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CHAPTER THREE

SINGLE DASH DIVISION RACING 1976 – Present Day Division racing was the inevitable result of the growth in nominations to the program that developed after the purses in 1974 doubled from the previous year. For the first time, the number of horses paying in exceeded 300, and the result would be an increase in the number of starters and the need for more divisions of the classes. In 1975 the annual meeting approved a proposal that would see all divison winners receive trophies with colts and fillies racing in separate divisions. The Colt Stakes would also adopt the single dash format that the tracks used for overnight races.

Orville Willis and Raebell Dan on the right hold off a late charge by Joe Arsenault to start the new format of division racing off in 1976 with a new stakes and track record of 2:07.3 for two year old pacing colts

Dunmore Tweed won trot divisions in 1985 and 1986. Owner Orville Willis receives the Dr R F Seaman award, a birds-eye maple Island clock, from Don Seaman. Others from left to right are Dana Willis, Lee Taylor (Director), Wally McGuinness, Marcel Barrieau, and Mrs Orville Willis

Colt stakes director Ralph Annear and manager Norman Hall make the winners and breeders presentations to Ralph Cole and son Garth as they take one of the two-year-old trot divisions in Summerside in 1991

Scarlet Hussy, a Colt Stakes winner in 1996, with Shane Bernard for owner Norman Hall

He She Gal wins for Kenny Arsenault and owner Paul Doyle greeted in the winners circle by director Sandra Cole

Molzan and Donnie MacDougal won in 1993 and went on to become a Maritime Champion earning over $398,000

Ride The Lightning won twice in 2007 and 2008 The first races under the new format took place in 1976 with seven divisions for the six classes and total purses of over $10,000. The races in 2008 consisted of twenty-six divisions racing for a total of just under $140,000.

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1976

From The Minutes – A Blair Kelly – Secretary “In his remarks to the annual meeting for 1975 held on January 29th, 1976, President Ron MacArthur proposed that all stakes be single dash events since it was his feeling that this is more popular with the bettors and the spectators. It is also better for the tracks since the number of horses seeking starts has grown considerably. He also urged those responsible to make early contacts for the renewal of the Government grant and the solicitation of sponsors for our races. Discussion on these items resulted in an approved motion to have single dashes with no race offs if a class divides, but to provide a cooler and trophy to each race winner.” Race Highlights West Prince Robbi and Merry Time Finesse split the honours and the purse in the three-year-old pace divisions. Ron Gass recorded his first Colt Stakes win as a driver. Bermac Norma took the three-year-old pacing filly class in a stakes record of 2:10 for Club President Ron MacArthur and wife Bernie as owners and breeders. Slapshot Genessee doubled up as a Colt Stakes winner, taking the three-year-old trot this year. Brackleys Ada set a record for two-year-old trotters for owner/breeder Bradford Murray. It was Earl Smith’s first PEI Colt stakes win. Rae Bell Dan broke the two-year-old pacing colt record and was driven by Orville Willis, who shared ownership with father Charles. Personalities C F Willis and Sons was the name under which Charlie Willis chose to race his many horses over the years. Born in Kingston, he began his racing involvement in 1945, later moving to Covehead and building the Covehead track. From there he moved to O’Leary to begin a produce business and constructed a second track for matinee purposes that still operates as such today. His co-owners were his sons, principally Orville, and on occasion Melvin and Glydon. They patronized the early yearling sales and several times took home the sale topper. With Orville often in the sulky the father-son partnership took home several Colt Stakes trophies notably with Maritime Champion and double Colt Stake winner Dunmore Tweed.

October 1976 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $890 West Prince Robbi (Ron Gass) 2:08 Owner: Willard MacLeod, Cornwall Merry Time Finesse (D Rector) 2:09.2 Owner: M K Smith, Dartmouth, NS 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $1,890 Bermac Norma ( P MacDonald) St Record 2:10 Owners: Ron and Bernie MacArthur, Summerside 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $1,310 Slapshot Genessee (Alyre Pineau) 2:14.3 Owner: Adrien Pineau, ON. 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $1,810 Rae Bell Dan (Orville Willis) Stakes record 2:07.3 Owner: Charles & Orville Willis, O’Leary 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $1,800 Pineway Ann (Eric Moreside) 2:16.2 Owner: Ralph Frizzell, Winsloe 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $1,380 Brackleys Ada (Earl Smith) Stakes record 2:13.4 Owner: Bradford Murray, Brackley

Charlie Willis holds on to Raebell Dan and a trophy presented to him by Colt Stakes Secretary Dr. Blair Kelly

Charlie Willis

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1977

From The Minutes – A. Blair Kelly – Secretary “A minute of silence was held to remember passed members including Lorne Kelly, Grant MacLeod and Jack Gallant among others. The President noted the many changes that have occurred in the past three years including the name change to The PEI Colt Stakes Association Inc., the breeders awards, the increased grant from Government, the changes in race format to single dashes, filly classes and divisions with no race-offs. The first yearling sale took place on September 9th, and resulted in a record for a Maritime sale. “ Sale Highlights Forty-five sold for $2,000 average. Sale topper was Glengyle Flash, bought by Walthen Piers for $11,600. Consigned by James MacGregor. Race Highlights Rae Bell Edna won the faster of the two divisions of the two-year-old fillies with Ralph Frizzell as owner and driver. The other division was won by Stone Heart to give Allie Carr his first Colt Stakes win. Carolyn D took home the first Colt Stakes trophy for long time director Richie MacPhee. It was also a first stakes win for his son Alex as driver. The other three-year-old filly division was won by Robbis Brite Eyes, a filly bred by Club Secretary Dr A B Kelly. Brackleys Ada became a two time stakes winner as she took the three-year-old trot for owner and breeder Brad Murray. Personalities Richard MacPhee known and beloved by all as Richie, was a respected member of the racing community for many years and the founder of a racing family that now extends into its fourth generation. A small man in stature he might have been, but his presence was large, as was his influence on those around him. His first love in life was family, and then horses. This was evident in the way he entwined his two loves by naming his horses after family members. He bred the Colt Stakes winning filly Carolyn D who would go on to a berth in the Gold Cup and Saucer when she was only four years old. Richie was named PEI Horseman Of The Year the same year that Carolyn D was named PEI Horse Of The Year in 1979. He will be remembered as a gentleman who lived by the motto. “ A job worth doing is worth doing well ”.

September 1977 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $1,876 Timbers Bay (Jody Hennessey) 2:13.1 Owner: Jack Brown, Keppock 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $993 Carolyn D (Alex MacPhee) 2:13.2 Owner: Richard MacPhee, Cornwall Robbis Brite Eyes (Mike Worthen) 2:13.2 Owner: Gaetan Chretien, PQ 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $1,290 Brackleys Ada (Earl Smith) 2:14.1 Owner: Bradford Murray, Brackley 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $1,925 Jamies Delight (Keith Waples) 2:16.2 Owner: Vera Dexter, Moncton, NB 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $1,028 Rae Bell Edna (Ralph Frizzell) 2:21.1 Owner: Ralph Frizzell, Winsloe Stone Heart (Alyre Pineau) 2:23.3 Owners: Allie and John Carr, Charlottetown 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $1,490 Good Yuntif (Doug Walsh) 2:16.2 Owner: Grubco Stable, Lwr Sackville, NS

Richie and Carolyn D

Carolyn D driven by Angus MacPhee.for his father

Richie and Clara MacPhee

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1978

The President’s View – Ron MacArthur – President “I wish to thank everyone connected with our initial sale especially those who volunteered their time. I suggest we present a plaque to those who made the sale possible by donating their time including Ed Watters, Freddie MacDonald, Bob Connelly, George Riley Collins Wood, Jim MacGregor, Angus MacPhee, Brad Murray, and Alyre Pineau. I also want to thank the CDP for their cooperation. It was the opinion of all that the sale was a success but that the sale entries should be limited to sixty to make it a Select sale. The next sale will be called The Maritime Select Yearling Sale and will be held on September 9th, the same day as the PEI Colt Stakes races. Sale Highlights Sixty-two sold for $2,400 average. Sale topper was Brackleys Star bought by H B Willis for $8,200. Consigned by Brad Murray. Race Highlights Just Like Chum was the winner in the three-year-old pacing filly class for owner George Murphy’s first Colt Stake win. Exit Smiling upset the three-year-old trotters with another win for the combination of Elwood Shaw driving and owner/breeder Dr George Bishop. Dotty Greenwood was driven to a win in the two-year-old trot by her owner/breeder Lloyd Palmer in his first PEI Colt Stakes win. Personalities Ralph Frizzell, a former director of the Association, keeps a small broodmare band at his Blu Meadow farm in Winsloe that has made him one of the most successful small breeders in our recent history. It all began with Rae Bell Edna, a Colt Stakes winner in 1977. She produced the Colt stakes winner Blu Meadow Major, a winner of over $170,000, and also the Colt Stakes winning Blu Meadow Eve. She in turn produced another Colt Stakes winner in Blu Meadow Magic, as well as Blu Meadow Sue, and another daughter that produced a fourth generation winner in Blu Meadow Tara. Rae Bell Edna is the most prolific mare in Colt Stakes history with eight Colt stakes wins in four generations and a family that has produced the winners of almost a million dollars. Ralph, in total, has fifteen winning credits including two as a driver and five as an owner.

