Fashionably Fast, bred by Harris Farms, repeats in Harris Farms Stakes

Odds-on Fashionably Fast ($2.80), bred and co-owned by stakes sponsor Harris Farms, repeated in the $73,500 sprint stakes at the Big Fresno Fair on Saturday.

The 6-year-old gelding lost a photo in the 2018 edition before winning in 2019. The race and meeting were not held last year.

Hit the Seam, making his stakes debut, took the early lead through fractions of 23.76 and 46.41 as Fashionably Fast under regular rider Tiago Pereira sat comfortably in second.

“I left everything to Tiago,” said winning trainer Dean Pederson. “I just told Tiago to ride him with confidence.

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When asked as the field of five entered the stretch, Fashionably Fast and 3-year-old Top Harbor took control of the race with Fashionably Fast pulling clear to capture the six-furlong stakes by 1 1/4 lengths in 1:09.90. Fashionably Fast is now 9 for 26 with almost $700,000 in earnings.

“He's proven over time when you walk him over, he'll give you 100 percent,” said Pederson. “I'm so proud to have one like him. He might have lost half a step, but he hasn't lost any of his desire.”

Top Harbor, who lost a photo to Law Abidin Citizen in the Oak Tree Stakes at Pleasanton, held on for second, beating Jamming Eddy by a half-length.

Fashionably Fast, owned by Harris Farms, Per Antonsen, and John A. Nicoletti, earned $42,750 to increase his lifetime earnings to $683,891 as he recorded his ninth career victory.