HORSE RACING-BARBADOS-Husbands lands Eternal in close finish (includes quotes).

Veteran Barbadian rider Patrick Husbands stole the honours at Woodbine when he out-lasted 3-1 choice Breathing Fire in a searing stretch duel, to win the CAN$100 000 Eternal Search Stakes aboard 5-2 favourite Fashionably Fab.

Up against the three-year-old and upward fillies and mares in the feature on Sunday,r Husbands battled the entirety of the 7-A1/2 furlong trip with the determined Breathing Fire before beating the four-year-old bay filly on the head bob in one minute, 30:67.

Barbadian jockey Patrick Husbands.

The conquest marked the third stakes win for Fashionably Fab, the three-year-old filly winning last month's Rondeau Stakes at Fort Erie and the Shady Well Stakes at Woodbine last December.

'I knew she won, but throughout the race, Emma (jockey, Wilson, aboard Breathing Fire) had a decent filly,' said Husbands.

'I was watching the whole way. Emma had so much horse and my horse was happy. Emma's horse would not give up, but she got the job done.'

The break was a level one but Fashionably Fab and Breathing Fire showed early, 7-1 chance Trading Bay stalking from third and the remainder of the field bunched...