Lady Cafe Au Lait rockets to 7th straight win

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – Lady Cafe Au Lait extended her win streak to seven-straight in the Thursday evening harness racing feature at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

The 14-dash program saw Lady Cafe Au Lait ($2.70) capture the $6,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred 1 in race 13 for driver Marc Campbell, trainer Earl Watts and owners Windemere Farms of Springvale and Matt and David Burke of Stratford.

The four-year-old daughter of Big Jim blasted off the wings from the assigned outside post 8 and cleared to the lead past the opening quarter of 27.3. Lady Cafe Au Lait put up fractions of 55.3 and 1:25.2 before digging in through a 27.2 final quarter to win in 1:52.4. Trumps Girl and driver Adam Merner sat the two-hole and battled hard to finish second with Redland Misspretty (Driven by Paul Langille) completing the triactor ticket.

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Marc Campbell had three driving wins on the card, also winning with Skip Across and Buckhead Ridge.

Skip Across ($41.10) supplied the largest win price of the evening with a 19-1 upset in race 3. Campbell drove the Betterthancheddar mare to a 1:58 victory for trainer and co-owner Stanley Harper and owners Tara Harper and Ryan Wilkie of Stratford.

Buckhead Ridge ($5.20) got the better of favourite Flemsteen in the race 11 Open Trot in 1:55.3. Campbell engineered the winning trip for trainer Landon Campbell and owner Brady Doyle of Stratford as the six-year-old son of Nuncio cut fractions of 29.2, 58.3 and 1:28.1 before trotting home in 27.2.

Corey MacPherson had the hot hands on the program with five driving wins.

MacPherson started his five-win night with Lila Berry ($11.50) in the race 1 opener in 1:55.4 for trainer Mike McGuigan and owner Little Pond Stables of Little Pond.

Little Louis ($2.10) was much the best in the $8,250 Allstar Cresting Trot Series for three-year-old colts in race 4. MacPherson drove the E L Rocket gelding to an 11-length victory in 1:58 for trainer Kuri White and owner East Coast Captains of Cornwall.

Ms Moyse ($3.40) took race 5 in 1:57.2 for MacPherson, trainer Adam Merner and owners Olivia May, Quaid Hately and Andrew Cameron of Charlottetown, then Sectionline Flame ($2.80) captured race 12 in 1:53.4 for MacPherson, trainer George Rennison and owners Rennison Racing Inc. of Truro, N.S.

Sensational Gal ($9.50) completed the five-bagger for MacPherson in race 14 with a 1:53.1 victory for trainer Nicholas Oakes and owner J D Racing Inc. of Cornwall.

Adam Merner had a training double on the program with Ms Moyse and Fallon.

Fallon ($3.40) captured race 10 in 1:56.1 for trainer-driver Merner and owners Marsha Knox and Kyla Macdonald of Stanhope

McGuigan also had a training double with Lila Berry and Oceanview Nikki.

Oceanview Nikki ($7.80) won the race 8 trot in 1:56.4 for trainer-driver McGuigan and owners Josh Macdonald of Little Pond and Gordon Coles of Charlottetown.

The $8,250 Allstar Cresting Trot Series for three-year-old fillies was in race 2 with Hallysgurl ($2.10) delivering as the heavy favourite. Gilles Barrieau drove the Muscle Mass filly to a front-end score in 1:59.1 for trainer Darryl Maclean and owners Calvin Larkin of Mermaid and Erika Bradley of Charlottetown.

Freaky Fanny ($8.90) won race 9 for trainer-driver Darren Crowe to cap off a large night for owner Josh Macdonald of Little Pond. The Artspeak mare stopped the clock in 1:54.

Total handle for the 14-dash card was $176,124.

Live racing continues at Red Shores Charlottetown with the new Saturday post time of 5 P.M. that will be carried through every Saturday in July and August at both Red Shores Properties. For a full racing schedule and more go to Redshores.ca.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores