One Eight Hundred came to play in the feature dash as live harness racing returned to Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park on Saturday, May 3.

Veteran New Brunswick driver Mike Downey engineered the winning ride aboard One Eight Hundred for trainer Ellen Stevenson and owner Dr. Mitchell Downey, who finished first and second as he also holds the ownership papers of runner-up Blood Money (Gilles Barrieau). The $4,550 featured pace had Blood Money spring to the lead with splits of :28.2, :57 and 1:25.2 while One Eight Hundred sat second and surged in the stretch to hit the wire first, stopping the clock in 1:53.4 for his 12th career win. Third went to Jewels Dragon (Marc Campbell).

Carnival Heart (Ryan Desroche) opened up the spring/summer meet in a 1:58.3 score for trainer Shayna Toll over Leavin Bruises (Jason Hughes) and Check Your Source (Adam Merner).

Merner doubled up as a trainer-driver winning with Here On Earth (1:58.2) and newcomer Sports Teller (1:56.3).

The final dash of the evening had Proudofyatoday (Keith Ford) light up the tote board with a 1:58.1 win at 24-1 over heavily favoured Mr Matt Major N (Merner).

Live harness racing continues Thursday, May 8 at Red Shores Charlottetown. For full results from the Saturday card, click the following link: Saturday Results - Charlottetown Driving Park.

(Red Shores)