September 1978 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $1,875 Crafty Larry (Galen Dempsey) 2:08.2 Owner: G Dempsey & A Donovan, Moncton, NB 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $1,730 Just Like Chum (Jody Hennessey) 2:09.2 Owner: George Murphy, Augustine Cove 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $1,270 Exit Smiling (Elwood Shaw) 2:13.3 Owner: Dr George Bishop, Charlottetown 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $2,075 P H Time (Bernie Charlton) 2:14 Owner: Bernie Charlton, Lower Sackville, NS 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $1,975 Amazing Treasure (Jean Belliveau) 2:14.1 Owner: A St Pierre, Moncton, NB 2 Year Old Trot – Purse - $1,405 Dotty Greenwood (Lloyd Palmer) 2:21 Owner: Lloyd Palmer, Southport

Blu Meadow Eve suckles one of her nine foals that collectively have won over $350,000 with 7 winners

Ralph Frizzell, master of Blu Meadow Farm

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1979

The President’s View – Ron MacArthur – President “Congratulations to our new President, Richard MacPhee. I regret that I could not be in attendance for our annual meeting but I have relocated to Florida to train a stable of horses.” Vice President Brad Murray reported on the 1978 sale, which netted a profit of over $4,500 to go towards the purses in 1979. Discussion was held on changing the PEI Colt Stakes from an early closer to a yearling stake to be consistent with other stakes programs in the Maritimes and to avoid unnecessary paper work and confusion for the horsemen paying in. It was left to the directors to draw up the necessary changes and implement them. Sale Highlights Fifty-seven sold for $2,450 average. Sale topper Janet Grace bought by H B Willis for $8,700. Consigned by William Roloson. Race Highlights Total purses for the PEI Colt Stakes were $10,705, a record high, split over six races. Ego Trip lopped almost two seconds off the three-year-old pacing colt standard set in 1971 by That’s My David, with a 2:05.3 win for owner/driver Phil Pinkney. Macban Alice broke the three-year-old filly pacing mark with a 2:07.1 effort that smashed Bermac Norma’s record of 2:10. Radiant Star captured the two-year-old filly pace in record time besting Miramichi Dot’s record by almost five seconds with a 2:11.3 mark. She was driven by owner/breeder Lee Taylor and went on to win Horse of the Year honours on PEI. Personalities Ewen Taylor learned his skills as a breeder of fine yearlings from his father Lee and his first PEI Colt Stakes winner was a record breaker in Ego Trip on the same night as his father also set a stakes record with Radiant Star. From his small breeding operation in Hunter River he had numerous stakes winners including Darn Good Rose, Enersave, Hungry Ego, Whose To Care, Whose To Question, Burden Of Freedom and many more. In all he has eight PEI Colt Stakes winners as a breeder and three Maritime Champions to make him one of the most successful small breeders and sale consignors in recent history on Prince Edward Island. He served as a director of the PEI Colt Stakes.

September 1979 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $2,105 Ego Trip (Phil Pinkney) Stakes record 2:05.3 Owner: Phil Pinkney, Truro, NS 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $1,800 Macban Alice (Alyre Pineau) Stakes record 2:07.1 Owner: Allie Carr, J Carr & K Jones, Charlottetown 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $1,430 Flaming Luck (Keith Doyle) 2:13.2 Owner: Dr George Bishop, Charlottetown 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $2,100 Glengyle Express (James MacGregor) 2:08.2 Owner: Glengyle Farm, Milton 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $1,885 Radiant Star (Lee Taylor) Stakes record 2:11.3 Owner: Lee Taylor, Nine Mile Creek 2 Year Old Trot – Purse - $1,385 Hootwinkle (John Campbell) 2:17.3 Owner: Hilliard Graves, Dartmouth, NS

Macban Alice driven and trained by Alyre Pineau, owned by Allie Carr and Keir Jones.

Ewen Taylor

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1980

From The Minutes – Erwin Andrew – Secretary “There was a conflict between the PEI yearling sale and the Atlantic Sires sale date on September 5th. It was suggested that we switch to Friday for the sale since many horsemen have conflicts with races on the Saturday. A joint meeting was held between the committees of both sales and an agreement to rotate dates was arrived at holding the sales two weeks apart and taking turns being first. The date chosen for the PEI sale was Friday September 19th with the races to be held on Thursday 18th. Questions arose on the selection criteria for the sale and there were suggestions to increase the number accepted. There are, however, not enough stalls to accommodate more yearlings so a selection process will be necessary.” Sale Highlights Sixty-two sold for $2,500 average. Sale topper was Glengyle Joey bought by Harold Stead Jr for $25,000. Consigned by James MacGregor. Race Highlights Radiant Star repeated as a PEI Colt Stakes winner by winning the three-year-old filly pace and tying the previous year’s record of 2:07.1. W P Countess broke the two-year-old filly record and provided Walthen Piers his first stakes win as a breeder/owner. He also owned the winner of one of the three-year-old stake divisions, Sunrise Cagney. The other colt division was won by Bayside Katfish, trained by J Alan Smith and driven by his son Roger for owner Elgin Veno. It was a first Colt Stake win all around for the three of them. Personalities Dr A Blair Kelly is part of a long tradition of family involvement in the PEI Colt Stakes since his uncle, Willard Kelly, was one of the founding members and a Past President of the original Harness Racing Club. His father Lorne was a director and Blair has served as a director, secretary and President, on two occasions, in addition to being named an Honorary Director of the PEI Colt Stakes for his many years of service. Dr Kelly has bred and owned several stakes winners including Rivervue Skye who set the four-year-old pacing mare record in the 1995 edition of the PEI Colt Stakes. He was also the breeder of 1977 winner Robbis Brite Eyes and most recently won in 2005 with the three-year-old pacing colt Sounding. He was also a co-owner of the stakes winning Lookaway in 1970 with former USTA director Don Simmonds.

September 1980 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $1,607 Bayside Katfish (Roger Smith) 2:09 Owner: Elgin Veno, Miscouche Sunrise Cagney (Phil Pinkney) 2:06 Owner: Walthen Piers, Pugwash, NS 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $2,250 Radiant Star (Lee Taylor) Stakes record tied 2:07.1 Owner: Lee Taylor, Nine Mile Creek 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $1,915 Rustico Breeze (Alyre Pineau) 2:13 Owner: John Pineau, South Rustico 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $2,690 Moldaus Boy (Vince Poulton) 2:08 Owner: Shane Doyle, Charlottetown 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $2,660 W P Countess (Phil Pinkney) Stakes record 2:10.3 Owner: Walthen Piers, Pugwash, NS 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,025 Hasty Girl (Cyril MacDonald) 2:16.1 Owner: Charles MacLennan, Charlottetown

Moldaus Boy, with Vince Poulton driving. Owner Shane Doyle holds the trophy and is next to his father Wilbur. Moldaus Boy was a double winner in PEI Colt Stakes action including a stakes record in 1981

Dr A Blair Kelly

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1981

From The Minutes – Erwin Andrew – Secretary “Dr Blair Kelly’s annual report as President included a tribute to retiring director Richard MacPhee. Richie was thanked for his many years of service to the Association and to the sport in general and accorded a standing ovation. A motion was passed to hire a part time Secretary. The question of agreement on sale dates was discussed again and a date of Friday, September 11th was approved. Wally Wood suggested we have the sale on the third Friday of September on a regular basis and have the stakes on the evening before. The sale commission was increased to 7% from 5%.” Sale Highlights Fifty-eight sold for $2,490 average. Sale topper was Island Drummer bought by Edward MacLeod for $7,900. Consigned by Robert Webster of Hollylaine Island Farm. Race Highlights Moldaus Boy repeated as a PEI Colt Stakes winner in the three-year-old colt pace with a record busting 2:04.4, the first three-year-old to beat 2:05 in the colt stakes. Race Time Robbi dropped the three-year-old filly record to 2:06.3 just after Arrive In Style had tied the previous record in an earlier filly pace division. P H George smashed the two-year-old pacing colt record with an amazing 2:04.4 mile to be the first sub 2:05 two-year-old for Doug Walsh and breeder/owner James Shive. They came right back in the two-year-old filly pace with P H Scooter for another record. Pack Truce and Pack Baron set records in the two-year-old and three-year-old trot classes for breeder Dr George Bishop as he added to his long list of Colt Stakes stakes victories, which would total fifteen as a breeder and eight as an owner over a period of 30 years. Personalities Dr Donald Ling was a PEI Colt Stakes director for several years and ran a boutique breeding operation that produced several stakes winners in a short period of time, including Harborvue Anne and double winner Harborvue Bunter. A student of pedigrees, he was the pedigree reader in several of the early yearling sales. Dr Ling was active also in the Atlantic Sires organization as President as well as serving as president of the Charlottetown Driving Park.

September 1981 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $3,640 Moldaus Boy (Vince Poulton) Stakes record 2:04.4 Owner: Shane Doyle, Charlottetown 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $1,780 Race Time Robbi (Alan Poulton) St. record 2:06.3 Owner: Harvey MacDonald, Covehead Arrive In Style (Dave Carey) 2:07 Owner: Ken Thompson, Sherwood 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,130 Pack Truce (Danny Romo) Stakes record 2:11.2 Owner: Ralph Melanson, NS 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $3,825 P H George (Doug Walsh) Stakes record 2:04.4 Owner: James Shive, Shubenacadie, NS 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $3,530 P H Scooter (Doug Walsh) Stakes record 2:06.3 Owner: James Shive, Shubenacadie, NS 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,130 Pack Baron (George Irvine Jr) Stakes record 2:10.2 Owner: George Irvine, Moncton, NB

Arrive In Style is greeted in the Colt Stakes winners circle by President Blair Kelly. Others are Dave Carey (driver), Ken Thompson (owner) and his father, Colt Stakes secretary Erwin Andrew and breeder Roddie Macleod.

Dr Donald Ling, master of Harborvue Farm

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1982

The President’s View – Dr A B Kelly – President “I am pleased to report that we have a new manager/secretary in Norman Hall who will need all the assistance and cooperation of our directors and members to ensure that the PEI Colt Stakes continues to grow and prosper. Our priorities must be to put the stake payment process and the handling of the sale on a sound financial basis in view of the decision taken at our annual meeting to have an annual audit of our records. Our manager is to receive $1,200 per year, which will cover any related travel, phone or business expenses. Mr Hall has already managed to have the annual grant from Government increased by $1,000 and believes that once we have our business affairs in order more will be forthcoming.” Sale Highlights Sixty-six sold for $2,540 average. Sale topper was Whos To Blame bought by Phil Pinkney for $12,000. Consigned by Ewen Taylor. Race Highlights P H Scooter made it two years in a row as a Colt Stakes winner, this time in a division of the three-year-old fillies. The other division was won by Island Cindy bred by Hollylaine Farms. That famous Island standardbred nursery also produced Island Dust, winner of the two-year-old filly class. B J Amigo and B J Andy won their respective divisions of the three-year-old pacing colts for breeder Bert Honkoop’s first Colt Stakes trophies. Kings Derby made it two years in a row for owner George Irvine, winning the two-year-old trot class. Personalities Dr. Jim Shive set up shop as a veterinarian in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia and shortly afterwards began breeding horses at his Penn Hills Farm. His astute purchase of the stallion Tarport Ervin soon returned big dividends. He produced several standouts in his first crop in 1976, including stakes champion Kilkerran Ella and Colt Stakes winner P H Tim. His Penn Hills youngsters have set several records in Colt Stakes action, with P H George and P H Scooter setting two-year-old records in 1981, P H Keyta the three-year-old filly record in 1989, and most recently the three-year-old colt record of 1:55.4 by P H Jimmy in 2005. He is one of only two breeders to claim all four pacing records in PEI Colt Stakes history.

September 1982 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $3,165 B J Amigo (Marcel Barrieau) 2:09.2 Owner: Charles Willis, O’Leary B J Andy (Gary MacDonald) 2:11.3 Owner: Bert Honkoop, Montague 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $3,095 Island Cindy (Alex MacPhee) 2:12 Owner: Robert and Nina Webster, Brookfield P H Scooter (Doug Walsh) 2:06.4 Owner: James Shive, Shubenacadie, NS 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,585 Scarlet Victory (Gordon MacLean) 2:15.3 Owner: Gordon MacLean, Winsloe 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,553 Tags Last Byrd (Winston Campbell) 2:10.1 Owner: William Lanigan, Cambridge 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,376 Island Dust (Doug Walsh) 2:11.3 Timothy Shive, Shubenacadie, NS 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,182 Kings Derby (George Irvine) 2:16.3 Owner: George Irvine, Moncton, NB

Island Cindy retirement presided over by Bob Dewar

Dr Jim Shive with his favorite stallion Tarport Ervin

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1983

The President’s View – Wallace Wood – President “Our stakes program continues to grow with nine divisions racing this year. Your executive has decided to charge a membership fee of $5 for each person that pays a colt into the PEI Colt Stakes program. This will assist with the growing costs of administration, one of which is the printing and mailing of an annual newsletter called “On Gait”, which will be sent to over four hundred members this year throughout the Maritimes. The newsletter will be prepared by our manager and will contain lists of the horses eligible to our two and three-year-old races as well as news of upcoming events such as our yearling sale or other activities. The first publication will be in August in time for Old Home Week.” Sale Highlights Fifty-four sold for $3,169 average. Sale topper was Whos To Bless bought by Skip Lewis for $12,700. Consigned by Ewen Taylor. Race Highlights Opinions Fae set a new Stakes record of 2:04 in the three-year-old filly class. Charles Rennison owned the filly bred by George Canning of Pugwash. Wind Warning gave Richard Gallant of Moncton his first Stakes trophy as he drove the son of AC’s Dandy to a win in the two-year-old colt class. Tags Last Byrd repeated as a Colt Stakes winner by taking a division of the three-year-old pacing colts for owner and breeder Bill Lanigan’s second of four victories to date.. Maple Leaf Arnett joined the long list of stakes winners for Ralph Annear who bred, owned, trained and drove the two-year-old. Personalities Ron Kennedy was President of the PEI Colt Stakes from 1986 to 1988. The former Fire Marshall of Prince Edward Island lit up the track with several stakes winners with trainer/driver Albert Bernard. He preferred the trotting gait and Albert was one of the best in the business when it came to developing young trotters as attested to by a Colt Stakes win with Lucktows Flame in record time in 1984 and also with Island Kaptain at three. There was also success on the pace with Dandy Gal, a winner in 1987, and Boston Fenway in 1990.

September 1983 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $2,860 Noon Byrd (Marcel Barrieau) 2:06.1 Owner: Jim MacGregor & Orville Wllis Tags Last Byrd (Winston Campbell) 2:05.3 Owner: William Lanigan, Cambridge 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,291 Opinions Fae (Gary MacDonald) St. record 2:04 Owner: Charles Rennison, Truro, NS 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,427 Babe Treasure (Bernie Doucette) 2:13.1 Owner: John Pineau, South Rustico 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $3,809 Wind Warning (Richard Gallant) 2:05.1 Owner: Angus and Richard Gallant, Riverview, NB Glengyle Meteor (James MacGregor) 2:06 Owner: James MacGregor, Milton 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $3,492 Moldaus Girl (Wally Hennessey) 2:08 Owner: Joe MacDonald, Souris P H Bagnall (Doug Walsh) 2:08 Owner: James Shive, Shubenacadie,NS 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,909 Maple Leaf Arnett (Ralph Annear) 2:12.4 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague

Tags Last Byrd and Bill Lanigan

Ron Kennedy

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1984

The President’s View – Wallace Wood – President “An increase in the sustaining fees resulted in a significant increase in total purses which reached $48,214 this year. Looking back we see that this is over 450% higher than the purses were five years ago when the total was just $10,705. The PEI Colt Stakes have grown in this our 50th anniversary year and now with the introduction of the Maritime Breeders Futurity and the growth of the Atlantic Sires Stakes, we have truly come a long way in supporting Maritime bred colts and fillies.” Sale Highlights Sixty-eight sold for $2,972 average. Sale topper was Island Gambler bought by Phil Pinkney for $10,700. Consigned by Robert Webster of Hollylaine Farm. Race Highlights Maple Grove Triton cut over two seconds off the two-year-old pacing colt record for Wally Hennessey, who set another record in a division of the three-year-old pacing colts with Shalom Arly. That record was short lived as Dunachton Dandy later became the first three-year-old colt to break the 2:00 barrier with his 1:59.3 win for Richard Gallant. Lucktows Flame set a new mark for three-year-old trotters as PEI Colt Stakes director Ron Kennedy got his first Colt Stakes win. Maple Leaf Bramble broke the two-year-old trot record - yet another in the long list of stakes winners bred, owned, trained and driven by Ralph Annear. Harborvue Anne and Harborvue Bunter made their breeder, Dr Donald Ling, doubly proud in winning divisions of the three-year-old filly and two-year-old colt pacers. Personalities Richard Gallant was born on the family farm in Oyster Bed Bridge where his father Angus had horses that he raced for fun at Covehead and on the ice. Richard was an engineer by trade and settled in Moncton just down the road from the track in Dieppe. Among his many stakes winners as an owner, trainer and driver, was Dunachton Dandy, the first sub 2:00 Colt Stakes winner as well as Colt Stakes events with Wind Warning, Island Hustler and Atlantic Champion Island Governess in a Colt Stakes record for two-year-old filly pacers driven by Wally Hennessey.

September 1984 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,162 Dunachton Dandy (R. Gallant) St record 1:59.3 Owner: Angus and Richard Gallant, Riverview, NB Shalom Arly (Wally Hennessey) 2:03.1 Owner: Willard Jenkins, Saint John, NB 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,295 St Catherines (Dale Sobey) Stakes record 2:03.3 Owner: William Arnett, Summerside Harbourvue Anne (Joe Smallwood) 2:06.1 Owner: Dr Donald Ling, Keppock 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,850 Lucktows Flame (Albert Bernard) 2:08 Owner: Ron Kennedy, Kensington 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,620 Maple Grove Triton (W Hennessey) St record 2:02.2 Owner: Maple Grove Farm, Murray River Harborvue Bunter (Mike MacDonald) 2:05.3 Owner: Mike O’Brien, Sherwood 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $8,425 Glengyle Promise (Boyd MacDonald) 2:08.4 Owner: Boyd MacDonald, Crapaud 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,785 Maple Leaf Bramble (R Annear) St record 2:10.2 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague

Maple Leaf Bramble and Ralph Annear

Harborvue Bunter with Mike MacDonald and Mike O’Brien

Richard Gallant with Dunachton Dandy after becoming the first horse to break 2:00 in the Colt Stakes. Joined by father Angus Gallant on left with breeder Don Smith and groom Jean Louis Arsenault.

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1985

The President’s View – Wallace Wood – President “Purses went over $48,000 this year as a record twelve divisions of the PEI Colt Stakes were raced. Three records were set as the colts and fillies get better each year.” Sale Highlights Sixty-two sold for $2,600 average. Sale topper was Naked Emotion bought by Alan MacDonald for $5,600. Consigned by Ewen Taylor. Race Highlights Maple Leaf Bramble repeated with another stakes record in the three-year-old trot for Ralph Annear. Island Governess set a stakes record of 2:05 for the two-year-old filly pacers for Wally Hennessey’s third stakes record in two years. No Bourbon dropped the record for the three-year-old fillies for driver Bill Hicken’s first stakes win and he followed it up with a win with Utas Elsie in the two-year-old filly class. Harborvue Bunter repeated as a PEI Colt stakes winner this time in the three-year-old colt division with Paul MacDonald driving. Dunmore Tweed came close to the two-year-old trot record in taking his class for Charlie Willis and Sons as Marcel Barrieau struck for his third Colt Stakes win in four years. Personalities Hollylaine Island Farm owned by Robert and Nina Webster has been in the forefront of Island breeding for the last thirty-two years. Standing such sires as A Cs Dandy, Sultros Rainbow, Maxwell Almahurst, Curtis Hanover, This Cams For You, Force Of Life and others, coupled with their own broodmare band, they have produced many stakes performers and Maritime Champions. As a veterinarian he once worked for the prestigious Armstrong Brothers farm in Ontario, and has a wealth of experience in how to put up great looking yearlings that have stakes potential. Island Governess was one of the first but then there was the great Island Storm, Invader, Kaptain, Missile, Panther, Reba, Ribbon, Tradition and many more. In the past three crops of Hollylaine yearlings all of them have raced at two or three. In total Hollylaine Island Farm has bred twenty-nine PEI Colt Stakes winners. The farm ranks as the top breeding farm in the Maritimes in this category.

September 1985 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,463 Star Cover (Doug Walsh) 2:04 Owner: Mackay, Shive and Dickie, NS Harborvue Bunter (Paul MacDonald) 2:02.3 Owner: Mike O’Brien, Sherwood Glengyle Major (Jody Hennessey) 2:04.2 Owner: Clarence Reid, Charlottetown 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,562 Kelly Dean (Vince Poulton) 2:04.2 Owner: Charles Mackie, NS No Bourbon (William Hicken) St record 2:03.2 Owner: Betty Hicken, Montague 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $4,435 Maple Leaf Bramble (R Annear) St record 2:05 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $2,828 Kilkerran Direct (Gordon MacLean) 2:05 Owner: Gordon MacLean, Winsloe Dawkerry Benghazi (Jody Hennessey) 2:03.2 Owner: Vernon MacLeod, Charlottetown Bayside Quinton (Albert Bernard) 2:05 Owner: Gordon Ford, Charlottetown 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $3,729 Island Governess (W Hennessey) St record 2:05 Owner: Richard Gallant, Moncton, NB Utas Elsie (Willliam Hicken) 2:08.1 Owner: C and J Hicken, Montague, PEI 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,322 Dunmore Tweed (Marcel Barrieau) 2:11 Owner: C F Willis and Sons, O’Leary

Dunmore Tweed

Dr Bob Webster

RAISE A COLT

1986

The President’s View – Ronald Kennedy – President “There were twelve PEI Colt Stakes divisions and three new stakes records in 1986. The trotting divisions were raced in a special Trotfest program on the Saturday, which featured an eight-race program completely devoted to the trotting breed. In addition to the stakes there were several races at different distances including a two-mile race. A trotting bred section of the yearling sale was also conducted for the first time on the same day.” Sale Highlights Seventy-two sold for $2,100 average. Sale topper was Lubricant bought by Bert Haneveld for $6,700. Consigned by Lee Taylor. Race Highlights Utas Smokey set a new two-year-old pacing colt record of 2:02.2 for Steve Mahar’s first Colt Stakes win. Oh That Treasure became the first 2:10 two-year-old trotter in the history of the Colt Stakes for perennial stakes winner Ralph Annear. Some Nice broke the three-year-old pacing filly record with a 2:03 clocking for Mike Downey and breeder/owner David Kileel. Dunmore Tweed repeated his previous year’s PEI Stakes win in the trotting ranks as he won easily for Marcel Barrieau, who also won a two-year-old pacing filly division with Precious Jigtime. Personalities Ralph McCully , the personable master of Dunmore Farm in Antigonish, has an enviable record in producing Colt Stakes winning trotters. He has bred ten winners, including three in which he retained ownership. His favorite was the Maritime Champion Dunmore Skye who won in 1996 with Clare MacDonald driving. That combination would produce two more winners but most recently, Edward “Teddy” Smallwood has been the one to take the Dunmore trotters to the Colt Stakes winner circle with Dunmore TKO, Dunmore Alpha and, in 2008, with the two-year-old winner Dunmore Chip. Ralph had the unique experience of having three of his two-year-old trotters finish 1-2-3 in The Globetrotter stake in 2008. His secret ? “Improve your stock to improve your chances.” Ralph currently stands the top producing trotting sire in the Maritimes named Black River, a son of Donerail.

September 1986 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,046 Another Thor (William Hicken) 2:04.4 Owner: W Hicken & L O’Shea, Montague F G Charles (Alex MacPhee)) 2:03.4 Owner: Albert MacDonald, Belle River Maple Grove Shadow (Winston Campbell) 2:01 Owner: Maple Grove Farm, Murray River 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $3,670 Isle Of Time (Earl Smith) 2:04.3 Owner: Roland Larkin, New Glasgow Some Nice (Mike Downey) Stakes record 2:03 Owner: David Kileel, Fredericton, NB P H Liz (Dave Pinkney) 2:04 Owner: James Shive, Shubenacadie, NS 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $4,347 Dunmore Tweed (Marcel Barrieau) 2:06.2 Owner: Orville Willis, O’Leary 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $3,797 Utas Smokey (Steve Mahar) Stakes record 2:02.2 Owner: Willard Jenkins, Saint John, NB Pineway Cadet (Vince Poulton) 2:06 Owner: Desmond Rice, Charlottetown 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,067 Shalom Xs (Joe Smallwood) 2:07 Owner: Ian Smith, Montague Precious Jigtime (Marcel Barrieau) 2:05.2 Owner: Thundering Stable, Moncton, NB 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,322 Oh That Treasure (Ralph Annear) St record 2:10 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague

Maple Grove Shadow takes the fastest three-year-old colt division for driver Winston Campbell.

Ralph McCully and Black River

RAISE A COLT

1987

The President’s View – Ronald Kennedy – President “A record thirteen PEI Colt Stakes divisions were raced in 1987 in very poor weather. Once again the trotters raced as part of the Trotfest program on Saturday afternoon after the trotting yearling sale in the morning. Trotfest is a unique program of its kind in North America as it features a full program devoted to the trotting breed with races for all ages and at different distances.” Sale Highlights 63 sold for $3,360 average. Sale topper was Elusive Dream bought by Russell Vassalo for $15,500. Consigned by Ewen Taylor. Race Highlights D Js Amy and Solar Knight, both daughters of Knightly Blue Chip, each won divisions of the three-year-old filly pace for driver Paul MacDonald and proud owner Bert Haneveld. Lubricant , also owned by Haneveld, won a division of the two-year-old filly pace. Dunmore Able captured the two-year-old trot driven by Claire MacDonald in what was her first of thirty-one PEI Colt Stakes wins and still counting. Kilkerran Fury capped a sensational two-year-old season, winning his division of the colt pacers with ease for owner Walthen Piers. Another son of Oil Count, Oil Can, took the other division winning for owner/trainer Carl Jamieson in his only Colt Stakes win.. Bill Be Sure and Crown N Anchor swept the three-year-old trot divisions adding two more trophies to Dr George Bishop’s record collection as a breeder. Personalities George Riley is a long time member of the PEI Colt Stakes, serving on two occasions as a director. He is currently the breeder director for PEI on the Standardbred Canada board. Riley Farms had a string of stakes successes following the acquisition of Knightly Blue Chip. George had a reputation for putting beautiful yearlings through the ring at the annual sale and Knightly Blue Chip was the perfect sire to support that reputation at the sales and on the racetrack. His favorite filly was $135,000 winner Mighty Sassy, a homebred stakes winner in 2000 that he retained as a broodmare to produce another stakes winner in 2008 in Larshegoes by Largo, another of his sires.

September 1987 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $3,441 Courtney Bay (Steve Mahar) 2:00.1 Owner: Shannon Boomer, Saint John, NB Overnight Storm (Doug Walsh) 2:01.1 Owner: Burt Hayman, New London Island Hustler (Richard Gallant) 2:03 Owner: Richard Gallant, Dieppe, NB 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $3,793 D Js Amy (Paul MacDonald) 2:03.4 Owner: Bert Haneveld, Montague Solar Knight (Paul MacDonald) 2:04.2 Owner: Bert Haneveld, Montague O Happy Knight (Earl Smith) 2:03.4 Owner: Charles Mackie, NS 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,092 Bill Be Sure (Albert Bernard) 2:10.3 Owner: Emmett Bernard, Hunter River Crown N Anchor (Doug MacGregor) 2:12.2 Owner: Ira Kaufman, ON 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $3,441 Kilkerran Fury (Emmons MacKay) 2:12 Owner: Walthen Piers, Pugwash Oil Can (Carl Jamieson) 2:09.3 Owner: Carl Jamieson, Pugwash, NS 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $2,994 Dusty Lane Dawn (Gary MacDonald) 2:11 Owner: Ron Gass, Cornwall Lubricant (William Hicken) 2:10 Owner: Bert Haneveld, Montague 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,104 Dunmore Able (Claire MacDonald) 2:14.3 Owner: Ralph McCully, Antigonish

Tom Boy Knight by Knightly Blue Chip was a winner in 1990 for owners Leith and Wayne Clarke

George Riley, master of Riley Farms

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1988

The President’s View – Ronald Kennedy – President “Centennial year at the CDP was cause for some special occasions and the PEI Colt Stakes celebrated it with a full week of activities around the stakes and the sale in September. The week was called “The Main Event” and manager Norman Hall put together four nights of racing including a revival of the four-year-old classes, a special sale on Saturday of trotters only with 28 entries, and a mixed sale, all in addition to our regular select sale on Friday evening. With a big increase in the Government purse support the purses set an all time record of $76,400. As part of the new funding agreement we will race a program of early closing stakes in Summerside including the Callbeck stakes for two-year-olds and the Bob Dewar and Ruby Chappell Memorials and the Maple Leaf Trot, all for three-year-olds.” Sale Highlights Seventy-two sold for $2,450 average. Sale topper was O Happy Day bought by Russell Vassalo of New Jersey for $13,100. Consigned by Tom MacPhee of Cornwall. Race Highlights Kilkerran Fury became a repeat Colt Stakes winner as he won a division of the three-year-old colts. Island Invader won in another division for Joe Smallwood who added two more winners with stakes records in the two- year-old colt pace with Acton Stinger, and in the three-year-old trot with J K Crown . Dawn Down broke the two-year-old filly pace record for owner/breeder Milton Downey. Courtney Bay, Solar Knight and Rustico Hotshot all made the record book in the four-year-old classes as they were raced for the first time since 1974. Personalities Joe Smallwood (The Fox, as he is better known) has a remarkable and unique record in Colt Stakes action as a breeder, owner and driver, not only because of the number of victories he has claimed but also the record number of Colt Stakes record miles he has produced with both pacers and trotters. At one time he held four separate class records and has equalled or broken the record in all classes at one time or other. His forty wins, as either a breeder with eight, owner with thirteen or driver with nineteen, and many times all three at once, rank him among the most successful all-around participants in our history.

September 1988 - Charlottetown 4 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $3,000 Courtney Bay (Steve Mahar) Stakes record 1:59.4 Owner: Shannon Boomer, Saint John, NB 4 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $3,000 Solar Knight (Paul MacDonald) Stakes record 2:01.4 Owner: Bert Haneveld, Montague 4 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,000 Rustico Hotshot (John Pineau) Stakes record 2:04 Owner:John Pineau, South Rustico 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $5,650 Kilkerran Fury (Emmons MacKay) 2:02 Owner: Walthen Piers, Pugwash Double Blest (Claire MacDonald) 2:02.3 Owner: Claire MacDonald, Antigonish, NS Island Invader (Joe Smallwood) 2:02 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Charlottetown 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,425 Woodmere Jilly (Earl Smith) 2:05.1 Owner: Collins Wood, Southport Dandy Gal (Albert Bernard) 2:03.4 Owner: Ron Kennedy, Kensington Whose To care (Phil Pinkney) 2:04.4 Owner: Phil Pinkney, Truro, NS 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $5,075 Scarlet Nite (Gordon MacLean) 2:03.2 Owner: Gordon Maclean, Winsloe 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,900 Rust Remover (Danny Romo) 2:04 Owner: Reg Pittipas, Burco & Torbay Stable, Moncton Woodmere Jinx (Frank Fagan) 2:02.4 Owner: East River Farm, Marshfield Acton Stinger (Joe Smallwood) Stakes record 2:01.2 Owner: Ron MacLean, Cornwall 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,350 Kilkerran Gem (Emmons MacKay) 2:07 Owner: Walthen Piers, Pugwash, NS Dawn Down (Steve Mason) Stakes record 2:03.2 Owner: Milton Downey, Saint John, NB 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $4,900 J K Crown (Joe Smallwood) Stakes record 2:06.2 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Charlottetown

Rustico Hotshot sets a track trotting record of 2:01.4 during Old Home Week 1988

Joe Smallwood, third in all around Colt Stakes wins

RAISE A COLT

1989

The President’s View – Allison Carr – President “The four-year-old races were conducted in Summerside this year, as construction of the new Canada Games Centre forced the relocation of our yearling sale to Summerside also. The PEI Colt Stakes was pleased to host a reception for Stan Bergstein, Executive Director of Harness Tracks of America, who later participated in a panel discussion on the future of standardbred racing in North America. He was joined by several other personalities and an attendance of almost 200 interested horse people. Mr Bergstein also took a turn as pedigree reader at the sale and presented coolers for the four-year-old races.” Sale Highlights Fifty-nine sold for $3,160 average. Sale topper was Paris Escapade bought by Lee Blaikie for $13,000. Consigned by Ewen Taylor. Race Highlights Kilkerran Fury repeated again and joined a select few horses to win a Colt Stakes race at 2, 3, and 4 years old, setting a Colt Stakes record for the four-year-olds in the process. Driver Emmons Mackay had earlier in the week won two other Colt Stakes events with Lambourghinis Pride for wife Dixie in a two-year-old colt division, then with Selkirk in a three-year-old colt division. J K Beauty set a stakes record for two-year-old fillies for Joe Smallwood who returned for another stakes record, his fourth in two years, with a win by J K Crown in the three-year-old trot. He then won the other division of the trot with J K Classic to complete a rare driving triple in Colt Stakes action. P H Keyta shaved a second off the three-year-old filly record with Clare MacDonald driving for owner Ralph Annear. Personalities Allison Carr remembers his first drive at Covehead Raceway, in fact he remembers the names of horses and their owners from way back in the forties and fifties. He first joined the old PEI Harness Racing Club in 1953, and is still active today as a director for the PEI Colt Stakes. He also served as President in 1989-90. Allie has won three Colt Stakes races along the way, with Stone Heart in 1977, MacBan Alice as co-owner with his son John, then in 2000 with his best horse Charlottes Den, co-owned by his long time trainer and friend John Davies of Saint John.

September 1989 - S’side and Ch’town 4 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,600 Kilkerran Fury (Emmons MacKay) Stakes record 1:59 Owner: Walthen Piers, Pugwash, NS 4 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $3,200 Lubricanr (Paul MacDonald) 204 Owner: Bert Haneveld, Montague 4 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,100 Majaian Speed (Jim Ripley) 2:05.2 Owner: Jim Ripley, Amherst, NS 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,000 D Ds Beauty (Steven Trites) 2:03 Owner: Roy Goodine, Fredericton, NB Selkirk (Emmons MacKay) 2:01.4 Owner: B Briggs & D Burns, NS P H Terminator (Danny Romo) 2:02.1 Owner: Lyle Carter & Ken Wood, Charlottetown 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,650 P H Keyta (Claire MacDonald) 2:02 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague Glencove Belle (Kevin Doyle) 2:03.4 Owner: Carl Bagnall, Southport Some Nice Friday (Russell Burgoyne) 2:03.3 Owner: Alexander Fraser, Dartmouth, NS 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,400 J K Classic (Joe Smallwood) 2:09.1 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Keppock J K Crown (Joe Smallwood) Stakes record 2:03 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Keppock 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $5,700 Lamborghinis Pride (Emmons MacKay) 2:05 Owner: Dixie MacKay, Truro, NS Seltzer Blue (Steve Mahar) 2:02.2 Owner: D Scharf & H Baird, Hampton, NB 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,600 J K Beauty (Joe Smallwood) Stakes record 2:03 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Keppock Diplomat Katie (Russell Burgoyne) 2:05 Owner: Alexander Fraser, Dartmouth, NS 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $4,125 Island Kaptain (Albert Bernard) 2:10.4 Owner: Emmett Bernard, Hunter River Miss Autumn Time (Graham Chappell) 2:09.3 Duncan MacKay, Breadalbane

Holding Island Kaptain is Emmett with Albert driving. Jennie Bernard and grandson Shane are on the right.

Allie Carr

RAISE A COLT

1990

The President’s View – Allison Carr – President “With 18 races spread over three programs and purses at a record $84,000 total the annual Colt Stakes was again a special event with both three-year-old pacing races tying or setting sub 2:00 records. The week was dubbed as Horse Industry Week as events included seminars on hoof care and reproduction and an Open House at the Atlantic Vet College in addition to the three days of races and the yearling sale.” Sale Highlights Seventy-two sold for a Maritime record average of $3,480. Sale topper was Dutch Lightning bought by Boyd MacDonald for $12,500. Consigned by Ewen Taylor. Race Highlights Charlottes Buddy tied the three-year-old colt record of 1:59.3 and was driven by his owner David Ratchford to the victory. Brite Jennifer set a stakes record for three-year-old pacing fillies of 1:59.4 in one division while J K Beauty also broke the previous record for Joe Smallwood. Philip Down won a division of the two-year-old pacing colts for owner Milton Downey who also had a winner in Burden Of Freedom in a three-year-old colt division. Island Kaptain repeated as a PEI Colt Stake winner in the three-year-old trot for owner and previous Colt Stakes President Ron Kennedy, who also owned the winner of the four-year-old colt pace in Boston Fenway. Personalities Emmett Bernard was from the harness racing hotbed of Hunter River and was part of an extended family of excellent horsemen. Emmett got the name “Cowboy” for his fearless ability to take on any and every bad actor that no-one else would drive. Son Albert became a top trainer of young horses, with several Colt Stakes credits for owner and former Club President Ron Kennedy. Albert trained and drove a number of PEI Colt stakes winners for his father including Bill Be Sure, Island Kaptain at two, Island Panther, and Island Minstrel. Between them they drove thirteen Colt Stakes winners. Albert’s son Shane also won a Colt Stakes race with Scarlet Hussy in 1996 for owner Norman Hall, and with Miss Lori in 1998 to complete a rare three generation record of stakes wins for a family.

September 1990 - Charlottetown 4 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,550 Boston Fenway (Albert Bernard) 2:03.2 Owner: Ron Kennedy, Kensington 4 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,250 Blu Meadow Eve (Ralph Frizzell) 2:06 Owner: Ralph Frizzell, Winsloe 4 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,500 Flickas Chance (Robert Craig) 2:07 Owner: Flickas Memory Farm, Covehead 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,200 Charlottes Buddy (David Ratchford) Stakes record 1:59.3 Owner: Dave Ratchford, North Sydney, NS Burden Of Freedom (Steve Mahar) 2:02.4 Owner: Milton Downet, Saint John, NB Ternicjo Ranger (John Davies) 2:03 Owner: John Davies, Saint John, NB 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $7,300 J K Beauty (Joe Smallwood) Stakes record 2:00.3 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Keppock Brite Jennifer (Steve Mahar) Stakes record 1:59.3 Owner: Joniliske Stable, Saint John, NB 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $4,100 Island Kaptain (Albert Bernard) 2:03.2 Owner: Ron Kennedy, Kensington Rustico Hedge (Glydon Willis) 2:05 Owner: Orville Willis, O’Leary 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,075 Philip Down (Steve Mason) 2:05 Owner: Milton Downey, Saint John, NB Oldham Buster (Mike Worthen) 2:06.1 Owner: Edward Worthen, Enfield, NS Vics Sample (Steven Trites) 2:03.2 Owner: Ron Goodine, Fredericton, NB Grampys Winner (Earl Smith) 2:04.4 Owner: Ronald MacDonald, Souris 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,850 Mynahs Accolade (Earl Smith) 2:05.1 Owner: Leigh O’Brien, Alberton Tom Boy Knight (Dale Sobey) 2:03.1 Leith and Wayne Clark, Summerside 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,700 Kin O Classic (Joe Smallwood) 2:07.1 Owner: Hugh Murphy, Augustine Cove Elmwood Galaxy (John Pineau) 2:09.4 Owner: John Pineau, South Rustico

JK Beauty and Joe Smallwood with director Bill Roloson

Emmett Bernard holds Yankee Blaze and is joined by son Albert and grandson Shane in the winners circle

RAISE A COLT

1991

The President’s View – Lee Taylor– President Horse Industry Week was again a big success. The full week of activities sponsored by the PEI Colt Stakes drew many visitors from around the Maritimes. Our special guest this year was Jack McNiven of Killean Acres in Ontario, who put on a seminar for over 50 of our breeders on yearling preparation. A vote of thanks is due to our manager who puts a lot of time and effort into organizing the PEI Colt Stakes activities. Sale Highlights Sixty-nine sold for an average of $3,280. Sale topper was bought for $12,500. Race Highlights Diplomat Katie in the four-year-old pacing filly class, Grampys Winner in the three-year-old colt, and Tom Boy Knight in the three-year-old filly were all repeat winners Scarlet Dusk won the four-year-old trot for driver Daryl MacLean with his father, Gordon, owning and they combined for another win with Scarlet Midnight in the two-year-old trot Some Nice Ketch was the second winner of the week for driver Russell Burgoyne and for owner Alexander Fraser. Personalities Ron and Shelley Gass, a father and daughter team from Cornwall, have been breeding horses with the Dusty Lane prefix for the last twenty-five years and along the way they have been the proud breeders, owners or in the case of Ron, the driver, of a number of Colt Stakes winners. Their breeding credits total seven and include the trotting colts Dusty Lane Dillon and Demon. In 1998 they swept the two-year-old trot divisions with Dusty Lane Cody bred by Ron, and Tasha with Shelley as the breeder, both driven by Ron. Dusty Lane Diva, a two-year-old winner in 2006 continued their winning tradition as breeders and gave owner Earl Watts his first Colt Stakes win. September 1991 - Charlottetown 4 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $2,900 Esker Hillhurst (Ken Arsenault) 2:01.2 Owner: Joe Arsenault, Parkdale Nikway Nikromancer ) Paul MacDonald) 2:02.3 Owner: Desmond Sherry, Parkdale 4 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $3,300 Diplomat Katie (Russell Burgoyne) 2:03 Owner: Alexander Fraser, Dartmouth 4 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,850 Scarlet Dusk (Daryl MacLean) 2:07 Owner: Gordon MacLean, Winsloe

3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,750 Apohaqui (Vaughn Doyle) 2:08.4 Owner: Edwin Moase, North River Kilkerran Ingle (Emmons MacKay) 2:05 Owner: Walthen Piers, Pugwash Grampys Winner (Earl Smith) 2:04.3 Owner: Ronald MacDonald, Souris 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $7,490 Tom Boy Knight (Dale Sobey) 2:07.1 Owner: Leith and Wayne Clark, Summerside Glenora Fearn (Claire MacDonald) 2:07.3 Owner: Erika Du Bois, Fredericton, NB 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $6,430 Elmwood Galaxy (John Pineau) 2:03.2 Owner: John Pineau, South Rustico 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,650 Dusty Lane Gopher (Frank Hansen) 2:07 Owner: Ron Gass, Cornwall Dunachton Dexter (Earl Smith) 2:06.1 Owner: Shawn Murphy Rouge Baron (Paul MacDonald) 2:05.2 Owner: Cecil Ladner & Ken Hughes, Southport 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,950 Some Nice Ketch (Russell Burgoyne) 2:07 Owner: Alexander Fraser, Dartmouth, NS Edgewater Wave (Steven Trites) 2:07 Owner: Mel Land, Saint John, NB 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,525 Ladys Classic (Len McGuigan) 2:10.4 Owner: Ralph Cole, Kensington Scarlet Midnight (Daryl MacLean) 2:08 Owner: Gordon MacLean, Winsloe

Ron Gass

Shelley Gass

RAISE A COLT

1992

The President’s View – Lee Taylor – President “Not enough entries into our four-year-old stakes has resulted in them being dropped for this year. Also due to the increasingly crowded stakes schedule we had to move our trotting stakes to Summerside. Our pacing stakes this year had a historic first with Actons Heritage becoming the first sub 2:00 two-year-old setting a stakes and track record. Our first winning two-year-old colt pacer was C Harry Budlong whose record in 1944 was 2:27 ¾. We have indeed come a long way in developing our breed in the Maritimes. Congratulations to breeder Roddy MacLeod on raising this great colt.” Sale Highlights Sixty-seven sold for an average of $3,050. Sale topper CLs Social Whirl was bought by Brent Drake for $7,700. Consigned by Collins Wood. Race Highlights Actons Heritage became the first sub 2:00 two-year-old in Colt Stakes history, winning for owner Louis Clark and breeder Roddie MacLeod in 1:59.4. Scarlet Midnight repeated as a Colt Stakes winner to take the three-year-old trot in a race held in Summerside. Wispering Abe set a stakes record for two-year-old fillies with Danny Romo catch driving for owner Lee Taylor. Shalom Sham in the three-year-old filly class and Winners Stinger in the three-year-old Colt stake gave Joe Smallwood two Stakes wins on the day. Nikway Rafferty , a bargain priced yearling at the Truro sale, gave Alfred “Apps” Arsenault his only Colt Stakes winner and was driven by son Kenny, now one of the top five drivers in wins in the Colt Stakes. Personalities Danny Romo is one of the winningest Colt Stakes drivers in recent history. Not only has the Nova Scotia native won twenty-eight individual races but along the way, he has set or equaled five Colt Stakes records. He drove the first sub 2:00 two-year-old in Acton’s Heritage and holds the current three-year-old of 1:55.2 set by Flaming Moe, breaking his own previous record set by Firm’s Phantom. His first win in Colt Stakes action was also a record with Pack Truce.

September 1992 – Charlottetown and Summerside 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,050 Winners Stinger (Joe Smallwood) 2:00.2 Owner: Charles MacDonald, Summerside Mattski (Danny Romo) 2:00.4 Owner: Art Mercer & Robert Skinner, NS Blue Time Harrods (Gary MacDonald) 2:00.3 Owner: Ronald MacDonald, Souris 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,350 Dexters Wine (Earl Smith) 2:00 Owner: Russ Doyle, Sydney, NS Glengyle Seeker (Doug MacGregor) 2:03.1 Owner: Doug MacGregor, Milton Shalom Sham (Joe Smallwood) 2:01.2 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Keppock 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,900 Scarlet Midnight (Daryl MacLean) 2:06.4 Owner: Gordon MacLean, Winsloe Island Minstrel (Albert Bernard) 2:05 Owner: Emmett Bernard, Hunter River 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,450 Nikway Rafferty (Ken Arsenault) 2:04.1 Ken Arsenault, Charlottetown Royal Acton (Bill Roloson) 2:01.2 Owner: Bill Roloson, Belfast Actons Heritage (Danny Romo) 1:59.4 Owner: Louis Clark, Sydney, NS 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse $4,360 Kildare Lil (Ron Gass) 2:08.3 Owner: Walter Whelan, ON Wispering Abe (Danny Romo) 2:02.4 Owner: Lee Taylor, Nine Mile Creek Molzan (Donnie MacDougal) 2:05.1 Owner: Louis McIsaac, Cornwall 2 Year Old Trot Purse $4,230 Maple Leaf Again (Ralph Annear) 2:06.4 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague

Danny Romo holds Acton Heritage for owner Louis Clark. Joined by Duck Acorn and CDP President Dr Donald Ling

Danny Romo of Shubenacadie

RAISE A COLT

1993

The President’s View – Lee Taylor – President Six divisions of three-year-old colts, the most divisions ever, showed up to contest the pacing colt stakes. There were eighteen divisions in total, another record, and once again the trotters were raced in Summerside. In order to speed up the sale and hopefully improve the quality of the yearlings, a minimum start up bid of $1,500 was introduced. Of the 76 entries 23 did not meet the minimum bid and were passed from the ring unsold, Most were sold, however, before they left the sale building. Sale Highlights Fifty-three sold for an average of $3,950. Sale topper Abes Magic bought by Burco Stable for $12,000. Consigned by Ewen Taylor. Race Highlights Dexters Jane produced the only new record with a 2:02.2 win in the two-year-old pacing filly stake with Earl Smith driving for Cape Breton owner Russ Doyle. Molzan repeated as a Colt Stakes winner to take one of the three-year-old pacing filly divisions for owner/breeder Louis McIsaac. Cashunderthetable and Dynamite Treasure each won a division of the three-year-old colts with Gilles Barrieau driving in his first Colt Stakes wins. Jaguar Knight was also a New Brunswick based winner in another of the record six colt divisions for Gary MacDonald who also had a winner in the three-year-old filly pace with Cindyella, a first for owner Boyde White. Island Missile gave Joe Smallwood yet another driving win in Colt Stakes action. Personalities J Alan and Earl Smith come from a family, and an area, Hunter River, that is steeped in harness racing tradition. Alan was a director and President of the PEI Colt Stakes in 1996 and although he never won a Colt Stakes race, his son Earl has more than made up for it with twenty-nine wins as a driver including a double win with his own filly Charlottes Blues. Earl has been one of the top conditioners of young horses at the Charlottetown track for over twenty years and continues today with two more wins in the 2008 edition of the PEI Colt Stakes with the two year old pacing colts Big Oster and Woodmere Fastball. Another son, Roger, won with Bayside Katfish in 1980.

September 1993 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,310 Cashunderthetable (Gilles Barrieau) 2:01.2 Owner: David Lund, Moncton, NB Escorts Abe (Phil Pinkney) 2:00.1 Owner: Eric Whebby, Dartmouth, NS Dynamite Treasure (Gilles Barrieau) 2:02.1 Owner : Calixte Cormier, Shediac, NB West River Diesel (Clare MacDonald) 2:01.2 Owner: Claire MacDonald, Antigonish, NS Jaguar Knight (Gary MacDonald) 2:01.1 Owner: Wayne Hill, Fredericton, NB Paris Model (Emmons MacKay) 2:03 Owner: Desmond Sherry, Summerside 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,200 Molzan (Donnie MacDougal) 2:02 Owner: Louis McIsaac, Cornwall Cindyella (Gary MacDonald) 2:03 Owner: Boyde White, Charlottetown 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,900 Touch N Gone (Jack Bernard) 2:07 Owner: Philip Andrew, Charlottetown Island Missile (Joe Smallwood) 2:03.4 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Keppock Dusty Lane Dillon (Ron Gass) 2:05.2 Owner: Shelley Gass, Cornwall 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,280 Forest Hill Rebel (Cyril MacDonald) 2:01.1 Owner: Boyd MacKenzie, NS Rum Toddy (Danny Romo) 2:03.4 Owner: Art Mercer & Don Skinner, Sydney and Truro, NS Swift Risk (Danny O’Brian) 2:02.4 Owner: Gemini Hill Stable, Saint John, NB 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,020 First Quest (Lonnie Stokes) 2:04.4 Owner: Earl Fram, Sussex, NB Dexters Jane (Earl Smith) Stakes record 2:02.2 Owner: Russ Doyle, Sydney, NS Magic Dexter (Ralph Annear) 2:04.4 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,925 Buster Hill (Paul MacDonald) 2:08.1 Owner: Shaun MacIsaac, Cornwall

Jack Bernard and Touch N Gone

Earl and Alan Smith

RAISE A COLT

1994

The President’s View – Ronald McInnis – President “This was our sixtieth anniversary year and a celebration was held at Norman Hall’s property to which all the directors as well as living past Presidents were invited. Also attending were honorary directors Norah Longworth, Dr Blair Kelly, Lee Taylor, and Hollis Jenkins. The Colt Stakes had a record year to mark the anniversary with nineteen races and a purse total of over $86,000 to go with three new racing records and at the sale the overall average was the highest ever.” Sale Highlights Sixty-seven sold for an average of $4,067. Sale topper R F Conrad was bought by Randy Taft for $18,500. Consigned by Riley Farms. Race Highlights West River Diesel became one of only a handful of horses to win three consecutive Colt Stakes races and set a four-year-old record doing it in 1:58.1. It was also one of a record four winners on the week for driver Claire MacDonald as she also won with Magic Dexter, a repeat winner, CLs Social Whirl, and her own West River Exotic. J K Senator set another record for Joe Smallwood in the three-year-old pacing colts class. That record was tied by Guy On The Go in a division of the same class for owner Sandy Fraser. Smallwood also won a two-year-old pacing colt division with Acton Amigo. Buster Hill repeated as a Colt Stakes winner by winning a three-year-old trot division for owner Shaun MacIsaac. Personalities Collins Lea Wood was a livestock dealer and a horse trader from an early age. He also took up harness racing as a boy and remembers his first race on the ice of Charlottetown harbour. His interest in horses led him to breed his own under the CL’s name and he did so with considerable success. In 1994 he had two wins as a breeder with CL’s Social Whirl and CL’s Beauty and he was also the breeder of record and owner of Colt Stakes winner Woodmere Jilly. His greatest impact on the breeding industry on PEI, however, has been as a result of the many mares that he brought in from sales in the United States. There were many stakes winners raised from such mares including Dunachton Dandy, the first sub 2:00 two-year-old Colt Stakes winner. He was named PEI Horseman Of The Year in 2002.

