New Brunswick natives strong on Canada Day card

SUMMERSIDE, PE – Canada Day celebration saw representation from a variety of harness racing provinces at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway but it was the New Brunswick contingent that got a major slice of the action.

Quispamsis, N.B., native Dale Spence had the hot hands on the day with four winners on the Canada Day program. Spence clicked with Starshipzodiac (1:58.1) for trainer Reece Williams, Whiskey Terror from the Kyle Williams barn and Jay Little Spark (1:58.3) and Melody Maker (1:56.4), both for trainer Greg MacInnis.

Chris Davies, who grew up in Saint John, N.B., scored a training double to give New Brunswick training and driving connections six notches on the day. Davies trainee Midnight MacNeill won in 1:56.4 in race 1 and stablemate Stoney Curtis was a 1:57.3 victor in race 10, both with Ken Murphy above the wheels.

Century Invictus led all the way to grab the $3,500 featured pace in race 11 with a mile time of 1:55.4 for trainer-driver Jason Hughes and owners John and Tommy Collings. Sauble Attack (Spence) was second ahead of Frontier Cruiser (Adam Merner).

Soccer Hanover won the Canada Day Pace in race 8 with a 1:57.3 victory for driver Norris Rogers and trainer Leith Waite of Kensington.

David Dowling and Brookdale Maggie claimed the race 5 Summerside Legion Branch 5 pace with a mile time of 1:59 for trainer Phil Sizer, a native of Ontario to throw another province into the mix on Canada’s Birthday.

Live racing continues Sunday afternoon with a special 12:30 P.M. program at Red Shores Charlottetown.

Go to Redshores.ca for more information.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores