Summerside, PE – Machinthesand, under the command of harness racing driver Norris Rogers, burst off the starting gate to wire the field and claim the Canada Day Pace Wednesday at Red Shores Summerside.
It's the second win in a row for this duo after they raced to victory in the Sunday feature. The son of Mach Three, owned by Noonan Holdings Ltd- Russell and Karen Noonan, Summerside, rolled through fractions of 28, 57.1, and 1:26.4 before firing off a closing panel of 28.1 to win by fourth lengths over Outside The Wire (Marc Campbell) and Oh To Be Me (Gary Chappell). The 3-6-2 triactor paid $68.40. The time of the mile was 1:55 flat.
In other action, two veteran pacers, Life Savior, owned by Darla MacEachern, Kensington and Blu Meadow Willie from the Robert and Brenda MacInnis stable, celebrated Canada Day with career victory number 55.
Tobins Beauty won the Woodmere Rose memorial in 1:59.3. The four-year-old mare is co-owned by Robert Henderson, Ellerslie and trainer Clair Sweet, O'Leary. Walter Cheverie was in the bike for the score. Cheverie recorded a driving triple on the program.
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By Lee Drake