Good Luck Kathy upsets field in Open Mares Pace

Big night for Hughes

It was a night to shine for Jason Hughes.

He tripled up and won the featured event on Saturday evening’s program at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. Good Luck Kathy threw the betting pools for a loop as she captured the $2,250 Open Mares Pace while defeating heavily-favoured Ramblinglily, driven by Walter Cheverie. Hughes used a two-hole ride behind pace-setter Shadows Mystery (Kenny Arsenault) through fractions of 28.1, 58.1 and 1:27.4, with Ramblinglily on the first-up attack in the short field that was scratched down to four with Prettndangerous sick.

Good Luck Kathy got up the passing lane in the stretch drive to win in 1:57.1 over Ramblinglily, with Shadows Mystery third. Jennifer Trainor conditions Good Luck Kathy for owner Danny Birt of Stratford. One of Hughes’s other wins came in the $1,900 back-up pace as he jumped behind Rose Run Quest for a dazzling 1:55.1 victory for trainer Marc Campbell, who was racing in stakes action in Nova Scotia. Blair Hansen of Charlottetown owns Rose Run Quest.

Hughes also won with Jetta Flys in an 11-length 1:58.2 romp for trainer Stephen Quinn of Stratford.

Trainer Jackie Matheson had two wins on the program – Four Corners (Gilles Barrieau) in 1:57.1, and Give Em Heck (Colin Sheppard) in 1:59.4. Driver Adam Merner put together a driving double on the 11-dash card, winning with Political Crisis in 1:59.2 and Cowboys Dont Cry in 1:59.1.

The total wager for the 11dash card was $32,257.