By Nicholas Oakes For Red Shores
SUMMERSIDE, PE – The two-year-olds take centre stage Sunday afternoon at Red Shores Summerside Raceway as the Atlantic Sires Stakes resumes with top rookie pacers battling in Gold divisions.
The 13-dash presentation kicks off at a special post time of 4 P.M., to accommodate an earlier closure of the Confederation Bridge to celebrate the Terry Fox Run.
The other $20,020 filly A-division lands in Race 10 with undefeated Windemere Skye looking to keep her perfect season intact in her eighth career start. The Earl Watts–trained daughter of Somewhere Fancy has drawn post 8 with Marc Campbell in the bike after a dazzling 1:55 performance last week for owners Windemere Farms and Matt Burke. She faces seven foes including Baker’s Dozen (To be driven by Paul Langille) from post 1 and Saulsbrook Desi (Adam Merner) from post 4.
The other $20,020 Atlantic Sires Stakes A-division for two-year-old pacing fillies lines up in Race 13, with Woodmere Summer drawing post 1 for driver Paul Langille, trainer Kyle Williams and owners Dads Without Abs Stable. The daughter of Bet The Moon was second in her latest starts appearance in an A-division at Northside Downs in Nova Scotia. Her biggest dangers are Beach Jewels (Gilles Barrieau), Mysterious Ways (Jason Hughes) and Mattnificent Rose (Ken Murphy).
Two-year-old pacing colts headline in A-divisions worth $17,740 each in races 4 and 7.
The colts start A-action in Race 4 with Woodmere Mahomes the one to beat from post 1 for trainer-driver Barrieau and owner Daniel Ross after a string of sharp tries including a 1:57 Charlottetown win two starts back. Fire And Blood (Mike Downey) and Woodmere Kobe (Kenneth Arsenault) will try to spoil from posts 3 and 4, respectively, while Louie The Lip (Brodie MacPhee) has been a model of consistency from post 2.
Race 7 sees Zero Two Sixty favoured in his A-division clash with Barrieau driving for trainer Sifroi Melanson and owner Ultimate Stable of Greater Lakerburn, N.B. The son of Tobago Cays was a winner in his last two and will have to deal with Rollwiththewarden (Corey MacPherson) from post 2 and Sporty Anthony (Murphy) from post 4.
B divisions of the Atlantic Sires Stakes are also part of the program with $6,000 splits for two-year-old pacing fillies in Races 2 and 6, and for two-year-old pacing colts in Races 5, 8 and 11.
Fans can take in the action live at the track or tune into the Race Day broadcast at Redshores.ca. Wager from anywhere through HPIBET.com.
