Badgirl Bridgette Storms To Victory In CDP Preferred
Badgirl Bridgette’s late uncovered push from fourth landed her in the winner’s circle in the $6,350 Fillies and Mares Preferred Pace on Thursday, Nov. 12 at Charlottetown Driving Park.
The five-horse field was aligned single file with 3-5 chalk Brokeandoutofgas (Gilles Barrieau) at the helm through :27.3, :56.2 and 1:25.2 fractions. David Dowling right-lined Badgirl Bridgette approaching the third station, and the four-year-old blasted home in :28.4 to win going away by 2-3/4 lengths in 1:54.4. Tobins Brownie (Adam Merner) finished second, followed by Brokeandoutofgas.
The winning daughter of Stonebridge Terror-Whatabadgirl notched her seventh win of the campaign from 20 starts for owner-trainer Bill Lanigan of Montague, P.E.I. Thursday’s tally was Badgirl Bridgette's 27th lifetime, raising her bankroll to $190,016 in 45 outings. The win price was $4.70.
Fight Song lengthened his reign over P.E.I.’s top trotters as he recorded his sixth straight victory in the $6,050 Open Handicap Trot.
The gelding grinded overland through the first panel to reach the engine at the quarter in :28.3, and Jason Hughes rated him to a :58.3 half and 1:28.2 three-quarters. Rina Labelle (Landon Campbell) arrived from fourth down the backstretch, putting the screws to the leader into the final turn, but Fight Song brushed off that threat and sailed home under no urging to win by a measured three-quarters of a length in 1:57.4. West River Jet (Ken Arsenault) closed along the outside for place. Rina Labelle was third.
Fight Song’s streak, made up of five Opens and the Island Oceans Trot Series final, has carried his 2026 record to 10-for-20 for trainer Ashley Gamester and owner Donald MacRae of Vernon Bridge, P.E.I. The seven-year-old son of Kadabra-Fortunes Of Fables is now 43-for-151 lifetime with $300,173 in the bank. He paid $2.80 to win.
The card also included three first-leg divisions of the PEIHRIA Fall Series for pacing fillies and mares. All entrants must have made at least 10 starts on P.E.I. this season.
Dollys Sky ($27.40) upset in the $4,000 opening split, for those that earned between $4,001 and $6,000 this year as of Sept. 30, as she rallied to a 1:59 score for driver Ken Murphy and trainer Mario Macri. The 10-year-old daughter of Dali-Towners Skylark won by a half-length for owner Vance MacMillan of West Cape, P.E.I.
Whiskey Station ($3.60) cut the mile on the way to a 2:00.1 victory in the first $3,500 split for earners of less than $4,001 this year. Gilles Barrieau piloted the four-year-old Papi Rob Hanover-Dewar N Soda mare to the 1-1/2-length win for trainer Darrell Neill, who shares ownership with Ryan Neill.
Princess Halo ($2.30) took the second $3,500 dash by 1-1/2 lengths in 2:00 with Brady Sweet at the lines. The six-year-old daughter of Hilarious Halo-Promise Me Hanover is trained by Hailey Cole for Garth Cole of Kensington, P.E.I. and Alfred Baglole of Freetown, P.E.I.
To view Thursday’s harness racing results, click the following link: Thursday Results - Charlottetown Driving Park.
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