Former WEG circuit competitor Proven Lover proved to be the top pacer of the night as he went wire-to-wire in the $2,400 Saturday feature at Charlottetown Driving Park
while horseman Marc Campbell, a six-time winner on the program, was undoubtedly the star of the card.
The popular Proven Lover and driver Gary Chappell cut out fractions of :28.3, :57.2 and 1:26 en route to victory in 1:54.4. C L Eighty (Jason Hughes) finished one and a quarter lengths behind off a pocket trip while Pans O Silver (Brodie MacPhee) followed in third.
The six-year-old son of Real Desire-Loving Proof, owned by Walter Simmons of Summerside and Casey Gavin of Tignish, PE, was making his first start out of the Stacey Lund barn. He has won four times in 26 starts to earn $73,680 this year.
Trainer-driver Marc Campbell enjoyed a productive evening at Charlottetown as he drove six winners on the 12-race program – three of which were his own pupils.
Campbell drove Joba Rules (2:00.3) to victory for Earl Watts and Windsong Gaillard (2:02.4) for John Pineau in the second and third races before he doubled up with his own pupils Moneyhaha (2:00.1) and Benny Rabbit (1:58.4) in the fifth and sixth. Hueys Boy (1:59) won the eighth race for Sean MacSwain while Grayland Hill (1:58) completed Campbell's training triple in the 10th race.
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