Longshot High Voltage Deo had to rally from the back but left his Preferred foes in the dust in a sizzling 1:51.4 mile as he upset the top class on Saturday, June 28 at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
The $5,500 Preferred 1 Pace headlined the 15-dash program. Odds-on choice Odds On Capitalism (Marc Campbell) cut the fractions of :27 and :55 but gave way at three-quarters of 1:24 as driver Corey MacPherson engineered a perfect brush on the outside to take command with High Voltage Deo ($39.30), who fired home in :27.4 to secure the victory by 3-3/4 lengths over Twin B Tuffenuff (Gilles Barrieau) with All Bets On Tex (Adam Merner) completing the triactor.
High Voltage Deo, a five-year-old by Sweet Lou-Electric Fool, races for trainer Brendan Curran and owners Alby Curran of Vernon Bridge, P.E.I. and the High Voltage Deo Group of Alberry Plains, P.E.I. He is now two-for-four this season and has won 13 of 60 career starts and earned $131,387.
Driver Adam Merner had a triple on the program with Pendleton Rodeo ($6.20) powering up in the final quarter to win Race 15 in 1:54.4 from his own barn, while Tradition ($4.50) got up by a head to nab Race 12 in 1:55.3 for trainer Gordie Hennessey, and Shadows Terror ($2.80) was a 1:54.2 winner in Race 7 from the Lenny Myers outfit.
Trainer-driver Paul Langille doubled up, with Nolans Magic Shui ($2.80) commanding from the start in Race 13 to win in 1:57.1, joining Malignity ($2.10) who hit the winner’s circle in Race 5 in a lifetime best of 1:52.3.
The Trevor Hicken stable sent out a pair of winners as Tony Too Tall ($8.80) won Race 8 in 1:53.3 for driver Myles Heffernan Jr., then Sonny Black ($12.60) won Race 11 in 1:54.4 with Myles Heffernan Sr. at the lines.
Racing continues on Tuesday afternoon for a special Canada Day program at Red Shores Summerside.
(With files from Red Shores)