No Plan Intended wins Charlottetown feature

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – In an unlikely route to victory, No Plan Intended stomped his rivals from last in the featured Preferred Pace on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 26) at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. 

The $3,800 featured pace had American Risk (Driven by Gilles Barrieau) press the issue from the rail, parking 9-5 second choice Time To Dance (Marc Campbell) to an opening quarter of 27 seconds flat while race favourite and eventual winner No Plan Intended ducked to last while spotting the field 17-lengths at the first station. Time To Dance ducked in the two-hole while American Risk continued to lead as the field finally bunched up and driver David Dowling moved No Plan Intended out into the outer flow second-over. The half was reached in 56.3 with Island Beach Boy (Brodie MacPhee) first-over to engage American Risk at the three-quarters of 1:26.4 and strike the lead in the final turn. No Plan Intended swung three-wide and rallied up to win by two-lengths in 1:55.2 over Stash It Away (Ken Murphy) with Island Beach Boy third. Jennifer Doyle trains the winning pacer for owner Danny Birt of Earnscliffe. 

Doyle also scored a training victory in the race 16 finale as Acrobat Hanover (Jason Hughes) prevailed in 1:56.1. 

Dowling also drove a pair of his trainees to victory for the triple as Middleton Terror (1:54.4) won race 3 and Youremyhearthrob (1:57.4) was victorious in race 8. 

Campbell had a trio of driving wins as he leads the driving colony for the 14^th straight season. The Orwell horseman won with Cabot Beach (1:56.1) for trainer Brent Campbell, Catch The Spark (1:58) for Brendan Mullen and Boys Turn (1:56.1) for trainer George Rennison. 

Former leading dash winning driver Kenny Arsenault had a pair of victories as a trainer-driver with Hippyjohn (1:59.1) and Usurper (1:56.1). 

Live racing continues Saturday (Dec. 2) and Sunday (Dec. 3) with 12:30 P.M. post times for each card. The programs will also feature the start of special second chance draws for customers presented by the P.E.I. Standardbred Horse Owner’s Association. 

For more go to Redshores.ca.

by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores