House Edge Hanover blazes to wire-to-wire feature win

SUMMERSIDE, PE – Being heralded as the post time favourite was not a recipe for success on the Tuesday evening harness racing program at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway as the bettor’s top choice only delivered in two of 14 dashes.

One race where the chalk choice made it to the winner’s circle was the top event as House Edge Hanover ($2.30) had driver Jason Hughes hustle the Ron Matheson trainee to the front from the rail in the $6,250 race 13 feature and never looked back. The son of Betting Line went through fractions of 27.3, 57.2 and 1:27 before sprinting home in 27.3 to win in 1:54.3. The five-year-old is owned by Everette Hanson of Maugerville, N.B., as Doc Awesome (Driven by Corey MacPherson) sat the pocket and finished second with Sauble Attack (Ken Murphy) third.

HOUSE EDGE HANOVER REPLAY

Hughes was a four-time winner on the program as Starship Destiny ($8.00) took race 2 in 1:59.3 for trainer Mario Macri, and Woodmere Ideal Art ($7.70) used the rail to his advantage in race 12 as Hughes guided the 11-year-old veteran to a head victory in 1:58.4 for trainer Sifroi Melanson.

Abiding Art ($4.50) delivered a front-end score in race 7 with Hughes in the bike for trainer George Rennison stopping the clock in 1:56.2.

Driver Paul Langille was a three-time winner on the program.

The evening opened with an upset as Do Or Di ($25.90) and Langille defeated the maiden pacing colts in 2:01 for trainer and owner William Mackay Jr..

Starship Slx ($18.20) swept wide and struck in race 9 for Langille and trainer Earl Watts, winning in 1:59.4 and Nofool Tobago ($5.70) closed out the 14-dash program in race 14 as Langille put the Garth Cole homebred on the lead and held on by a nose in 1:58.3.

Live racing continues Thursday evening at 6 P.M., at Red Shores Charlottetown. For more go to Redshores.ca.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores