Navalny cruises to victory

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – Navalny (Control The Moment) guarded the rail and made every call a winning one in Saturday evening’s $3,750 feature harness racing pace at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

Brady Sweet engineered the front-end journey with the Jeff Holmes trainee and kept the seven-horse field at bay through a 1:56 trip. The Control The Moment gelding is owned by Dale and Ronnie Rennie Inc., of Elmsdale, P.E.I. T H Boomtown (Driven by David Dowling) was second best with Gator Hanover (Adam Merner) completing the triactor ticket. Navalny paid $3.90 to win.

NAVALNY REPLAY

The Bevan Bros. Plumbing & Heating pace in race 5 carried a $3,700 pot and saw Bettim Alive ($8,40) prevail in a blanket finish. Jason Hughes guided the Lazarus N colt to a neck decision in 1:57.4 for trainer Jeff Lilley holding off Five Star Dragon (Merner) and Friar Voltaire (Brady Sweet).

Driver Merner stole the show with four winners, capturing race 1 with Regret Nothing ($8.20) in 2:00.2 for trainer Earl Watts, race 3 with No Mo Fear ($10.10) in 1:56.1 for trainer Paul Doyle, and with a pair of his own trainees as race 6 went to Check Your Source ($10.80) in 1:57.0 and race 7 saw Sports Teller ($3.60) win in 1:57.2.

Stratford reinsman Jason Hughes answered with three victories of his own, winning race 2 with St Charlesfireball ($20.70) in 1:58.1 for trainer Vaughan Doyle, race 4 with Texasdrifter ($18.90) in 1:57.3 for trainer Kyle Wilkie ($18.90), and race 5 with Bettim Alive.

Live racing continues Monday afternoon for a special Labour Day Program at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway. The Monday program also includes National Caretakers Appreciation Day presented by Standardbred Canada, Red Shores, PEI Harness Racing Industry Association and Prince County Horsemen’s Club. Caretakers will be recognized with merchandise and prize draws for their contribution to our industry.

For more go to Redshores.ca.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores