By Nicholas Oakes for Red Shores
SUMMERSIDE, PE – Atlantic Canada’s top three-year-old pacers will line up in four Gold divisions of the P.E.I. Colt Stakes on a power-packed all-stakes Sunday afternoon card at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.
The 15-dash presentation kicks off at 1 P.M. featuring the P.E.I. Colt Stakes for three-year-old pacing colts and fillies.
My Happy Place will look to stay perfect in her sophomore season in the first $21,000 Gold split in race 6 for three-year-old pacing fillies. Gilles Barrieau drives the daughter of Shadow Play from post 3 for trainer Ron Matheson and owner Patrick Morris of Charlottetown. A winner in 1:55.3 her last start, she faces stiff competition from Woodmere Betcha (To be driven by Adam Merner) out of post 2, fresh off a 1:55.2 Turner Memorial victory in Truro for trainer Jamie Smith. Tobins Dream (David Dowling) has yet to finish worse than third this season and has the outer post 6.
Race 8 is the second $21,000 Filly Gold division and will see Mindbodyandsoul carry morning line favourite status from post 4 for trainer Earl Watts and driver Marc Campbell. The Malicious filly was a 1:58.1 winner earlier this month for owners Windemere Farms, Hollis Newson, Jack Quinn and Sterling Buchanan. Woodmere Flojo (Merner) is on a two-race win streak while Badgirl Bridgette (Jason Hughes) returns to action from post 5 for trainer William Lanigan sporting a six-race win streak from her two-year-old season
The $19,300 Gold division for the three-year-old pacing colts lines up in race 13 with Rosetown Eclipse the top choice from post 2 for driver Corey MacPherson and owners Rosetown Stable and Jim and Mike Gorman. The Turner Memorial division champ was a front-end winner in 1:59 in Truro. Phil My Beer (Campbell) leaves from post 5 with Like A King (Dowling) working from post 7.
The final sophomore Gold event of the day is in race 15 for $19,300 with One Wicked Man the headliner from post 3. Kenny Arsenault trains and drives for owner James Perrot of Stratford, after the colt was a 1:53.2 winner in the Turner Memorial last week at Truro. Malevolent (Paul Langille) looks for sophomore redemption from post 2 and Evil Lou (Mike McGuigan) will look to continue his sharp start to the season from post 5.
The program also features a $7,600 P.E.I. Colt Stakes Graduate Series Gold division for Aged pacing males in race 11, presented by Kays Wholesale.
Race 14 is a P.E.I. Colt Stakes Graduate Series Gold division for Aged mares for $7,600, presented by JD Marine and Diving Inc.
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