Sugar Bowl bests Preferred mares

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – Sugar Bowl ($3.50) showed her class Thursday evening winning the featured Fillies and Mares Preferred 1 at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

Marc Campbell sent the daughter of Sweet Lou to the front in the $6,000 race 12 feature and went all the way, winning in 1:55 flat for trainer David O’Brien and owner Brian MacPhee of Mount Stewart. Windemere Saddy (Ken Murphy) sat second throughout and held that spot and Rosetown Mary rallied home third for Corey MacPherson.

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Trumps Girl ($2.60) captured the race 8 Fillies and Mares class in 1:55.1 with Marc Campbell in the bike to double trainer David O’Brien for owner Tommy Collings of Mount Stewart.

Owner Tommy Collings had another win on the night as Nobel Hanover ($5.80) opened the card with a 1:57.4 score for Brady Sweet and trainer Jeff Holmes.

Fight Song ($8.90) pulled off a narrow score in the $5,000 Open Trot in race 10 as Jason Hughes put the Ashley Gamester trainee on the lead and hung on by a nose in 1:56.4. Donald MacRae of Vernon Bridge owns the seven-year-old son of Kadabra. Flemsteen (Murphy) was second while Buckhead Ridge (Marc Campbell) completed the triactor.

Serenity Now ($2.20) helped double up Gamester in 1:58.2 with Hughes driving for owner Kurt Hughes.

The All Star Cresting Trot Series for three-year-old colts and fillies had a pair of $5,750 divisions. West River Karuna ($3.90) captured race 2 in 2:00.2 for driver Ken MacDonald, trainer Mary Clare MacDonald and owner Haley MacDonald of Charlottetown.

Hallysgurl ($2.50) dominated her All Star Cresting split in race 4 in 1:59.2 for driver Gilles Barrieau, trainer Darryl MacLean and owners Calvin Larkin and Erika Bradley.

Red Shores has a full schedule of events in the coming days with the Future Stars of Racing on Friday evening at 5:30 P.M. at Red Shores Charlottetown with a full complement of two-year-olds qualifying. Live racing continues at Red Shores Charlottetown Saturday at 6 P.M., then Red Shores Summerside will have two-year-olds qualifying Tuesday evening followed by a 6 P.M. card featuring the Atlantic Regional Driving Championship. The top two drivers in that event will move on to the National Driving Championship on July 26 at Clinton Raceway in Ontario.

For race programs, replays and more go to Redshores.ca.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores