Charlottetown, PE – Best Risque, with Walter Cheverie driving for harness racing trainer Brian Ladner, won the mares open in one of two featured events Saturday at Red Shores Racetrack & Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The time of the mile was 2:00.1 over a track rated as "good" with a two second variant. Sendmeasign (Kenny Arsenault) and General Luckypercy (Ron Matheson) completed the top three. It was the second score of the day for Cheverie after Bad Date, trained by Harold Hill, pulled off an upset over Lyndale Royal.
The race was named in honour of Willow Warrior who led the post parade by Mark Bradley and later presented with a retirement cooler as the Curran family joined the mare for her final tour of the legendary CDP oval. Bradley also recorded a driving double on the program with wins aboard Lisfinny from the Jay Noye stable and Wynnfrith for Buntainwood Farm, Brackley Beach, PE and trainer Nicholas Oakes.
Smiley Bayama, owned by Shelley and Alexis Gass, Cornwall, won the co-feature in 2:00.2. Ron Gass did the driving and engineered back to back winning performances for the pacer.
Driver Vince Poulton made two trips to victory lane with Whosurwinner, trained by Deanna Clow, and IDK for his brother conditioner Gary Poulton and sister Gail MacDonald who owns the seven-year-old son of Stand Forever-Magical Sum.
Osprey Impact captured the trot class for owner-driver Paul Larrabee while Fightmaster (Michael McGuigan) clocked the fastest mile of the day of 1:59.1.
For complete results go to www.redshores.ca
By Lee Drake