Brokeandoutofgas had enough left in the tank to capture the Fillies and Mares Preferred 2 Pace on Thursday, Oct. 22 at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park, while trainer Ashley Gamester notched three victories on the 14-dash program.

Gilles Barrieau guided Brokeandoutofgas ($6.30) from last in the five-horse field to win the $6,350 feature. The Tammy Collings-trained mare, fifth through :27.3 and :57 early splits, followed the cover of Rosetown Mary (Corey MacPherson) to three-quarters in 1:27 before taking command in the stretch and holding off Windemere Saddy (Ken Murphy) by a neck in 1:56. Rosetown Mary finished third.

Brokeandoutofgas, a five-year-old daughter of Arthur Blue Chip-Onehotvett, is also owned and was bred by Collings of Hazel Brook, P.E.I. She is now seven-for-27 this year and 23-for-88 lifetime with $93,120 in earnings.

Fight Song ($2.20) headlined the Gamester triple with a 1:56 victory in the $6,050 Open Trot in the seventh race. The seven-year-old Kadabra-Fortunes Of Fables gelding took command from West River Jet (Kenny Arsenault) passing the quarter in :28.1, then led through splits of :57 and 1:27 before finishing 1-1/2 lengths clear. West River Jet was second with Rina Labelle (Marc Campbell) third.

Donald MacRae of Vernon Bridge, P.E.I. owns Fight Song, who was driven to his eighth win of the year in 18 starts by Jason Hughes. He now has 41 lifetime victories and $294,123 in earnings from 149 appearances.

Hughes and Gamester also scored with MacRae’s Calamity Hour ($7.20), a four-year-old daughter of Huntsville-Always Encouraging who won the fifth race by a length in 1:57 off a front-end effort. Serenity Now ($3.10), also driven by Hughes, completed the trainer's triple with a nose decision in the eighth race. Owned by Kurt Hughes of Alexandra, P.E.I. the three-year-old Sportswriter-Silent Serenity filly closed in :28.2 to stop the clock in 1:56. Gamester has won 46 races this year from 318 starts for earnings of $332,807.

Driver Ken Murphy also enjoyed a three-win evening, including the fastest mile of the program with Ea Money Maker ($6.10) in the 11th race. The Saul Lanigan trainee rallied with a :27.2 final quarter to win the $5,200 event by three-quarters of a length in 1:54.4. Lanigan of Cambridge, P.E.I. co-owns the three-year-old Sweet Lou-Always B Dreaming filly with Chris Farrell of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Murphy’s other victories came with the five-year-old E L Rocket-Chuckys Princess gelding Camco Laraido ($8.70) by a quarter-length in 2:00.3 for trainer Mario Macri and owner Leah Ann Moyer of Summerside, P.E.I. and Youre So Sweet ($6.40), who won by a quarter-length in the 1:57.1 finale for trainer Mike Ramsay. Max Webster Stable of Inverness, N.S. and Ryan McLaughlin of Cornwall, P.E.I. own the four-year-old Always B Miki-Alexiss Beach mare.

Myles Heffernan Jr. recorded a training-and-driving double. His own Woodmere Cheetah ($19.40) opened the card with a 2:02 victory, while Lorne Valley Liv ($59.20) supplied the night’s biggest upset in the ninth race for Heffernan and owner Barry MacLeod of Cardigan, P.E.I. in 1:57.4.

Live racing continues Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Red Shores Charlottetown.

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

(With files from Red Shores)