Get Wings slugs out Preferred victory

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – Get Wings made his move count in the Saturday evening feature at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

The 13-dash program was headlined by the $6,250 Preferred Pace in race 12, where Get Wings ($3.10) delivered as the favourite in 1:53.1 for driver Jason Hughes, trainer Vaughan Doyle and owners Gary Ford of Stratford and Janet Kinney of Wheatley River.

Twin B Tuffenuff (Driven by Gilles Barrieau) cut out the fractions of 28, 57 and 1:25.2 before Get Wings advanced from fifth and battled on the outside to a one-length victory. Twin B Tuffenuff was second while Fast Louie (Ken Murphy) finished third.

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In other action, Adam Merner and Paul Langille had the hot hands on the evening with four wins each.

Merner started his mastery with Oceanview Lou ($6.30) in race 2, winning by four-and-a-half lengths in 1:55.4 for trainer Tom Weatherbie then Rocks Shining Star ($8.10) captured race 7 in 1:54.2 for trainer David O’Brien and owner Tommy Collings.

Freight Air ($4.70) then delivered in race 8 with a 1:55.4 score for Merner and trainer Neil Bambrick.

Trainer O’Brien and owner Collings supplied Merner his fourth win in race 9 as Trumpster Blues ($2.10) was much the best, scoring in 1:53 flat.

Langille kicked off the card in race 1, giving a maiden record to Zendayaskrackrjack ($13.50) in 2:01.4 for trainer Tom Weatherbie as part of a training double for the Charlottetown horseman. Mr William ($17.90) captured race 3 in 1:57.1 for Langille and trainer Kyle Marchbank then Big Pond Cash ($4.60) controlled race 4 and held strong in 1:56.3 for Langille and trainer Earl Watts.

Gigis Dream ($2.10) was a front-end winner in the race 13 finale with Langille in the bike to double trainer Earl Watts in 1:54.3.

High Praise ($9.10) closed out a tight race 11 finish in 1:58.3 for driver Murphy to bring trainer Jennifer Doyle just 10 wins shy of 500 in her career.

Live racing continues Tuesday evening at Red Shores Summerside featuring the Atlantic Regional Driving Championship at 6 P.M. For race programs, live broadcast and more go to Redshores.ca.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores