at the back of the pack under rider Eurico Rosa da Silva, in the compact four-horse field as Five Iron, piloted by Luis Contreras, set splits of :24.87 and :49.15 with Sweet Little Man stalking the early pace.