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After defeating the top pacers in Prince County harness racing last week, Hunger Pangs will search for another victory in the Monday evening top class at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.

A historic P.E.I. Colt Stakes doubleheader will kick off at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday (Sept. 18) at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park, and undefeated East Coast phenom Fern Hill General will face his fiercest test to date on the afternoon card.

Another track record fell on a special stakes Sunday (July 25) at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway featuring Canada’s oldest Standardbred stakes race, the P.E.I. Colt Stakes. The 15-dash card saw stakes events in every race, with Defriended rewriting the track record for two-year-old fillies by way of a 2:04.1 performance in the days fourth race. Myles Heffernan Sr. drove the record-setting daughter of Amigo Hall in her $7,000 P.E.I. Colt Stakes division for trainer Myles Heffernan Jr., a...

Coming from worst to first, Woodmere Skyroller delivered as the post time favourite in the top event of the evening Thursday at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. Corey MacPherson supplied the winning steer for trainer Kevin MacLean and owner Reg MacPherson of Stratford as the champion daughter of Rollwithitharry won in 1:58.1 over a muddy track rated two-seconds off. Gonna Fool Ya (Driven by David Dowling) was first to the lead in the $2,900 Fillies and Mares pr...

A hard-hitting group of pacing mares will meet Thursday evening (July 22) for the top event at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The Capital oval will host 12 dashes Thursday with the $2,900 featured fillies and mares pace lining up in Race 11. Woodmere Skyroller has the outside in that field of six with Corey MacPherson picking up the driving duties again for trainer Kevin MacLean and owner Reg MacPherson of Stratford. The daughter of Rollwithitharry was third ...

On a day of extreme speed, Screen Test found the biggest winning performance of his life with a 1:53.4 romp in the featured pace Sunday afternoon (July 18) at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway. In line to Corey MacPherson in the $3,100 Preferred Pace, Screen Test went to the front from post 6 and was unchallenged for the duration of the mile on his way to a seven-length victory for a lifetime best. Power Of A Cruiser was second while Moonwriter was third. Ron Gass trains the winning horse fo...

Moonwriter fired to the lead and never looked back in the featured pace on a special Canada Day program Thursday as Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway celebrated 135 years of racing. In rein to Marc Campbell in the $2,900 featured event, Moonwriter hustled to the lead from Post 4 while race favourite Soccer Hanover (Driven by Corey MacPherson) tried a move to the front heading to the initial 28.2 quarter. Soccer Hanover’s early bid was repelled as he was forced to settle back in the three-h...

Moonshine Monday may have left from the second tier in his Atlantic Sires Stakes trot division but driver Myles Heffernan, Sr. still found a way to leave sharply and put himself in position for the win Tuesday evening at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway. The $19,620 Atlantic Sires Stakes-PEIHRIA two-year-old trot division had Berts Legacy (Driven by Paul Lanigan) fire sharply to the front in a :32.4 opening quarter with Moonshine Monday following her helmet at the beginning to get away thir...

The finest pacers in Eastern Canada will resume their rivalry in Saturday evenings (June 5) $3,400 Preferred Pace at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The 10-dash Saturday presentation has a 6 p.m. opening post time, with the Preferred lining up in the evenings ninth race. Time To Dance gets rail control in the featured event in line to trainer Marc Campbell for owners Brent Campbell and Matt McDonald. The son of A Rocknroll Dance saw his win streak snapped at e...

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