CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – Grinding out a gritty first-over journey, Time To Dance kept his win streak alive in the harness racing featured event Saturday night on the second half of a special Saturday doubleheader at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
In his fourth straight victory, Time To Dance was launched first up by driver Marc Campbell heading to the half-mile marker on pacesetter Rose Run Quest (Driven by Gilles Barrieau) and got up for a narrow victory in the stretch drive in 1:53 in the $3,200 featured preferred pace. Campbell trains Time To Dance for owners Brent Campbell of Charlottetown and Matt McDonald of Edwards, Ont.
The 14-dash card hosted the P.E.I. Colt Stakes for three-year-old pacing colts and fillies in eight $8,400 divisions.
Campbell was the big winner of the evening program with five winners as he steered Joes Beauty to a 1:56.1 win for trainer Stephen Mason in an $8,400 three-year-old pacing filly P.E.I. Colt Stakes split.
Campbell also won both $3,620 Atlantic Aged Pacing Mares divisions, sponsored by Standardbred Canada, from his own barn as Dreamfair Zenfire won in 155.2 and Arc Light scored in 1:54.4.
Campbell's other driving win was with the Danny Romo trained Imalookertoo in 1:55.1 in a $8,400 P.E.I. Colt Stakes three-year-old pacing colt division.
Trainer Tom Weatherbie won a pair of filly divisions with Kiss Me Im Irish (Brodie MacPhee) in 1:55.4 and Live And Let Di (Kenny Arsenault) in 1:55.1. The other filly division was claimed by Saulsbrook Ocean (Dale Spence) in 1:58.1 for trainer Joe Baxter.
The $8,400 P.E.I. Colt Stakes divisions also saw wins by Mr Kelly (Adam Merner) in 1:55.3 from the Ron Gass stable, Tobins Rebel in 1:56 for trainer-driver Barrieau and a 12-1 upset by Little Manny (Stephen Trites) in 1:56.4 from the Charles Miles stable.
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by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores