Windemere Skye remained undefeated on Tuesday, Aug. 12 during Old Home Week in Atlantic Sires Stakes (ATSS) action for rookie pacing fillies at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
The Earl Watts-trained daughter of Somewhere Fancy-Howmac Missy left from the rail and handled all rivals in winning her $15,540 A division in 1:57.2. Marc Campbell rated her to :29.1, :59.3, and 1:29 splits, and the filly cruised to a 2-1/4-length victory over Exhilarating (James MacDonald), with Saulsbrook Desi (Brodie MacPhee) three lengths further adrift in third.
Windemere Skye ($2.10) is perfect in four starts with $18,880 in earnings for owners Windemere Farms of Springvale, P.E.I. and Matt Burke of Stratford, P.E.I.
The other $15,540 ATSS A division for two-year-old pacing fillies went to Going For Blood and trainer-driver Kenny Arsenault. She drove on to take command approaching the quarter in :28.2 and went to the half in :58.3 before the favoured Fallon (Adam Merner) flew up to challenge her as they turned for the backstretch. Fallon was asked for all she had, taking a one-length lead at three-quarters in 1:28, but she could not finish off Going For Blood, who fought back on the final turn. Going For Blood put away Fallon at the top of the stretch, then impressively battled on to resist pocket-sitter Woodmere Summer (Paul Langille) by a half-length in 1:58.3. Woodmere Summer finished second, followed by Mysterious Ways (Jason Hughes).
Going For Blood ($8.90), a daughter of Blood Money-Rolling Going Gone, has won three straight races. She is three-for-six and has earned $19,824 for owners Peter Smith of Stratford and Gerald Morrissey of Charlottetown, P.E.I.
The $6,000 B divisions of the ATSS for the rookie pacing fillies went to Mattnificent Rose ($6.30) for driver Ken Murphy and trainer Joe Baxter in 1:58.1, Bakers Dozen ($6.70) in 1:59.2 from the John Clarey barn for driver Langille, Electraflying ($4.40) and driver James MacDonald in 1:58.2 for trainer Darryl MacLean, and Elm Grove Uncannie ($3.20) in 2:00.1 for Murphy and Baxter.
Kapueno ($4) captured the Carolyn “Soup” Gormley Memorial with Paul MacKenzie driving for trainer Vaughan Doyle in Race 1. Nova Scotia Strong ($4) won the Gordon Neill Memorial in Race 3 with a 1:55.1 trip for trainer-driver Mike McGuigan.
Run For The Money ($5.40) won the fifth-race Poulton Family Memorial in 1:57 for trainer-driver Brady Sweet.
Western Delight N ($5.40) prevailed in the P.E.I. Energy Systems Pace in Race 7 in a 1:55.3 effort for trainer Luke Burke with Ryan Desroche in the driver’s seat.
Wizard ($17.80) circled the field in 1:57.1 for the duo of driver Adam Merner and trainer Alan MacDonald in the Angela Roberts Smith Friends & Family Pace in Race 9
Pendleton Rodeo ($10) hit the line first for trainer-driver Merner in a 1:55.4 clocking in the Paul Weeks Memorial in Race 11.
Abc ($3.60) opened up to win the Kier Jones & Allie Carr Memorial in the Race 13 finale in 1:56.2 for trainer Clifford Murphy and driver MacKenzie.
Live racing continues Wednesday evening at Charlottetown with the Atlantic Sires Stakes for two- and three-year-old trotters.
To view Tuesday's harness racing results, click the following link: Tuesday Results - Charlottetown Driving Park.
(With files from Red Shores)