By Nicholas Oakes for Red Shores<\/p>\n
SUMMERSIDE, PE \u2013 A star-studded stakes card unfolded Sunday afternoon at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway with top performances in Gold and Grassroots divisions of the P.E.I. Colt Stakes for three-year-old pacers headlined by a banner day for driver David Dowling and trainer Jennifer Doyle.<\/p>\n
Dowling and Doyle started off their winning in 15-dash program in race 1 as Elm Grove Talia ($2.10) delivered as the heavy favourite in a $10,500 P.EI. Colt Stakes three-year-old pacing fillies Grassroots division in 2:00.2 over a track rated two-seconds off.<\/p>\n
The duo also captured the lone $7,600 Gold division of the P.E.I. Colt Stakes Graduate Series, presented by Kays Wholesale, in 1:55 in race 11 with Middleton Terror ($7.10) for owners Kingsley Walsh and Frank Balcom.<\/p>\n
Like A King ($3.70) was the third Doyle trained winner in line to Dowling with a 1:55.4 clocking in a $19,300 Gold three-year-old pacing colt division for owner Jennifer Ritchie of New Brunswick.<\/p>\n
Dowling recorded other driving wins with Isle Bea Wickedwon ($9.00) in a $10,500 filly Grassroots division in Race 5 in 2:00.3 for trainer Ronnie Matheson and Saulsbrook Bolt ($19.40) in 2:00.4 from the George Rennison barn in a $9,650 P.E.I. Colt Stakes Grassroots division for three-year-old pacing colts in race 7.<\/p>\n
Malevolent ($4.10) capped off the day with a front-end 1:56.4 victory in the $19,300 Gold division for three-year-old pacing colts in race 15. Paul Langille trains and drives the son of Malicious for owners Debbie Francis and Rosanne Langille.<\/p>\n
Driver Marc Campbell teamed up with three different trainers to score three wins on the stakes-filled card including Bentley ($18.80) in 1:59.3 in Race 2 for John Clarey and Miramichi Charlie ($5.00) for trainer Danny Romo, both in $9,650 Grassroots colt splits. Campbell\u2019s other win came with Mindbodyandsoul ($3.10) in a $21,000 Gold division for sophomore pacing fillies in 1:58.3 from the Earl Watts barn and owners Windemere Farms, Hollis Newson, Sterling Buchanan and Jack Quinn.<\/p>\n
Rosetown Mary ($8.70) surged late to win the $7,600 P.E.I. Colt Stakes Graduate Series Mares Gold division, presented by JD Marine and Diving Inc., in Race 14 for trainer-driver Corey MacPherson and owner Rosetown Stable and Taylor MacPherson.<\/p>\n
Joe Baxter doubled up from his Summerside operation as Howmac Maleficent ($32.70) delivered a shocker in the Race 6 $21,000 Gold split for driver Ken Murphy and owner Peter Garnet Gilby of Nova Scotia, capitalizing on breaks by both favourites. Baxter and Murphy also won with Miss Believing ($6.80) in a $10,500 Grassroots division for pacing fillies in 1:59.4.<\/p>\n
Other winners included Brookdale Layton ($4.70) for trainer Bernard McCallum and driver Paul Langille in a 2:00.3 score in a $9,650 Grassroots colt division.<\/p>\n
Barrieau had two driving wins with Im Sir Scarlet ($2.10) in a $9,650 Grassoots colt division from the Darryl MacLean barn and Steady Heart ($7.30) in 1:58.4 in a $10,500 Grassoots filly division for trainer Bo Ford.<\/p>\n
Live racing continues Thursday evening at 6 P.M., at Red Shores Charlottetown featuring Grassroots divisions of the P.E.I. Colt Stakes Graduate Series.<\/p>\n
For more go to Redshores.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Nicholas Oakes for Red Shores SUMMERSIDE, PE \u2013 A star-studded stakes card unfolded Sunday afternoon at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway with top performances in Gold and Grassroots divisions of the P.E.I. Colt Stakes for three-year-old pacers headlined by a banner day for driver David Dowling and trainer Jennifer Doyle. Dowling and Doyle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-racing-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n