Cruising off a two-hole ride, Go With Her delivered an open length victory in track record fashion in the Lady Slipper Stake Thursday evening at Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
The lone division for Lady Slipper three-year-old trotters carried a healthy $16,200 purse and Go With Her was the main benefactor with a five-length romp in 1:59.4 to establish a new track record for sophomore trotting fillies.
Tequila Tuesday (Driven by Myles Heffernan Sr.) made a quick break in stride at the beginning but set up shop on the front end with a torrid :28.3 opening quarter followed by a half in :58.1. Three-quarters were reached in 1:28.2 but driver Brodie MacPhee and Go With Her bided their time until the stretch drive where she moved up past Tequila Tuesday to be first to the wire. Kuri White trains the winning daughter of Armbro Barrister–Southwind Faith for owners East Coast Captains of Cornwall. Gottogitmesum (Ambyr Campbell) was third.
Fireball Friday won the first $9,300 Lady Slipper split for two-year-old trotters for driver Heffernan and trainer Myles Heffernan, Jr., recording a 2:09.1 victory over Striking Pride (Gilles Barrieau) and Rainbow Valley (Paul Larrabee).
The second Lady Slipper division was claimed by Dusty Lane Milo as part of an Adam Merner driving triple. Owned by Marsha Knox of Stanhope and trained by Ron Gass, Dusty Lane Milo was on top at every call for a 2:04.1 triumph with A Little Go Go (Marc Campbell) second and the Trifecta being completed by Treasureonthewater (Brodie MacPhee).
Merner’s other victories came with Ms Moyse (1:58.2) for trainer Gass and with The Fox (1:59.4) from the Brendan Curran stable of Charlottetown.
Mile Hill Willie extended his winning streak to four in the $2,500 Open Trot stopping the clock in 1:58.1 for driver Barrieau, co-owner and trainer Paul Morrison and co-owner John Breau of Shediac Cape, NB.
Miss Kabana won the top pace of the evening for driver MacPhee in a 1:54.4 victory from the Gary Poulton stable of Charlottetown.
(CDP)
To view results for Thursday's card of harness racing, click the following link: Thursday Results – Charlottetown Driving Park.