Sophomores Surf To Summerside
Quite possibly the greatest group of three-year-old pacers to ever grace the Eastern Seaboard of Canada will converge on Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway for P.E.I. Colt Stakes action Monday (Sept. 27).
The Prince County oval has 13 dashes scheduled with a 6:30 P.M. first post time.
The ‘glamour boys’ headline the card in Races 5 and 11 with $13,000 P.E.I. Colt Stakes gold divisions for three-year-old pacing colts.
Woodmere Stealdeal headlines the field in Race 11, where he has drawn Post 2. The colt sports three straight wins, including a 1:52.1 lifetime best his last start for driver Marc Campbell, trainer Danny Romo and owners Kevin Dorey, Glenn MacDonald, Robert Sumarah and Frank Brundle.
Bettim Again (Campbell) and Dustylanegoliath (Gilles Barrieau) will tussle in the other Gold division in Race 5 with $13,000 at stake from Posts 4 and 3, respectively.
The $6,500 P.E.I. Colt Stakes sophomore pacing colt grassroots splits are set for Races 1 and 4.
Tobins Brownie left her foes in the dust last week, and she's favoured from Post 3 in her $13,100 P.E.I. Colt Stakes three-year-old pacing filly Gold division (Race 12) with trainer-driver David Dowling for owners Alex Quinn, Carl Peterson, Amy Lakie and Brittany Watts.
Fresh off a 1:53.3 Atlantic record performance, Mystifying is the favourite in the other $13,100 Gold filly split (Race 9) for driver Barrieau, trainer and co-owner Darryl MacLean and co-owners Gordon MacLean and Stephen Downey. The daughter of Source Of Pride has Post 6 in the contest.
The $6,450 P.E.I. Colt Stakes three-year-old pacing filly grassroots divisions are in Races 2 and 7.
A $5,130 Atlantic Aged Pacing Mares leg, sponsored by Standardbred Canada, is slated in Race 10 while a $4,800 Island Oceans Trot Class leg, presented by JD Marine and Diving Inc., heads to the track in Race 6.
The Monday program also has a pair of P.E.I. Matinee Finals after Races 2 and 4. The first final will see Maple Grove Steph (Cy Poirier), Hopedale Paris (Albon Doucette) and Sharon The Moment (Brett Clow). The second final of the night showcases Sanchez Blue Chip (Clow), Cinder Angelina (Kyle Desroche) and Starcastic (Roger MacRae).
Catch all the action live at the track or tune into the Race Day broadcast at Redshores.ca. Live streaming is also available on the Red Shores Youtube page and you can wager online at HPIBet.com. To view the entries for Monday's card, click the following link: Monday Entries - Summerside Raceway.
(Red Shores)