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Platine Alpha took sole possession as the winningest harness racing horse at the Hippodrome 3R this season, scoring a neck triumph in a nail-biting stretch drive finish Friday afternoon. The lone three-year-old filly racing against older mares in the Preferred-Handicap Pace, driver Pascal Berube looked to leave with Platine Alpha, then took back as Fancy Girl (Francis Picard) went right to the front along with Godiva Mackiavelyc (Simon Delisle) to the opening quarter mile in :28. As the field came around the turn towards the half mile, race favourite Playa Duharas (Stephane Gendron) came firs...

The capital oval will host nine dashes on Saturday evening, getting underway at 6 p.m. Bugsy Maguire is assigned the outside post 5 in the $3,400 Preferred Pace after winning the class his last two starts. Marc Campbell will pick up the catch drive for the Wade Sorrie stable and owner Walter Simmons. The Bettors Delight seven-year-old was driven aggressively the first two starts of the meet by Austin Sorrie, and now Campbell will look to engineer the horse’s third straight win. GA Speed Sammy makes his second P.E.I. start in the race from post 1 for driver David Dowling and trainer Colin ...

Last Comment: May 13, 2021 9:16 am ET | 1 Comment(s) | Jump to Comments Large purses are again for the taking at The Meadowlands, with this Saturday’s (May 15) program highlighted by a pair of Graduate preliminaries and the $141,250 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial. The Cutler Memorial, the second high-prize trot on the calendar, drew a stacked field of 10 mixed with heavy hitters of yester season and those trying to break through into the big leagues. Forbidden Trade, the 2019 Hambletonian winner, makes his first start since Aug. 2020. The now five-year-old stallion by Kadabra scratched from the...

Driver Austin Sorrie put the pedal down on Bugsy Maguire from the start and never relinquished the lead on his way to a victory in the Preferred Pace on the opening program of the summer meet at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park Saturday (May 8). Leaving hard from post 4 in the $3,200 feature, Bugsy Maguire was first to the front over a rain-soaked oval in cool windy conditions with a five-second variant. He led through fractions of :30.1, 1:02.3 and 1:34.3 before closing the mile in 2:03.1. Favourite Avatar J was second while Screen Test rounded the triactor t...

The track maintenance crew at the Hippodrome 3R had the half mile racing oval in prime shape for opening day of the 2021 harness racing season. Mickeymaksomespeed and driver Richard 'The Black Cat' Simard took full advantage of the fast track, sizzling to the lead and never looking back in the Preferred Pace feature. Simard left with Mickeymaksomespeed from post five and had a three-length lead on the field by the opening quarter in :27.2, then led to the half mile in :56.4. Then they opened up at the three-quarters in 1:26 and were leading by six lengths at the top of the stretch.