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Sophomore stakes action returned to Red Shores for Sunday afternoon harness racing with the P.E.I. Colt Stakes at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.
The afternoon featured 14-dashes of the P.E.I. Colt Stakes for three-year-old pacing colts and fillies.
Chip Of Evil (Arthur Blue Chip) started her three-year-old campaign on a winning note, stopping the clock in 1:57.2 in her $18,400 P.E.I. Colt Stakes Gold division with Corey MacPherson in tow for trainer Eddy Doucette and owner Inarush Stable of Kensington. Fern Hill Indigo who was driven by Brodie MacPhee was a close second ahead of Rollwithitdarling and Marc Campbell.
High Roller (Big Jim) won the other $18,400 Gold split in 1:56.2 over Dusty Lane Dixie and Sensational Gal. Adam Merner drove the winning filly for trainer Melissa Rennie and owners Marsha Knox and Cory Livingston.
The $9,200 P.E.I. Colt Stakes Grassroots divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies saw victories by Promise Me Later (Articulator) in 1:59.4, Redland Peaches (McWicked) in 1:57.2, Tobins Hottie (Source Of Pride) in 1:59.1, Thinkingofeddie (Pang Shui) in 1:59.1 and Woodmere Luna (Arthur Blue Chip) in 2:00.1.
In Gold action for three-year-old pacing colts, Jackies Boy (Tobago Cays) won a $18,200 division in 1:56.3 over Good Omen and Little Leroy. Myles Heffernan Sr., was at the lines of Jackies Boy for owner-trainer Myles Heffernan Jr.
The other $18,200 sophomore colt Gold division of the P.E.I. Colt Stakes saw Merigo Magic (Tobago Cays) dominate the entire mile to win in 1:56.3 for trainer Rennie and owners Mike May, Herman Mcquaid, Derrick Cameron and Ian Walker. Pauls Crown got the deuce with Check Your Chip completing the triactor.
The $9,100 P.E.I. Colt Stakes Grassroots divisions were won by Mappo Oriley (Sunshine Beach) in 1:57, Reassurance (Stonebridge Terror) in 1:58, Kiss My Bet (All Bets Off) in 1:59.4, Jack Boswall (Tobago Cays) in 1:57.3, and Saulsbrook Litten (Big Jim) in 2:02.
by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores
