Therealprincess dazzles in AtSS to remain perfect

Therealprincess (Source Of Pride) improved her season’s record to three-for-three with a dominant win in the Atlantic Sires Stakes season opener on Friday (Jun. 17) at Truro Raceway.

The sophomore filly, coming off successive wins in the P.E.I. Colt Stakes and Donnie and George Turner Memorial, gunned straight for the front from post two on the wet surface in the Friday A division contest. Corey MacPherson got her there before stopping the clock on the first quarter mile in :28.1.

Therealprincess headed her three-year-old pacing filly rivals through :58.3 and 1:28.2 middle panels and created five lengths of separation from them as she cruised to the finish for a 1:56.3 victory.

Orrsterror (Gilles Barrieau) finished second. Mystical Gal (Dale Spence) was third. The win price was the $2.10 minimum.

THEREALPRINCESS REPLAY

Therealprincess has won eight of her 15 career starts and earned $52,188. Eddy Doucette trains the $10,000 Atlantic Classic sale purchase and co-owns her with fellow Kensington residents Blaine Thibeau, Gordon Macleod, and Grant Mann. At two, the filly won a Gold division of the Lady Slipper Stakes and an Atlantic Sires Stakes A event.

The card also featured two divisions of the Phil Pinkney Memorial – recently renamed from the Nova Scotia Stake in honour of the late legendary horseman – for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings.

Alldawaytocardigan (Tobago Cays) took the inaugural division. He wrestled away the lead from Rollwithhottytoddy (Gilles Barrieau) in the first quarter and led every remaining step to score in 1:55.4 for trainer/driver Myles Heffernan, Sr. Rollwithhottytoddy finished second, well clear of third-place finisher Elm Grove Quiggly (Marc Campbell).

ALLDAWAYTOCARDIGAN REPLAY

Alldawaytocardigan is undefeated through four starts now this season. The gelding won divisions of the Dawn Bremner Memorial, P.E.I. Colt Stakes, and Donnie and George Turner Memorial. He is five-for-17 lifetime with a $26,839 bankroll. Jackie Heffernan of Glace Bay owns the gelding.

Fern Hill General (Malicious) went coast-to-coast in the second division after a strong early push for the front. Brodie MacPhee guided him to the win in 1:57.2. He beat Fern Hill Gusto (Campbell) by a length-and-a-half. Elm Grove Quail (Paul Langille) was third.

FERN HILL GENERAL REPLAY

Earl Smith trains Fern Hill General, who is now on a two-race winning streak after taking a split of the Donnie and George Turner Memorial last out. The gelding has earned $49,298 lifetime and won eight times in 17 tries. Peter Smith of Stratford and Gerald Morrissey of Charlottetown share ownership.

Three-year-old pacing fillies also contested two B divisions of the Atlantic Sires Stakes.

Kinda Like Royalty (Westwardho Hanover) got a second-wind after a first-up trip to win in 1:59 for driver Darin Crowe and trainer Joseph Baxter, who co-owns with Karen Williams. It was the filly’s first career win in five starts.

Cutter Loose (Stonebridge Terror) captured the second group in 1:59.1 for trainer/driver Marc Campbell. The McR Cutter Loose Group owns the filly that is now two-for-14 lifetime.

The Atlantic Sires Stakes resumes with two- and three-year-old trotters on Jul. 12 at Summerside Raceway. The sophomore fillies will be back on Jul. 15.

For Atlantic Sires Stakes standings, click here.

Truro Raceway will be back in action on Friday, Jun. 24.

For complete race results, click here.

by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Harnesslink