First Glance An Eye-Catching Winner In CDP Feature
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It was grey power all the way in the Sunday afternoon featured pace as First Glance was the best at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
First Glance was pointed to the lead at 14-1 odds in the $3,500 feature by driver David Dowling and never relented as the striking roan son of Thinking Out Loud fired through splits of :27.4, :57.2 and 1:26.3 before fending off the late-closing post time favourite, Stash It Away (Gilles Barrieau), in 1:54.2. Third went to JK Last Chance (Kenny Arsenault) to complete the $514.10 triactor ticket. First Glance returned $30.30 to his backers for a $2 win ticket.
Jennifer Doyle trains First Glance, a 15-time career winner, for partner Danny Birt of Vernon Bridge, P.E.I.
Rose Run Quest won the $3,000 back-up class in a speedy 1:53.3 for driver Adam Merner, trainer Melissa Rennie and owners Blair and Carl Hansen of Charlottetown, P.E.I. and Isaac Schurman of Kensington, P.E.I. Race favourite Matticulous GB (Ken Murphy) had to settle for second ahead of Smart Official (Dowling). It was win number 61 for the iron tough 11-year-old Rose Run Quest and the winning time was his fastest in nearly three years since Brodie MacPhee steered him to a 1:52.1 victory in Summerside on Aug. 8, 2020.
Rennie and Merner scored the first half of a training-driving double in Race 2 with Impeccable Shadow winning in 1:55.
Live harness racing continues on Thursday evening at 6 p.m. at Red Shores Charlottetown.
To view Sunday's harness racing results, click the following link: Sunday Results - Charlottetown Driving Park.
(With files from Red Shores)