G A Speed Sammy sped through through the open stretch to take the featured pace at Charlottetown Driving Park on Saturday (June 5).
Trained by Colin Johnson, G A Speed Sammy, drafted a two-hole ride in the $3,400 Preferred Pace behind Avatar J through splits of :27.4, :56.2 and 1:24.4, then fired up the inside to win by a length in 1:53.4. Day Delight closed in the stretch drive to finish second while Avatar J hung on for third. David Dowling drove the winner.
With the victory, Red Shores recognized Johnson in a winner's circle presentation for notching his 3,500th training win.
Barrieau was the hot commodity of the evening with a quartet of wins on the Saturday card to increase his Charlottetown win total to 38, with second place Dowling now at 23 victories. Barrieau scored a pair of wins from his own barn with three-year-old pacing colts Steel Reefer (1:59.1) and Dustylanegoliath (1:55). The New Brunswick native also teamed up with trainer Ron Matheson to win with Ashes To Ashes (1:58.2) while his other win was in a lifetime best performance with Betterthanbutter (1:56.3) from the Ron Gass barn.
Trainer Jeff Holmes went undefeated on the night winning with Burn Out Hanover (1:56.1) in line to Corey MacPherson and with Rose Run Quest (1:56.3) with Dowling in the bike. The Orwell trainer has won all of his last five races.
Total handle for the card was $81,229.
Live racing continues Thursday (June 10) and Saturday (June 12) at Red Shores Charlottetown and Friday (June 11) at Red Shores Summerside with 6 p.m. (ADT) post times for all programs.
(Red Shores)
To view Saturday's harness racing results, click on the following link: Saturday Results - Charlottetown Driving Park.