By Nicholas Oakes For Red Shores

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – Marc Campbell made four trips to the winner’s circle Thursday evening at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park, including a victory with Trumps Girl in the featured Fillies and Mares Preferred Pace.

Campbell sat second with Trumps Girl ($7.80) in the $6,050 race 12 feature as Windemere Saddy (Driven by Ken Murphy) cut fractions of 27, 56.2 and 1:24.4. The Mike McGuigan trained Trumps Girl surged past the leader in the stretch to win by half a length in 1:53.1. Windemere Saddy was second with Miss Dutton (Ryan Desroche) third. Trumps Girl is owned by Tommy Collings of Mount Stewart.

Campbell’s other victories came with Starship Laska ($4), Woodmere Kennedie ($4.40) and Hosskat ($19.70). Starship Laska stopped the clock in 1:55.3 in race 4 for trainer Earl Watts and owners Windemere Farms of Springvale and Kyle Williams of Coleman. Woodmere Kennedie was a 1:56.2 winner in race 11 for trainer Landon Campbell and owner Mike Pollard of Stratford, while Hosskat closed out the 13-dash program in 1:54.4 for Campbell, trainer Lenny Myers and owners Matthew and Liam Myers of Stratford.

Fight Song ($4.50) was dominant in the $6,050 Open Trot in race 10 for driver Jason Hughes and trainer Ashley Gamester. The seven-year-old son of Kadabra controlled every fraction of 28.1, 57.2 and 1:26.1 before closing out the mile in 1:54.4. West River Jet (Kenny Arsenault) was second with Buckhead Ridge (Marc Campbell) third. Fight Song is owned by Donald MacRae of Vernon Bridge.

Trainer Mike Ramsay doubled up on the program with Nevaeh Divine ($5.70) and Youre So Sweet ($2.20), both driven by Ken Murphy. Nevaeh Divine captured race 5 in 1:58 for owner Walter Deagle of Inverness, N.S., while Youre So Sweet went all the way in race 8 in 1:55.4 for owners Max Webster Stable of Inverness, N.S., and Ryan McLaughlin of Cornwall.

Watts also recorded a training double on the card with the previously mentioned Starship Laska and Quiet Hour ($3.70). Quiet Hour won race 2 in 2:03 with Paul Langille in the bike for owners Windemere Farms, Mike Currie of Cardigan and Jerry MacKinnon of St. Peters Bay.

Live racing continues Saturday at 12:30 P.M. with the first day of the Atlantic Breeders Crown Weekend Of Champions, presented by the Prince Edward Island Standardbred Horse Owner’s Association.

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