Allen and Whiskey Dash travel far to win 2nd straight

Jockey Mike Allen was in the saddle when 3-year-old Whiskey Dash broke his maiden in his second start on July 1, first day of the new fiscal year for Tampa Bay Downs. Yesterday, Allen made it two straight for the Amira’s Prince gelding, this one about 1,000 miles north over the all-weather track at Presque Isle Downs.

Allen and Whiskey Dash tracked the pacesetter through swift fractions of :22.41, :45.68 and :58.20, then ran down Arba in deep stretch to win by 1 1/2 lengths in 1:04.53 for the 5 1/2 furlongs. It was nearly five lengths back to the third-place finisher.

Bred by Joe and Helen Barbazon, the $13,000 OBS June 2-year-old paid $5 and earned a check for $9,600, raising his total for three races to $16,395.