By Nicholas Oakes for Red Shores
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – Bounty Hunter showed no signs of rust off the bench, grinding out a first-over victory to take the $4,550 Preferred 2 pace on Saturday evening at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
Lining up from post 5 in race 7, the Kenny Arsenault trained and driven pacer settled third early before angling first-over up the backside to engage pacesetter Jewels Dragon (Driven by Marc Campbell). The pair traded blows through the final turn, but Bounty Hunter ($3.60) surged ahead late to stop the clock in 1:55.4 for owner Kevin Harvey of Halifax, N.S.
Rose Run X Con (Norris Rogers) charged home to finish second ahead of Tradition (Adam Merner). The win was the 11th lifetime for the son of Huntsville, pushing his earnings past $249,000.
Veteran campaigner Blood Money ($2.50) proved too much for his race 9 rivals, taking the $4,000 event in a 1:53.2 performance with Tony Too Tall (Myles Heffernan Jr.) falling a neck short in second. Sent straight to the top by Gilles Barrieau, the Ron Matheson trained Blood Money rolled through fractions of 27.2, 55.4, and 1:24.4 for owner Dr. Mitchell Downey of Saint John, N.B. JK Last Chance (Arsenault) finished a strong third.
Trainer Jeff Holmes added two wins to his 2025 resume on the evening. In race 5, Early Play ($2.50) delivered as the favourite with a front-end 1:56.2 score for driver Brady Sweet and owner Tommy Collings of Mount Stewart, PE.
Holmes teamed up with Sweet again in race 10 as Imalookertoo ($9.20) made every call a winning one in a sharp 1:55.4 mile for co-owners Holmes and Robert Sumarah of Halifax, N.S.
Almanac ($3.10) turned in a blowout victory in race 3, stopping the clock in 1:54 flat for trainer Jenn Doyle and first-time owner Ryan McLaughlin of Cornwall. A former Open level pacer at Northfield Park in Ohio, Almanac recorded his 24th career win, this time in line to David Dowling.
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