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August 14, 2015
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Kyle Burton
Maritimes Best to be Showcased at Old Home Week
The best two and three-year-old pacers and trotters from the Maritimes will be showcased during Old Home Week harness racing action at Red Shoes at the Charlottetown Driving Park over the next week. A full slate of Atlantic Sires Stakes events will take centre stage at the historic Charlottetown oval.
Saturday afternoon’s racing action will include the three-year-old pacing fillies, with two ‘A’ divisions each going for an impressive purse pool of $12,980. Three $2500 ‘B’ divisions of the pacing fillies will round out the afternoon card of racing. First race post time on Saturday is 1 pm.
Atlantic Sires Stakes racing action continues on Monday at the Charlottetown Driving Park when the three-year-old pacing colts have their chance to shine. A total of six divisions of the pacing colts will be showcased on the afternoon race card which begins at 1 pm.
Tuesday’s race card will include the two and three-year old Atlantic Sires Stakes-Meridian Farms trotting events. Meridian Farms, Atlantic Canada largest Standardbred breeding operation, is a major sponsor of the Atlantic Sires Stakes trotting events. The two-year-old trotters will go in three divisions and the three-year-old trotters will meet in two divisions.
The stakes action will continue on Wednesday with the Atlantic Sires Stakes two-year-old pacing colts and on Thursday with the two-year-old pacing fillies.
Author: Kyle Burton
Kyle is best known as the track photographer at Truro Raceway. He has been a regular contributor to Atlantic Post Calls, Trot Magazine and Standardbred Canada. Kyle is also the website developer for the Atlantic Standardbred Breeders Association.