Machinthesand, under the command of Norris Rogers, burst off the starting gate to wire the field and claim the Canada Day Pace on Wednesday at Red Shores Summerside.
It’s the second win in a row for this duo after they raced to victory in the Sunday feature. The son of Mach Three, owned by Noonan Holdings Ltd. -- Russell and Karen Noonan of Summerside -- rolled through fractions of :28, :57.1 and 1:26.4 before firing off a closing panel of :28.1 to win by fourth lengths over Outside The Wire (Marc Campbell) and Oh To Be Me (Gary Chappell). The 3-6-2 triactor paid $68.40. The time of the mile was 1:55 flat for the Hughie Murphy-trained Machinthesand.
In other action, two veteran pacers, Life Savior, owned by Darla MacEachern of Kensington, and Blu Meadow Willie from the Robert and Brenda MacInnis stable, celebrated Canada Day with career victory number 55.
Tobins Beauty won the Woodmere Rose Memorial in 1:59.3. The four-year-old mare is co-owned by Robert Henderson of Ellerslie and trainer Clair Sweet. Walter Cheverie was in the bike for the score.
Cheverie recorded a driving triple on the program.
To view Wednesday's harness racing results, click on the following link: Wednesday Results - Summerside Raceway.
(Red Shores)