Ammo, Get Wings capture in P.E.I. series wins

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – Ammo and Get Wings delivered front-end harness racing victories in the $10,000 P.E.I. FFA Series Saturday evening at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

Marc Campbell, who had four wins on the program, engineered the winning trip behind Ammo ($2.30) in race 14 for trainer Ron Matheson and owners Pat Morris of Charlottetown and Woodmere Farms of Marshfield. The six-year-old son of Sweet Lou cut fractions of 26.4, 55.2 and 1:24 before opening up to win by three-and-a-half lengths in 1:51.3. Arbitrage Hanover (Driven by Ken Murphy) was second with Nuttin But Finesse (Mike Downey) third.

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Get Wings ($2.10) took the other P.E.I. FFA Series split in race 12 with Campbell in the seat for trainer Vaughan Doyle and owners Gary Ford of Stratford and Janet Kinney of Wheatley River. The four-year-old Bettors Wish stallion went to the lead and never looked back, stopping the clock in 1:54.1 over Merigo Magic (Adam Merner) and Blood Money (Downey).

In P.E.I. Colt Stakes Grassroots division action, Redeyetoshanghai ($17.90) upset the race 8 $6,000 division in 1:54.4 for driver Adam Merner and owner-trainer Wade Myers and co-owner Jack Matheson of Charlottetown. The win was part of a training double for Myers, as Redeyetoshanghai’s full brother Shanghai Whiskey ($2.30) won an overnight race in 1:56.4 in line to Marc Campbell earlier on the program.

Starship Glyde ($4.60) took the race 3 P.E.I. Colt Stakes Graduate Series Grassroots division in 1:54.3 for Paul Langille as part of a training double for Earl Watts. Windemere Farms of Springvale owns the winning son of Control The Moment.

The other $6,000 P.E.I. Colt Stakes Graduate Series Grassroots division went to Brookdale Layton ($4.20) in 1:55 for driver Gilles Barrieau, trainer Phil Sizer and owners Doug Polley Jr., and Doug Polley Sr., of Amherst, N.S.

The Tulsa King ($5.20) won the Fed Ex Pace in race 5 in 1:54.3 for Barrieau, trainer Mike McGuigan and owners Josh MacDonald of Little Pond and Mike Dicks of Wabamun, Alta.

The first two-year-old winner of the season on P.E.I., was Woodmere Rock It ($4.50), who was a sharp winner in race 4 for driver Corey MacPherson, trainer Jamie Smith and owner Thestable Woodmererock It of Guelph, Ont. The two-year-old Tobago Cays gelding stopped the clock in a snappy 1:56.4.

The finale saw T H Boomtown ($3.70) land in the winner’s circle for Barrieau, trainer Matheson and owners Dr. Don Ling and Wayne MacDougall of Stratford. The Captain Crunch gelding won in 1:53.3 over One Wicked Man (Kenny Arsenault) and Malignity (Langille).

Merner doubled up from his own barn winning with Maintenance Man ($4.70) in 1:54.3 for owner Brittany Watts of Springvale and a maiden score with Cattlewash three-year-old Al Ahmar ($4.60) in race 2 in 2:00.2 for owner Tommy Collings of Mount Stewart.

Total handle for the 15-dash program was $143,851.

Live racing continues Wednesday afternoon for a special Canada Day presentation at Red Shores Summerside with a 12:30 P.M. first race post time. For more go to Redshores.ca.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores