Revington steps down
Manager leaves Red Shores to focus on family
After three years running racing for Red Shores, Brett Revington stepped down from his position Friday.
After taking over as racing experience manager on July 26, 2010, Revington decided the timing was right after coming off a twoweek vacation.
“Over vacation my wife and I thought about it a lot and we decided to make the change now,” Revington said Thursday. “My kids are five and eight now and are getting involved with a lot of extracurricular activities and I want to be involved with that. ( Working at Red Shores) was a big time commitment and at this stage I want to be more involved with the kids.”
He has no career plans for the immediate future, as he looks at his options and decides what is best for himself and his family.
“I really enjoyed my time here,” Revington said of living on P. E. I. “It was a tremendous experience. The industry is solid here and will continue to grow.”
Michael MacKinnon, Red Shores managing director, says Revington’s former position will be filled quickly, with the position first offered internally, then open to the public if a suitable replacement is not found.
“It will be a real quick process,” MacKinnon said. “It is an important role and I know it is seen as that. And we are on it. With the vacancy that we have, we have a team of folks that are all chipping in to make sure from the product service that we offer, we don’t miss a beat. We will follow our standard hiring practices as an organization. It will be open and transparent and we will start with an internal posting and we will be looking for good leadership, accountability and, of course, some experience. And I think we have some of that here internally.”
MacKinnon has only worked at Red Shores since May, but he says the quality field Revington assembled for the 2013 Gold Cup and Saucer is a testament to the work he does.
“It is always good to bring a different perspective and different experiences to a role and I think we absolutely benefitted from that. We certainly wish him the best.”
Revington currently serves the volunteer role as active director for P. E. I. on the Standardbred Canada board, and intends to stand for reelection this fall. Maritime scene Ramblinglily made a little bit of history Sunday at Truro Raceway.
The three- year- old daughter of Articulator was a winner in her $ 14,440 division of the Donnie and George Turner Memorial stake in 2: 00.3, beating the colts with Brodie MacPhee at the lines. Maritime racing historian Pat Eastwood points out that she is only the fourth filly to win the stake in 21 years and is the only horse to win from the eight- hole during that time. In winning the race, she knocked off two of the top threeyear- Saturday at 1 p. m. at Red Shores Charlottetown: Race 1 – Canadian Rocket Race 2 – Phantom Beau Race 3 – CJ Bluefin Race 4 – Taliesin Race 5 – Capitalism Race 6 – Saulsbrook Alana Race 7 – Wonderous Hanover Race 8 – Dumas Walker Race 9 – Donna Conda Race 10 – Dianna Santanna Race 11 – Mach Vegas Race 12 – The Rev Race 13 – Roscoes Child Race 14 – Freddy My Boy old pacing colts in Untouchable One and Forever Paradise. The other division went to The Rev ( Danny Romo) in 1: 59. P. E. I. scene The six Island Breeder’s finals highlight the Saturday afternoon card at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
They feature four $ 13,000 pacing finals and two $ 7,500 finals for trotters. Of interest, the two- yearold pacing filly final has garnered only six entries, presumably due to Saulsbrook Alana being so dominant so far this year. In the threeyearold pacing colt final, top sophomore Untouchable One will not be there as he has been reportedly sold to U. S. interests.
The nominees are out for the Standardbred Canada board elections. The board has been restructured since the last elections in 2010, when Atlantic Canada had three active member directors and three breeder directors. The overall size of the board has been reduced across the country, with Atlantic Canada now electing one track director, one breeder director and active director. Mitchell Downey of New Brunswick and Tony Zuethoff of Nova Scotia will face off for the role of Atlantic Breeder director, while active director is between Nova Scotians Darren Crowe and Alexander MacDonald, Bob Roach from New Brunswick and Revington from P. E. I. The position of track director goes to P. E. I.’ s Kent Oakes without election, as no one else ran. Voting for the election closes Dec. 18.
My condolences to the family of Kevin Campbell, who passed away this week. Kevin was the son of Blair Campbell, a prominent breeder in North Wiltshire and member of the P. E. I. Harness Racing Industry Association. Who’s hot Freddy My Boy has been razor sharp since finding himself in the Hicken stable.
Now capably handled day- today by Jordan Hicken of Charlottetown, the Force Of Life six- year- old has two victories under his belt. The last win was a 1: 56.4 front end romp with Marc Campbell in the bike. He is favored to win in race 14 Saturday at the CDP with Gilles Barrieau in the bike. Barrieau put the horse’s 1: 56.1 lifetime speed badge on him during Old Home Week 2013.