Grand Slam for Gilles Barrieau

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – It was a grand slam for the Maritime’s harness racing Magic Man Saturday evening at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

Gilles Barrieau bagged four wins on the night including the featured preferred pace driving up the passing lane to win with Avatar J in 1:57.1. Danny MacDonald trains the winning pacer for owners Jody Sanderson of Cornwall and Dean Larkin of Ontario.

GA Speed Sammy (Driven by David Dowling) set the tempo in the $3,400 preferred pace with splits of 27.3, 58.1 and 1:27.3 over the track rated two seconds off. That front end pacer gave way in the stretch drive to finish third with first-over Bugsy Maguire (Marc Campbell) finishing second to have his win streak snapped at two.

Barrieau captured the first dash of the evening as Bet The Tide scored a maiden breaking victory in 2:02 from the Kevin MacLean stable of Kinross. The O’Brien award winning Barrieau won his other two races from his own stable as Dustylanegoliath started off his three-year-old campaign with a 2:00.1 triumph and Mc Pat had his first P.E.I. win in the finale stopping the clock in 1:59.

Panimal Kingdom won the $2,800 back-up class charging to the wire in 1:59.3 with Dowling in tow for trainer Colin Johnson and owners Debbie Element of Village Green and Bobbi Jo Matheson of Charlottetown. The son of No Pan Intended has been unheeded in two starts since coming to P.E.I.

For race replays and more go to Redshores.ca.

by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores