With an open-length, gate-to-wire victory, Saulsbrook Ian was grinning for his picture in the featured $3,000 Clarence Farm Services Ltd. Pace on Friday evening (Aug. 11) at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
Corey MacPherson handled the driving chores behind Saulsbrook Ian for trainer Jamie Smith and owner Red Oak Stables of Charlottetown. The time of the mile was 1:55 over a track rated two seconds off with Avatar J (David Dowling) second ahead of Revenant (Adam Merner). The victory was number eight of the season for the son of Betterthancheddar from just 10 seasonal tries.
The Old Home Week program featured a quartet of memorial races with Leavin Bruises running away with the race four Pat Murphy Memorial in 1:57.3 for driver Jason Hughes, trainer Wade Myers and owners Basil Hunter and Douglas Molyneaux.
The race five Bob Connelly Memorial had Slate N double up for trainer Myers, this time with Dowling in the seat for owner Sandy Myers in a 1:59.2 victory.
Stellar Feller won the David MacDonald Memorial in race seven for driver Marc Campbell and trainer Chris MacKay in 1:57.
Midnight Mood capped off the night in race nine winning the Neal Moase Memorial in 1:58.1 in line to Ken Murphy from the Alan Gregory stable.
Live harness racing continues Saturday at 4 p.m. featuring a 15-dash presentation with the first two $12,500 trials of the Gold Cup and Saucer, presented by the Atlantic Lottery Corporation.
To view Friday's harness racing results, click the following link: Friday Results - Charlottetown Driving Park.
(Red Shores; Photo of Saulsbrook Ian winning on May 21 at Truro Raceway)