Our Girl Annie still undefeated with Lady Slipper Gold win

SUMMERSIDE, PE – Win streaks are made to be broken but Our Girl Annie (Arthur Blue Chip) has yet to step out of the spotlight after another victory of her undefeated harness racing career in Lady Slipper stake action Sunday afternoon at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.

Trainer Eddy Doucette had Our Girl Annie razor sharp as she sat fifth at the start then was asked by driver Corey MacPherson to circle up in the second lap to win her $17,100 Lady Slipper Gold division for two-year-old pacing fillies in 1:57.4. Speakingofshadow (Driven by Mike McGuigan) shook loose from the pack to finish second ahead of Itsuptoyou (Gilles Barrieau). The filly improved her record to four wins from four starts with $17,110 in earnings for owners Blaine, Jennifer and Jessica Thibeau of Kensington.

OUR GIRL ANNIE REPLAY

Rock N Roll Cays made a three-wide move at the half-mile station as she went on to win the other $17,100 Gold division for rookie fillies in 1:58.1 for trainer Jeff Holmes, driver Ken Murphy and owner Hardcore Racing of Belfast. The Tobago Cays filly was the best over Woodmere Jade (Myles Heffernan Sr.) and Singing Ramona (Adam Merner).

The $8,550 Grassroots filly splits were claimed by Howmac Jazzy Girl (Pang Shui, Damian MacLellan) in 2:01.4, Gosistersoulsister (Arthur Blue Chip, Merner) in 2:00.4, Too Much For You (Malicious, David Dowling) in 2:00.3 and Scarlet Summer (Barrieau) in 2:00.

A Fishermans Son (Arthur Blue Chip) received the jackpot in an adventurous $27,200 Joe O’Brien Memorial Stake Gold division for two-year-old colts that saw two recalls before the start, an early break in stride by divisional heavyweight Tobins Profit (Jason Hughes) and the five-race win streak of Malignity (Paul Langille) snapped. Danny Gillis Jr., was in the race bike as the colt sat fourth and came second-over at the half to chase down the first-over Malignity in the final quarter. The Walter Walker trainee stopped the clock in 1:55.4 to win by a length-and-a-quarter over Malignity while Baconabiscuit (Marc Campbell) finished third. Walker owns the colt with the Estate of Angus MacInnis of Mabou, N.S.

A FISHERMANS SON REPLAY

The grassroots division for pacing colts carried a $13,600 purse with Starship Glyde (Control The Moment, Dowling) delivering as the heavy favourite in a time of 1:59.3 in his split while The Midnight Train (Hes Watching, Darren Crowe) won the other division in 1:59.

Sailor Blue closed hard to win the $4,300 leg of the Island Ocean Trot Series, presented by JD Marine and Diving Inc., in 2:00.1 with Murphy at the lines for trainer Holmes.

Live racing continues Tuesday evening at 6 P.M. at Red Shores Summerside. Go to Redshores.ca for race replays and a complete live schedule.

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by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores