Mando Fun wins SRW feature

From the moment the wings folded on the starting gate, it was all open road for Mando Fun as he guarded the rail and was on top the entire mile in Sunday’s featured at Red Shores at Summerside Raceway.

Dale Spence was in the bike for the crowning moment of his three-win afternoon at the Prince County oval. Leaving from Post 1 in the $2,200 top class, Mando Fun was sent to the lead and laid down brisk fractions of 27.2, 57 and 1:27 while keeping race favourite Machinthesand (Ken Murphy) completely out of the picture. Mando Fun closed out the mile in 1:57 while winning by four open lengths over Machinthesand while Pictonian Storm (Austin Sorrie) finished third. Mando Fun is co-owned and trained by Paul Biggar of Tyne Valley along with co-owner Donald Callbeck of Kensington. Spence had his other visits to the winner’s circle with Jds Double Dose in 1:59.2 from his own Tyne Valley stable, and with Goodmorning Ky in 2:00.1 for trainer Frank Banks of Summerside.

JJ Powerball captured the $1,800 back-up class for rookie trainer-driver Sorrie of Montague, who co-owns the colt with Tammy Collings of Hazel Brook. The three-year-old son of Image Of Dawn stopped the clock in 1:58.4 as he surpassed $30,000 in career earnings with the victory. Second went to Woodmere Ideal Art (Jason Hughes) while Coast-tocoastshark (Spence) was third.

Live racing continues on P.E.I. this week with Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park racing Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon while Summerside has its final program of the season Sunday, Oct. 28, in the afternoon.