Bee Two Bee dominates for 4th straight win

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – Bee Two Bee was all business in the featured Preferred 1, cutting it with authority and pacing away in 1:54.3 for his fourth straight harness racing victory on Saturday afternoon at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

Bee Two Bee ($4.00) slammed out the fractions in 28, 58.2 and 1:27.3 before winning by one-and-a-half lengths in 1:54.3 over Merigo Magic (Driven by Adam Merner) and House Edge Hanover (Gilles Barrieau). Jason Hughes had the winning drive in the $5,500 Preferred 1 Pace for trainer Ashley Gamester and owners Donald MacRae and Blair MacLauchlan.

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Hughes and Gamester also teamed up in race 12 to win with Laughagain Hanover ($10.00) in 1:59.

Trainer Clifford Murphy made two trips to the winner’s circle, both with son Ken Murphy in the bike, as Abc ($3.30) got it done with a confident late kick to win in 2:00.2 and All Bettor ($54.00) landed the upset to win in 1:57.2.

Corey MacPherson tripled up as a driver on the day winning with Wind Blown ($3.00) in 1:55.2 for trainer Phil Sizer, along with a pair of wins from his own barn aboard Th Spikey Mikey ($2.60) in 2:00.4 and Mr Rielly ($6.60) in 1:57.1.

Race 5 was the Steamatic PEI Restoration Professionals Pace as Buddysnvirgins ($31.70) sat third most of the way, then launched to the line in 2:00.3 for driver Gilles Barrieau and trainer Darrell Neill.

The day also featured a Match Race between The Grinch and Santa Claus and it was Santa who took top honours to save Christmas with a narrow score driving Heatherspet. The Grinch and Stonebeachlily were closing hard to have their plans foiled in second.

Live racing continues Tuesday evening at 6 P.M., at Red Shores Charlottetown.

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For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores