Mappos Lion unleashes late to win

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – Mappos Lion (Sunshine Beach) unleashed a powerful stretch kick to capture the fourth harness racing event of the P.E.I. Free-For-All Series during Harness The Hope Night Saturday evening at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

Race favourite Ammo (Driven by Gilles Barrieau) controlled the tempo in the $10,000 race 13 feature through fractions of 27.1, 56.1 and 1:24.2 before Mappos Lion (Ryan Desroche) came charging out of third around the last turn to get home in 26.1 and score by a head in 1:51.2.

The Taylor Doyle-trained nine-year-old son of Sunshine Beach won his second straight for owners Hailee Currie of Rocky Point, P.E.I., and Carol Campbell of Baddeck, N.S. Mappos Lion paid $8.00 to win.

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Ammo finished second with Bee Two Bee (Jason Hughes) third.

The first $6,000 P.E.I. Colt Stakes Graduate Series Grassroots division went to Starship Glyde ($7.60) in race 12 for driver Paul Langille and trainer Earl Watts. The six-year-old son of Control The Moment stopped the clock in 1:53.3 for owner Windemere Farms of Springvale. Howmac Exclusive (David Dowling) was second with Bettim Alive (Jaycob Sweet) third.

Langille completed the Grassroots sweep in race 14 as trainer-driver of Good Omen ($4.40). The five-year-old Betterthancheddar gelding rallied from sixth to win in 1:56.2 for owners Rosanne Langille and Ellie Driscoll of Lower Onslow, N.S. Rosiesmightymoe (Barrieau) finished second with Woodmere Sinatra (Dowling) and Brookdale Layton (Ken Murphy) dead-heating for third.

Fast Louie ($5.60) delivered the fastest mile of the evening in race 9 for driver Dowling and trainer Jennifer Doyle. The five-year-old Sweet Lou gelding sat behind pacesetter Malevolent before taking over in the stretch and winning by three lengths in 1:51.1. Malevolent (Langille) was second with Allaboutthecash (Brady Sweet) third.

Dowling and Doyle teamed up again in race 11 with High Praise ($7.60), who prevailed by a head in 1:54.3 over Navalny (Sweet) and Rose Run X Con (Barrieau). The pair of victories put Doyle at 499 career wins as a trainer.

Live racing continues Tuesday evening at 6 P.M., at Red Shores Summerside.

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by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores