Free-legged pacer scores at Summerside

SUMMERSIDE, PE – There was no denying Wind Blown (Mach Three) in the Tuesday evening (Aug. 20) harness racing featured pace at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.

Paul Langille put the free-legged pacer on the lead in the $3,200 feature and kicked out opening splits of 27.3 and 56.2. Second-choice Woodmere Denny (Driven by Dale Spence) came calling first-over and raced the pacesetter past three-quarters of 1:25.

Wind Blown opened up in the final split to win in 1:53.1 with Woodmere Denny four-lengths back in second and Woodmere Ideal Art (Jason Hughes) third. It was the first win in six starts this year for Wind Blown.

Phil Sizer trains the winner for owners Doug Polley Jr., and Doug Polley Sr., of Nova Scotia.

The Gamester-Pinkney Cup eliminations for young pari-mutuel drivers were also held on the card with O’Leary cousins Brady Sweet and Jaycob Sweet landing in a tie for first place. Drivers Kyle Desroche and Brett Clow will join those two in the final to be held Aug. 27 at Red Shores Summerside. Four drivers from the Nova Scotia leg will also compete in the eight-horse final with that group consisting of Ryder Rennison, Keigan Madden, Brett Leblanc and Keith Legge.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores