Euphoria Seelster's 1:57 Northside Downs track record for aged pacing mares only stood for one week as P L Betterway lowered the mark by one-fifth of a second in her absence with an 11 length romp in the ninth race on Saturday afternoon.
With the inside post advantage, the seven-year-old Camluck mare grabbed the lead and never looked back with Greg Bailey in tow for one of his five wins on the program. Favourite P L Betterway ($3.20) laid down opening fractions of :30.2 and 1:00.4 before opening up seven lengths on her foes en route to the 1:28.4 third quarter mark. She then extended that leading margin into the double digits down the homestretch to record the 1:56.4 triumph for trainer Katie Miller. Eileens David and Loch Monster, who finished second and third in Euphoria Seelster's record-setting mile last week, rounded out the top three finishers once again.
The victory the P L Betterway's third in a row and sixth in 25 seasonal starts for owners Jonah Moase of Cornwall, P.E.I. and Edwin Moase of Little York, P.E.I. She is now a 22-time career winner with $62,557 banked in purses.
Euphoria Seelster will race in the first leg of the Spud Island Classic this evening at Charlottetown Driving Park.
To view Saturday's harness racing results, click on the following link: Saturday Results - Northside Downs.