September 1994 - Charlottetown 4 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $2,200 West River Diesel (Clare MacDonald) St. record 1:58.1 Owner: Clare MacDonald, Antigonish, NS Island Nukes (Walter Cheverie) 2:00 Owner : Jenny Biggar, Summerside 4 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $3,900 CLs Beauty (David O’Brien) 2:02.4 Owner : Elwood Lawton, Keppock 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,100 J K Senator (Joe Smallwood) Stakes record 1:59.2 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Keppock Guy On The Go (Russell Burgoyne) Stakes record 1:59.2 Owner: Alexander Fraser, Dartmouth, NS Whata Hi Hope (Steve Mahar) 2:01.4 Owner : Clarence Leblanc, Moncton, NB 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,805 Magic Dexter (Clare MacDonald) 2:02.1 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague CLs Social Whirl (Claire MacDonald) 2:00 Owner: Collins Wood, Southport Daveys Lady (D Jackson) 2:02.2 Owner : David Jackson, Great Village, NS 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $5,275 West River Exotic (Clare MacDonald) 2:03.3 Owner: Clare MacDonald, Antigonish, NS Buster Hill (Paul MacDonald) 2:06.3 Owner: Shaun MacIsaac, Cornwall 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,360 Acton Amigo (Joe Smallwood) 2:05.1 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Keppock Call It Tar (Emmons MacKay) 2:06 Owner: Dixie MacKay, Truro, NS Calgary Flutie (Gordon Hennessey) 2:06.3 Owner: Hugh Baird, Hampton, NB 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,505 Charlottes Ivory (Walter Cheverie) 2:09 Owner: Leith Clark, Summerside Dexters Crown (Dave Carey) 2:07.4 Owner: Collins Stable, Morell Hillview Kelly (Ron Matheson) 2:08.1 Owner: Roddie Matheson, Charlottetown 2 Year Old Trot Purse -$3,230 Island Panther (Albert Bernard) 2:16.3 Owner: Emmett Bernard, Hunter River Senator L B (Ken Arsenault) 2:17 Owner: Fred Acorn, Murray River

Guy On The Go with Russell Burgoyne

Collins Wood

RAISE A COLT

1995

The President’s View – Ronald McInnis – President “In order to fill the classes, the four-year-old stakes were opened up to four years and older. Together with the four-year-old classes there were twenty-four races in total, another record. West River Diesel raced in the PEI Colt Stakes as a five-year-old this year and won his third consecutive stake and second time at four or older. This is a record that will probably never be broken. The yearling sale average dropped back this year to $3,485, which was still, however, the third best average since the sale started. Only six horses did not meet the starting bid of $1,500”. Sale Highlights Sixty-five sold for an average of $3,485. Sale topper Hes A Knight was bought by Doug Hill for $12,700. Consigned by George and Arthur Millar of Tyne Valley. Race Highlights West River Diesel added another history making mile with his third consecutive PEI Colt Stakes victory and his second Four-year-old and up victory, the only horse to do so. Rustico Bullet and Rustico Bay won the two-year-old trot divisions, both owned and driven by Joe Smallwood who purchased both in the PEI Select sale from consignor and breeder John Pineau. Miss Kay Mac smashed the three-year-old trotting record with a 2:01.3 mile for Len McGuigan and her owner and breeder Duncan MacKay who was also a winner with Miss Autumn Time in 1989. Rivervue Skye was a winner for owner and breeder Dr A B Kelly in the four-year-old filly. It was Blair’s third winning connection. Personalities Ronald McInnis has been a long time member of the PEI Colt Stakes. He served as a director for several years and was President of the PEI Colt Stakes for 1993-1995. He kept a small breeding operation in Earnscliffe where he raised yearlings with the Edgewater name. Edgewater Wave was a Colt Stakes winner for Ron as breeder in 1999 and another PEI Colt Stakes win came with Brendons Gal pacing in 2:00, a filly he bred in partnership with Jim Quinn of Belfast. One of his favorite and most successful foals was Edgewater Rb with a record of 1:54 and approaching $100,000 in earnings racing in the Maritimes.

September 1995 – Charlottetown 4 Year Old and Up Horse Pace Purse - $2,200 West River Diesel (Clare MacDonald) 1:59.1 Owner: Clare MacDonald, Antigonish, NS Dunachton Nukes (Jason Hughes) 2:02.2 Owner : Cecil Ladner, Charlottetown 4 Year Old and Up Mare Pace Purse - $2,650 Rivervue Skye (Ron Matheson) 1:59.1 Owner : Dr A Blair Kelly, Southport 4 Year Old and Up Trot Purse – $1,650 Scarlet Eve (Todd MacLean) 2:08.2 Owner: Gordon MacLean, Winsloe 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,615 Calgary Flutie (Gary MacDonald) 2:00.2 Owner: Robert Hume, Hampton, NB Costa (Darren Crowe) 2:01.2 Owner: Peter Foy, Dartmouth, NS Fictional First (Earl Smith) 2:02 Owner : Trudy MacPherson, Glace Bay, NS Jasper Moon (Paul Rogerson) 2:01.4 Owner: Paul Rogerson, Westville, NS 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,615 Charlottes Britt (Earl Smith) 2:05 Owner: Tom MacPherson, Glace Bay, NS Gemini Gazelle (Paul MacDonald) 2:02.3 Owner: Clonmel and Gemini Stables, Saint John, NB Hagus (Todd Trites) 2:02.3 Owner: Melvin Land, Sussex, NB 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,530 Island Pusuit (Lea Bell) 2:05.1 Owner: Lea Bell, Kensington Miss Kay Mac (Len McGuigan) Stakes record 2:01.3 Owner: Duncan MacKay, Breadalbane 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $3,275 Dexters Dude (Earl Smith) 2:02.1 Owner: Russ Doyle, Sydnet, NS Easy Manner (Gary MacDonald) 2:03.3 Owner: John McNeill, Sydney, NS Southview Roach (Brian MacPhee) 2:05.3 Owner: Elwood Lawton, Keppock Could Be Magic (Earl Smith) 2:03.3 Owner: Shawn Murphy, Charlottetown Alfred Alfred (Steve Mahar) 2:02.4 Owner : Earl Fram, Saint John, NB 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $3,450 Sassy Will (Mike Campbell) 2:05.4 Owner: Gerald Goodine, Fredericton, NB Renaissant (Walter Cheverie) 2:04 Owner: Thomas Cobb, Kensington Charlottes Blues (Earl Smith) 2:04.2 Owner: Earl Smith, Hunter River Royal Situation (Brian MacPhee) 2:03.3 Owner: Louis McIsaac, Fairview 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,825 Rustico Bullet (Joe Smallwood) 2:11.3 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Keppock Rustico Bay (Joe Smallwood) 2:08.2 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Keppock

Ron McInnis

RAISE A COLT

1996

The President’s View – J Alan Smith – President “This year was a pivotal one for the future of harness racing and the PEI Colt Stakes. The PEI Government, at the urging of our organization and the Charlottetown Driving Park, has commissioned a study by Smith Green Associates on the future of the racing industry on PEI. The coming of VLT’s to the Island has impacted the wager considerably and there is a need to identify what, if anything, can be done to offset the effect of Government sponsored competition. Norman Hall appeared at a standing committee of the legislature on our behalf to argue for a share of lottery profits to be granted to the tracks and stakes programs”. Sale Highlights Sixty-five sold for an average of $4,012. Sale topper Woodmere Bruiser was bought by Kansas Snow for $14,500. Consigned by Woodmere Farms of Marshfield. Race Highlights Woodmere Topcat won a two-year-old pacing class for breeder Wally Wood as did two other colts Woodmere Windrop and Woodmere Jet, while three-year-old winners, Woodmere Bunkins and Lets Travel, were also raised at Woodmere Farms. Island Quentin set a new stakes record of 1:58.3 for the three-year-old pacing colts as owner Rollie Larkin claimed his first trophy. Scarlet Hussy came within a tick of a stakes record in a three-year-old filly pace division for a first win for owner Norman Hall and driver Shane Bernard. Charlottes Blues repeated in the Colt Stakes with a victory in a three-year-old filly race. Personalities Wallace (Wally) Wood started off as a breeder under his East River Farm, a noted dairy farm with top pedigreed cattle. He has been active in Colt Stakes business as a director and as President in 1983-85, and has served in several industry organizations. He retired from farming and moved across the road in Marshfield to set up Woodmere Farms and his breeding operation stood Harrods, a full brother to Abercrombie, as well as Drop Off, arguably one of the greatest sires ever to stand in the Maritimes. Woodmere yearlings are eagerly sought in the yearling sales because of their pedigrees and physical excellence.

September 1996 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,975 Island Quentin (Jody Hennessey) Stakes record 1:58.3 Owner: Roland Larkin, New Glasgow, PE Unconditional (Clare MacDonald) 2:00.4 Owner: Clare MacDonald, Antigonish, NS Woodmere Bunkins (Ralph Annear) 2:00.2 Owner : Ralph Annear, Montague Lets Travel (Rod Jamieson) 1:59.3 Owner: Kansas Snow, Cape Breton, NS 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,430 Charlottes Blues (Earl Smith) 2:01.3 Owner: Earl Smith, Hunter River Royal Situation (Brian MacPhee) 2:00.2 Owner: Louis McIsaac, Fairview Scarlet Hussy (Shane Bernard) 2:00 Owner: Norman Hall, Charlottetown 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,775 Dusty Lane Demon (Ron Gass) 2:05 Owner: Paul MacDonald and Dave Tierney, Cornwall Rustico Van (John Pineau) 2:03.4 Owner: John Pineau, South Rustico 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $2,980 Woodmere Topcat (Gordon Hennessey) 2:06.2 Owner: Lloyd Denton, Fredericton, NB Hung Jury (Ken Arsenault) 2:07.3 Owner: Donna MacKay, Summerside Blu Meadow Major (Paul MacDonald) 2:07.3 Owner: Ralph Frizzell, Winsloe Woodmere Windrop (Gilles Barrieau) 2:06 Owner:David Lund, Moncton, NB Woodmere Jet (Ron Matheson) 2:07 Owner : R Matheson, V Mulligan & W Simmons 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $2,980 Flaming Beauty (Daryll MacLean) 2:07.1 Owner: Gordon MacLean, Winsloe, Maybe Ella (Clifford Murphy) 2:08.1 Owner: Boyde White, Charlottetown Fussys Girl Grace (Danny Romo) 2:08.3 Owner: Ernest Gilhen , Halifax, NS Blu Meadow Magic (Paul MacDonald) 2:09.3 Owner: Ralph Frizzell, Winsloe Island Reba (Danny O’Brian) 2:09.2 Owners: Clonmel & Gemini Stables, Saint John, NB 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $2,800 Dunmore Skye (Clare MacDonald) 2:05.3 Owner: Ralph McCully, Antigonish, NS Scarlet Sunset (Daryll MacLean) 2:05.2 Owner: Gordon MacLean, Winsloe

Wally Wood

RAISE A COLT

1997

The President’s View – Heath Cobb – President “In a follow up to the Smith Green report on the future of harness racing on PEI, an industry committee was formed to review the study and make specific proposals to Government. Our Colt Stakes representative on the committee was Norman Hall and he and Dr Ian Moore co-authored the final report which recommended, among other things, the establishment of a permanent position within government to handle industry issues, a role for Atlantic Lotto in promoting harness racing, establishment of an industry group to provide input to government, and increased funding for purses based on a share of lottery and VLT revenues. This was submitted in April 1997”. Sale Highlights Sixty-four sold for an average of $3,609. Sale topper Close Knit Family bought by Hubert Leslie for $12,500. Consigned by Riley Farms. Race Highlights Island Storm won a two-year-old division on his way to a Mariime Championship for breeder Hollylaine Farm who had two other stakes winners in Island Reba and Island Ribbon in the three-year-old filly class. Woodmere Bruiser, the sale topper from 1996, proved his worth with a 2:00 score for Kansas Snow and partners. Rustico Bayelbay made it two years in a row that breeder/owner/driver John Pineau won a two-year-old trot division. Woodmere Jet repeated as a Colt Stakes winner and this time did it in stakes record time for a three-year-old colt of 1:57.3 for co-owners Ron Matheson, Vince Mulligan and Walter Simmons. Personalities Heath Cobb was President of the PEI Colt Stakes from 1997-1998. His Colt Stakes winning connection was Renaissant in 1995, bred by his father Tom Cobb of Kensington and a Maritime Champion and Colt Stakes winner at three. Renaissant produced a very good filly in H Cs Renaissant for Heath as the breeder and she just missed a Colt Stakes win on her way to almost $100,000 in earnings and a record of 1:57.2f. She also produced a stakes placed trotting filly called Meliss B, by accident rather than by design, when the local Veterinarian got his semen vials mixed up.

