Carnivore wins spring meet opener

Charlottetown, PE – Carnivore, under the command of harness racing driver Walter Cheverie, won the feature race during opening night of the spring meet Saturday at Red Shores Racetrack & Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

Carnivore, owned by Valleygrove Farms, Kensington and trained by Marvyn Webster, turned back Tempo Seelster (Vince Poulton) for the victory in 1:57.3. Outside the Wire (Jason Hughes) was third. The 4-3-1 triactor returned $51.70.

Torpedo Seelster and driver Corey MacPherson captured the opener with a 2:00 performance for trainer Ron Gass and owners Jim MacPhail and George Rogers, Alberta, Darcy Murphy, NB. MacPherson also scored with newcomer Useful Hanover from the Jason Sherry stable of Kensington.

Driver Brian Andrew recorded a driving double on the program. Andrew was joined in the winner's circle by Ocean 100's Megan MacKinnon when he guided Every Day to victory in the 4th race. It was MacKinnon's top pick when she joined the broadcast team for a pre-race interview. Andreoli Hanover gave Andrew is second winner with a top effort in race 6. Mark Bradley was the winning trainer.

Gary Chappell also climbed the driver standings scoring twice aboard Time To Get Jiggy for owner Paul Conway and My Lucky Killean from the Dr. Mary Mcniven stable of Nine Mile Creek.

Wager for the 10 race program was $30,162.

For complete results go to www.redshores.ca

Lee A. Drake