Twin B Tuffenuff hangs on in feature

SUMMERSIDE, PE – Twin B Tuffenuff controlled the harness racing action from start to finish to capture the Tuesday evening featured Pace at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.

Corey MacPherson sent Twin B Tuffenuff ($3.60) to the front from post 2 in the race 13 $6,250 top class and supplied fractions of 27.1, 55.4 and 1:25 before holding off a charging Fast Louie (Driven by David Dowling) by a neck in 1:53 flat. Doc Awesome (Adam Merner) completed the triactor.

Ron Matheson trains the winning 11-year-old son of Rock N Roll Heaven for owner Patrick Morris of Charlottetown.

MacPherson celebrated a driving triple on the program as he also visited the winner’s circle with Smilin With Lou ($4) in the opener for trainer Bernard McCallum and Silver Jake ($25.20) in race 10 from the Devon Wallace Stable .

The P.E.I. Colt Stakes Graduate Series, presented by Red Shores, had a pair of $6,000 Grassroots divisions with the first split won by Income Approach ($4.40) and driver Keith Legge dictating every fraction in race 9 before stopping the clock in 1:54 flat for owner-trainer Rachael MacDonald. Dj Mustang (Ken Murphy) finished second with The Tulsa King (MacPherson) third.

The second $6,000 Graduate Series division in race 12 saw Good Omen ($7.70) and trainer-driver Paul Langille convert a pocket trip into victory to defeat Bettim Alive (Jaycob Sweet) and Howmac Exclusive (MacPherson) in 1:55.2. Rosanne Langille shares ownership of the Betterthancheddar five-year-old with Ellie Driscoll of Lower Onslow, N.S.

Legge recorded three driving victories on the program, also scoring with American Risk ($3.90) in 1:56 and Tobins Gem ($10.60) in 1:57.1, both for trainer George Rennison.

Race 7 was declared a no contest after Woodmere Chella (Dana Sweet) and Pineapple Express (Bill MacKay Jr.) made contact on route to the opening quarter with Pineapple Express going down in the incident. Both horses and drivers were uninjured in the mishap.

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

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For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores