Wind Blown repeated in the $5,000 Preferred 2 Pace on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at Red Shores Summerside Raceway, capping a big night for driver Paul Langille.
Wind Blown ($3.50) reached the front nearing the quarter and never looked back, pacing :27.3, :56.2, and 1:26 panels and completing the mile in 1:55. Sauble Attack (Ken Murphy) was a quarter-length back in second with Mantario (David Dowling) third.
Wind Blown, trained by Phil Sizer for owners Doug Polley Jr. and Doug Polley Sr. of Amherst, N.S., is eight-for-25 this year. Tuesday's victory was his third straight since returning to the East Coast from Ontario, and his second Preferred win in a row. The eight-year-old son of Mach Three-Wind Warning has won 36 times and earned $379,919 in 151 lifetime appearances.
Langille’s grand slam also included victories with Southwind Ricochet ($2.20) in 1:57 for trainer Earl Watts, Howmac Maximus ($3.30) in 1:55.2 for conditioner Tammy Collings, and Brokeandoutofgas ($4.90) in 1:56.1, also from the Collings barn.
The $3,350 Peter Coughlin Memorial in Race 3 went to Midnight Love ($2.60), who went all the way in 1:59.3 with Dowling in the bike for trainer George Rennison.
The Nicholas Oakes stable doubled up for owner Milton Young as Brigus ($4) captured Race 6 in 1:57.1 with Adam Merner in the seat, and Doctor Grenfell ($4.40) went wire-to-wire in 1:56.2 in Race 9, also with Merner engineering the winning trip.
Trainer Taylor Doyle made two trips to the winner’s circle, sending out Sharky ($2.10) to a 1:58.3 front-end score in Race 2 with Corey MacPherson at the lines, then later clicking in Race 8 when Mappo Oriley ($2.10) romped in 1:56.2 with Dowling driving.
Dowling completed a driving triple as Jack Boswall ($2.90) won Race 10 in 1:56.1 for trainer Keith MacDonell.
Live racing continues on Thursday evening at 6 p.m. at Red Shores Charlottetown.
To view Tuesday's harness racing results, click the following link: Tuesday Results - Summerside Raceway.
(Red Shores)