Trumps Girl charged off a golden trip to capture the $6,050 Fillies and Mares Preferred 1 Pace on Thursday, Oct. 1 at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

Marc Campbell, a four-time winner on the card, sat second with Trumps Girl ($7.80) in the feature as Windemere Saddy (Ken Murphy) cut fractions of :27, :56.2 and 1:24.4. The Mike McGuigan-trained Trumps Girl battled past the leader in the stretch to win by half a length in 1:53.1. Windemere Saddy was second, with Miss Dutton (Ryan Desroche) third.

Trumps Girl, a five-year-old daughter of Always B Miki-Wind Damage Blues, is owned by Tommy Collings of Mount Stewart, P.E.I. She upped her seasonal tally to seven wins from 26 starts and is now 16-for-84 lifetime with $179,404 in earnings.

Fight Song ($4.50) was dominant in the $6,050 Open Trot in Race 10 for driver Jason Hughes and trainer Ashley Gamester. The seven-year-old son of Kadabra-Fortunes Of Fables controlled the fractions of :28.1, :57.2 and 1:26.1 before closing out the mile in 1:54.4. West River Jet (Kenny Arsenault) out-duelled Buckhead Ridge (Marc Campbell) down the lane for second, 1-3/4 lengths behind the winner. 

Fight Song, who has now won four of his last five starts against the Island's top trotters, is six-for-16 this year owner Donald MacRae of Vernon Bridge, P.E.I. Thursday's win was his 39th lifetime from 147 appearances, raising his bankroll to $283,098.

Campbell’s other victories came with Starship Laska ($4), Woodmere Kennedie ($4.40) and Hosskat ($19.70). Starship Laska stopped the clock in 1:55.3 in the fourth race for trainer Earl Watts and owners Windemere Farms of Springvale, P.E.I. and Kyle Williams of Coleman. P.E.I. Woodmere Kennedie was a 1:56.2 winner in Race 11 for trainer Landon Campbell and owner Mike Pollard of Stratford, P.E.I. Hosskat closed out the 13-dash program in 1:54.4 for Campbell, trainer Lenny Myers and owners Matthew and Liam Myers of Stratford.

Trainer Mike Ramsay doubled up on the program with Nevaeh Divine ($5.70) and Youre So Sweet ($2.20), both driven by Ken Murphy. Nevaeh Divine captured the fifth race in 1:58 for owner Walter Deagle of Inverness, N.S., while Youre So Sweet went all the way in the eighth in 1:55.4 for owners Max Webster Stable of Inverness and Ryan McLaughlin of Cornwall, P.E.I.

Watts also recorded a training double on the card with Starship Laska and Quiet Hour ($3.70). Quiet Hour won the second race in 2:03 with Paul Langille in the bike for owners Windemere Farms, Mike Currie of Cardigan, P.E.I. and Jerry MacKinnon of St. Peters Bay, P.E.I.

Live racing continues on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. with the first day of the Atlantic Breeders Crown Weekend Of Champions, presented by the Prince Edward Island Standardbred Horse Owners Association.

To view Thursday's harness racing results, click the following link: Thursday Results - Charlottetown Driving Park.

(With files from Red Shores)