By Nicholas Oakes For Red Shores
SUMMERSIDE, PE – Wind Blown owned the feature while David Dowling owned the night, bagging five winners Tuesday at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.
Wind Blown was iron-tough in the race 7 $5,000 Preferred 2 pace, fronting every call for trainer Phil Sizer and owners Douglas Polley Jr., and Douglas Polley Sr. Paul Langille put the Mach Three gelding on the point and never looked back in 1:54.3 over Mantario (Driven by Dowling) and House Edge Hanover (Brodie MacPhee). It was the second straight Summerside tally for the now $377,419 earner.
Dowling’s five-pack started early when Starshipzodiac ($9.60) got up late to win the opener in 1:56.4 for trainer Robert Williams. Dowling then sent maiden-breaker Twomacsonemoon ($2.10) down the road in race 4 in 1:59.2 for Garnet Arnold, then controlled race 9 — the Happy Retirement Plain Jane Pace — with Mcland ($7.60) in 1:57.1 for Chris Davies. In race 10, Dowling was placed first by officials from the Atlantic Province’s Harness Racing Commission to land Dont Come Lookin ($6.90) in 1:57.4 for a double from the Davies stable, and he capped the night guiding the class-dropping American Risk ($2.40) to a snug 1:56.4 score in race 14 for trainer George Rennison.
It was a banner evening for the Tyne Valley operation of Greg MacInnis, who authored a training double. Longshot sophomore filly Anniemosity ($34.00) never flinched on the engine to take race 3 in 1:58.1. MacInnis completed the double when three-year-old Arthur Idlam ($7.30) dug in to take race 12 in 1:56.3 with a brave, wire-to-wire effort. Both winners were driven by Ryan Desroche.
Adam Merner turned in a driving quadruple. He sent Graceful Moment ($4.00) gate-to-wire in race 2 in 1:59.2 for trainer Trevor Easter, won race 6 with Brigus ($4.60) for trainer Nicholas Oakes in 1:56, controlled race 8 with the classy mare Harlequin Romance ($2.50) in 1:59.1 for Jason Biggar, and lit it up in race 13 when Doc Awesome ($15.60) brushed by late in 1:54.1 for the Darla MacEachern barn.
Live racing continues Thursday evening at Red Shores Charlottetown. For programs, replays and the Race Day broadcast, visit Redshores.ca.
