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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 day s 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., and owner Jackie Heffernan. The mile lowered the former rookie filly record of 2:04.3, which was held jointly by Maple Leaf Spirit and Time Warp.
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 for owners Kickin Horse Stable of York and William Andrew of Alberta.
The Kyles Williams stable was perfect on the afternoon card as the Tyne Valley conditioner sent horses to the gate in three races and won every event. Offshore Cowboy kicked off the action in Race 1 in line to Gilles Barrieau in a 1:59.1 win followed by a 1:59 lifetime best performance by Howmacs Hank (MacPherson) in Race 3. Williams and Barrieau reunited in Race 6 as Ruby Rae Crow had her first career win in 1:59.4.
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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-hole while Moonwriter continued to lead and found the half-mile marker in :57 then got a breather in the third split of 1:27. Theycallmedude (Ken Murphy) and Soccer Hanover came calling in the stretch drive but Moonwriter hung on for a 1:56.2 win. Theycallmedude was second with Soccer Hanover third.