Rosetown Mary finds passing lane to her liking

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – Rosetown Mary found her best stride at the perfect time Thursday evening to capture the featured Fillies & Mares pace at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

ROSETOWN MARY REPLAY

Corey MacPherson guided Rosetown Mary ($6.90) from post 3 in the $4,650 race 9 feature, striking the front first and releasing Moon Bound (Driven by David Dowling) to the front at the 28.1 opening quarter.

Moon Bound’s stablemate, Shake N Blake (Ken Murphy) came calling at the half of 59.2 and surged to the lead going to three-quarters of 1:28.4. Rosetown Mary was buried in third and found her way up the passing lane in the stretch to surge to a 1:57.3 win for trainer MacPherson and owners Rosetown Stable of Stratford and Taylor MacPherson of Cornwall. Saulsbrook Pika (Kenny Arsenault) closed sharply for second while Brokeandoutofgas (Landon Campbell) completed the triactor.

Staggerette ($3.20) kicked off the program with a front-end score in 1:58.1 to double up trainer-driver MacPherson in 1:58.4 for owner Kickin Horse Stable.

Dee delivered the biggest upset of the night in race 7, paying $37.90 to win for driver Adam Merner and trainer Ashley Gamester. The four-year-old daughter of Bettors Delight defeated Therealprincess (Mike Downey) and Islebetu Islebeatu (Ryan Desroche) in 1:57 for owners Robi and Simon Hughes of Stratford. The triactor paid out at $1,624.

Merner had a driving triple also winning with Lady Llamrei ($3.90) in race 3 from his own barn and Neptune Seelster ($2.70) for conditioner Michael Gallant in race 8.

Live racing continues Saturday evening at 6 P.M. at Red Shores Charlottetown.

For race replays and more go to Redshores.ca.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores