By Nicholas Oakes For Red Shores
SUMMERSIDE, PE – Without a single blemish on his record, Malevolent is back at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway for Joe O’Brien stakes action on a special all-stakes day on Sunday afternoon.
The Prince County oval has a 12-dash presentation featuring the Joe O’Brien Memorial Stakes for two-year-old pacing colts and Lady Slipper Stakes for two-year-old pacing fillies.
Malevolent gets the top call in his $22,200 O’Brien Gold division for rookie colts, drawing post 2 for trainer-driver Paul Langille and owners Debbie Francis and Rosanne Langille of Nova Scotia. The son of Malicious has won all three of his career outings by open lengths including a 1:56.2 victory last week at Red Shores Charlottetown in the Atlantic Sires Stakes.
Income Approach has post 4 in the field while boasting a three-race win streak from the Rachael MacDonald barn. Marc Campbell is listed to drive the son of State Treasurer.
The other $22,200 O’Brien Gold division is in race 4 as Prince Malicious (To be driven by Jason Hughes) looks to build off his 1:56.4 victory last week from the Ashley Gamester barn. Donald MacRae of Vernon Bridge holds the ownership papers on the son of Malicious. His top foes include One Wicked Man (Kenny Arsenault) and Phil My Beer (Campbell).
The program has $11,100 Joe O’Brien Grassroots divisions in races 7, 9 and 11.
Woodmere Flojo will seek her fourth straight win in her $20,750 Lady Slipper Gold division for two-year-old pacing fillies in race 6. Adam Merner sits in the race bike for trainer Jamie Smith and owners Gowiththeflo Racing of Charlottetown. Saulsbrook Inferno (David Dowling) has been victorious her last two starts while Ruthless Diva (Campbell) has never missed the top-three in her career and draws post 1.
Another Smith trainee, Lady Hess, will look for redemption in race 8 of the day in another $20,750 Lady Slipper Gold division. Merner drives the daughter of Heston Blue Chip for Groupof7 Stable of Charlottetown. The filly sports two wins and two seconds from five career starts, with her only blemish a fourth-place finish last week while recovering from an early break in stride.
Her main Sunday foes are Tobins Dream (Campbell) and Muchtooyoungforyou (David Dowling).
The $10,375 Lady Slipper Grassroots divisions line up in races 1, 3, 5, 10 and 12.
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