Soccer Hanover proved best of all in the featured $2,450 pacing event on a special Wednesday evening (Aug. 26) program at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.
Soccer Hanover and Corey MacPherson settled away last of five while Heart And Soul (Jason Hughes) led a :27 opening quarter. Soccer Hanover then rushed on the outside and was released to the lead by Heart And Soul at the :57.1 halfway point before passing three-quarters in 1:26 and closing the mile out in 1:55.4, beating Heart And Soul by over two lengths. Brandons Glory (Dale Spence) prevailed in the show photo.
Trainer Leith Waite co-owns Soccer Hanover, a six-year-old son of Dragon Again with Les and Spencer Waite.
MacPherson’s other driving wins were with Adventure Luck in 1:59.2 for Robert Williams, and Avenue Road Katie in 1:59 from the Phil Sizer barn.
Trainer Sifroi Melanson made a pair of trips to the winner’s circle on the program: Love In Paradise (David Dowling) was a front-end winner in 2:00.3, and Bouttagetlucky (Jason Hughes) had a maiden breaking victory of 2:02.4.
The evening's 10th race, won by Howmac Magic (Gilles Barrieau) in 1:58.3, featured a harness racing oddity: Fifth-place finisher Varadero Hanover (Dowling) was upended by one of his own progeny in Flowersonthebeach, who finished fourth for driver Ken Murphy.
Go to redshores.ca for race replays and more.
To view Wednesday's complete results, click the following link: Wednesday Results – Summerside Raceway.
(Red Shores)