Fresh off a lifetime best-performance, Woodmere Oleksiak will put her seven-race win streak to the ultimate test Sunday afternoon at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway on a mega-stakes program. The 11-dash Sunday card gets underway at 1:00 P.M.
Woodmere Oleksiak is shouldered with the far outside in the seventh race of the program in a $14,000 Lady Slipper Gold division for three-year-old pacing fillies. David Dowling will drive the daughter of Articulator from the Earl Watts stable for owners Windemere Farms of Hampshire, Hollis Newson of Cornwall, and Nova Scotia owners Ric McNutt and Debbie Denney as she looks to add to her $44,888 in seasonal earnings.
After a pair of runner-up finishes, Woodmere Tango has post four in the other $14,000 Lady Slipper Gold division for sophomore fillies. Clare MacDonald will drive her trainee as she looks to add to her $38,203 in seasonal earnings for owner Morah Kerr of Greenfield, N.S.
Red Dirt Boomer also has a streak on the line in the first $11,000 Joe O’Brien Memorial gold division. He leaves from post five in the fourth race with trainer Gilles Barrieau in the bike for owner Daniel Ross of Belfast, searching for his sixth straight score. The son of Malicious was a winner in a career best 1:55.4 his last start at Truro Raceway in Nova Scotia.
Red Dirt Rocknroll is the top choice in the eighth race for an $11,000 purse with Dowling at the controls for trainer Lenny Myers who co-owns with Jack Quinn of Charlottetown.
The lone Lady Slipper two-year-old trot division is slated the fifth race and features a $15,000 purse. Red Shores Charlottetown track record holder Incredible Hally draws post one for trainer-driver Marc Campbell and owners Calvin Larkin, Erika Bradley, Brian Fogarty and Herbie MacDonald.
Mile Hill Willie is the top pick in the third race, the first $9,500 Lady Slipper three-year-old trot division, for driver Gilles Barrieau and owner-trainer Paul Morrison. The champion son of Armbro Barrister won his last two starts with his latest in 1:59.2.
The other $9,500 three-year-old trot division has Maritime Champion Gettin Messi the heavy morning line favourite from post four with Mike McGuigan in the seat for trainer Len McGuigan and owner Jamie Whalen of Avondale.
The Atlantic Aged Pacing Mares Series final, sponsored by Standardbred Canada, caps off the stakes program in the eleventh race finale with $15,217 at stake. Sodwana Bay will look to rebound from a narrow loss in her latest from post six with Barrieau back at the lines for owners Wayne MacRae of Fall River, N.S., and Howmac Farms Ltd., of North Wiltshire. A winner of 11 of 16 races this season, the daughter of No Pan Intended has never been worse than second all season.
For more information go to redshores.ca. To view entries for Sunday's card, click the following link: Sunday Entries - Summerside Raceway.
(with files from Red Shores)