Sunny skies shone on Cape Breton as live harness racing returned to Northside Downs for its first card of the 2022 season on Saturday (May 14).

The Nova Scotia half-miler hosted a six-pack of dashes on Saturday afternoon, and trainer Ardon Mofford captured half of them.

Mofford sent out favoured Whosyourfather ($3.10) to victory in the first dash of the day, then guided longshot Literally Hanover ($33.60) to a come-from-behind score in the fourth dash of a day, a race dedicated to the memory of the horses that perished in the tragic fire last December.

Mofford, who also picked up a catch-driving win with Dellas Playboy ($12.20) in the third race, concluded his training hat trick in the finale as Dont Tell Kim ($13.10) and driver Mark Pezzarello fought valiantly first-over and held off Zero Stress Nora (Larry Snow) for the 2:01.3 tally by half a length.

Known as much in Cape Breton for his way around the kitchen as the chef and owner of The Governor's Pub in Sydney, Mofford's triple gives him 39 lifetime training wins.

The feature of the day was the $1,700 Winners Over Pace, with eight-year-old Revenant ($10.40) holding off all challengers to the lion's share of the purse and the winner's circle photo from Tanya Romeo.

After posting panels of :29.4, :59.4 and 1:29.4 under duress from Southwind Ricardo (Greg Sparling), Revenant and driver Adam Lynk had enough to close out the mile with a :30.3 final quarter and hit the wire a neck better than Runaway Mystery (Harold Leblanc, Jr.) with the timer tripped in 2:00.2.

Shawn Lynk trains Revenant (If I Can Dream - Dragonfest) for co-owners Kyla Macdonald of Stanhope, P.E.I., Tyler Lynk of Port Morien, N.S. and Colby Lynk of Reserve Mines, N.S. The win gives Revenant 14 lifetime tallies and lifts his career bankroll just shy of the $43,000 mark.

Live harness racing continues on Saturdays at Northside Downs through to the middle of November.

For results from the Saturday card, click the following link: Saturday Entries - Northside Downs.