September 1997 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,500 Hes A Knight (Earl Smith) 2:00.2 Owner: Doug Hill, Charlottetown Clonmel Patterson (Paul MacDonald) 1:59.4 Owner: Clonmel and Loomcroft Stabes, Saint John,NB Woodmere Jet (Ron Matheson) 1:57.3 Owner : R Matheson, V Mulligan & W Simmonds, Ch’town Grampys Accolade (Earl Smith) 2:01 Owner: Ronald MacDonald, Souris 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,400 Blu Meadow Magic (Paul MacDonald) 2:06.1 Owner: Ralph Frizzell, Winsloe Island Reba (Walter Cheverie 2:06.2 Owners: Clonmel & Gemini Stables, Saint John, NB Island Ribbon (Albert Bernard) 2:06.4 Owner: Robert Craswell, Charlottetown J K Daisy (Joe Smallwood) 2:08.1 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Keppock 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,500 J K Pride (Joe Smallwood) 2:10.2 Owner: Joe Smallwood, Keppock Rustico Bayelbay (John Pineau) 2:07.4 Owner: John Pineau, South Rustico 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $3,400 Woodmere Bruiser (Rod Jamieson) 2:00 Owner: K Snow, W Ivany, NS Forest Hill J T (Cyril MacDonald) 2:01.2 Owner: Boyd MacKinnon, Montague Rums Victory (Walter Cheverie) 2:02 Owner: Leigh Jewell, Albany Island Storm (Gilles Barrieau) 2:02.2 Owner: Melvin Willis, Guelph, ON 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,100 Miss Flamingo Two (Danny Romo) 2:11.2 Owner: John Ratchford, Nth Sydney, NS Kilkerran Princess (Claire MacDonald) 2:07.3 Owner: Doug Ferguson, Tatamagouche, NS Lyndale Okay (Earl Smith) 2:09.1 Owner: Dan and Shaun MacIsaac, Charlottetown 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,000 Brookridge Goldstar (Jack Bernard) 2:12.4 Owner: Louise Beaton, Brookfield Scarlet Eclipse (Daryll MacLean) 2:07.1 Owner: Gordon MacLean, Winsloe

Woodmere Jet and co-owner/driver Ron Matheson

Heath Cobb

RAISE A COLT

1998

The President’s View – Heath Cobb – President “We were pleased to see the government respond to the Task Force recommendations to establish a position in Government to liaise with the industry and welcome the appointment of Kent Oakes, son of a former Colt Stakes member and stakes winner Charles Oakes of North Wiltshire. The arrangement to have Atlantic Lotto take over responsibility for promotion of racing at Maritime tracks is also welcomed. A proposal was made by Norman Hall at our annual meeting in February to combine our Island stakes programs into an Island Breeders Series with championship finals at year-end. A committee was formed to meet with the Island tracks to set a format and schedule”. Sale Highlights Fifty-four sold for an average of $3,855. Sale topper Charlottes Titan bought by Doug Hill for $17,000. Consigned by Charlotte Ranch. Race Highlights Island Storm was a repeat Colt Stakes winner for Gilles Barrieau this time in the three-year-old pacing colt ranks. Dusty Lane Tasha and Dusty Lane Cody, won the two-year-old trot divisions for driver Ron Gass and he would return to the winners circle later on the program for a win in the three-year-old trot with Tough Revenge. Two of the three were bred by Ron and the other by his daughter Shelley. Miss Flamingo Too set a stakes record for three-year-old pacing fillies for Phil Pinkney who had another winner in This Dons For You in a three-year-old pacing colt division. Personalities Hugh Baird operates a veterinary practice in Hampton, New Brunswick, and has had a very successful other career in breeding quality standardbreds. He stood Quality Blue Chip and currently stands the stallion Quick Comeback. He has made his mark in the Colt Stakes record books with nine wins and three stakes records with such horses as double winner Calgary Flutie by Quality Blue Chip, his half brother Argo Flutie by Quick Comeback, record breaking Le Win Skied, the first sub 2:00 two-year-old filly, current three-year-old record holder Flaming Moe, and one of the richest earning Maritime breds in Clinton Debriefed, a winner of almost $450,000 lifetime, all also by Quick Comeback.

September 1998 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $5,900 Island Storm (Gilles Barrieau) 2:00 Owner: Melvin Willis, Guelph, ON This Dons For You (Phil Pinkney) 2:01.2 Owner: Blaikie & Smith, NS Island Sampson (David Rose) 2:01.2 Owner : David Rose, Mount Stewart 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $6,600 Miss Lori (Shane Bernard) 2:04 Owner: Eldon Green & J Irvine, Charlottetown Miss Flamingo Too (Phil Pinkney) Stakes record 1:59.1 Owners: John Ratchford, Nth Sydney, NS 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,500 Dusty Lane Cody (Ron Gass) 2:06.2 Owner: Ron Gass, Cornwall Dusty Lane Tasha (Ron Gass) 2:06 Owner: Shelley Gass, Cornwall 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,300 P H Happy (Clare MacDonald) 2:03.3 Owner: James Shive, Shubenacadie, NS Turbo Man (Emmons MacKay) 2:03 Owner: Dixie MacKay, Truro, NS Sunset Josh (Rod Jamieson) 2:02.3 Owner: Ron Gass & C MacDougal, Cornwall 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,300 Island Tradition (Clare MacDonald) 2:04.4 Owner: C MacDonald & M Kerr, NS Smilin Wine (Ken Arsenault) 2:06.1 Owner: Cynthia Cody, Charlottetown Woodmere Mattie (Vaughn Doyle) 2:03.3 Owner: Linda Austin, Halifax, NS 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,500 Trademark Crown (Earl Smith) 2:11.2 Owner: Tom MacPherson, Glace Bay, NS Tough Revenge (Ron Gass) 2:15.3 Owner: Ron Gass & D Tierney, Cornwall

Island Storm

Dr Hugh Baird and Clinton Debriefed

RAISE A COLT

1999

The President’s View – Pat McHugh – President “Options for changing the sale were discussed. It was decided that we should establish a sale committee of the consignors with a view to the sale becoming independent of the PEI Colt Stakes. Kent Oakes reported that the Provincial Government was reviewing the situation with a view to increasing support for breeders. Just prior to the sale an increase of $30,000 in the Government grant was announced. During Old Home Week we convened a meeting of Maritime industry representatives to discuss what could be done to establish better cooperation within the industry. The meeting supported the idea of a Regional Industry Council with Provincial Chapters.” Sale Highlights Fifty sold for a record average of $4,824. Sale topper Woodmere Fastroute bought by Mel Willis for $19,000. Consigned by Woodmere Farm Race Highlights Last Of Bella won for the first of three wins for driver Ken Arsenault. His other winners came with the two-year-old trotter called Buddywhatshisname and the three-year-old pacing filly Glengyle Marj. Maple Leaf Gem was the first of two winners for Ralph Annear in the three-year-old trot class. His other win was with another of his own Maple Leaf Gentry. Argo Flutie took the fastest three-year-old colt pace over a wet track in 2:08.4. Owned by Hugh Baird he repeated the effort of his half brother Calgary Flutie four years earlier. Personalities Dunachton Farms has the honour of breeding the first Maritime bred three-year-old colt to pace under 2:00 on Prince Edward Island and it was in a PEI Colt Stakes race. Dunachton Dandy, owned and driven by Richard Gallant, set the record of 1:59.3 in 1984 and it was ten more years before it was broken. Don Smith, owner of the farm, was a gracious host for several years of an Old Home Week breakfast event which gave everyone a chance to see his usual fine group of yearlings including a filly that was one of the best of her day, renamed Glengyle Marj, and a horse that became a Maritime pacing legend in Dunachton Gale, both of which were Colt Stakes winners. He also bred Colt Stakes winners in Dunachton Nukes, Dunachton Dexter and Eye Emma Star.

September 1999 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,450 Sunset Josh (R Jamieson) 2:11.2 Owner: Carl MacDougal, NS Argo Flutie (Gilles Barrieau) 2:08.4 Owner: Dr Hugh Baird, Hampton, NB Eds Echo (Cyril MacDonald) 2:12 Owner : Ed McMurrer, Soutgport 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,320 Island Tradition (Clare MacDonald) 2:11.2 Owner: C MacDonald and M Kerr, Antigonish and Truro Woodmere Lofty (Ron Matheson) 2:12 Owners: Ron Matheson & W Simmons, Ch’town and S’side P H Happy Cat (Todd Trites) 2:12.4 Owner: James Shive, Shubenacadie, NS Glengyle Marj (Ken Arsenault) 2:08.4 Owner: James MacGregor, Milton 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,590 Maple Leaf Gem (Ralph Annear) 2:14.1 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague Maple Leaf Gentry (Ralph Annear) 2:15.1 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague Saulsbrook Lighting (Alyre Pineau) 2:12.2 Owner: A Pineau and R Kennedy, Rustico and Kensington 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,050 Maple Grove Loki (Phil Pinkney) 2:10 Owner: Greenoaks Farms, ON Big O (Earl Smith) 2:12.3 Owner: E Miller and V Paugh, Tyne Valley Last Of Bella (Ken Arsenault) 2:11.1 Owner: A Mercer and B Skinner, Sydney, NS Dakota Express (C MacQuarrie) 2:12.2 Owner: Calvin MacQuarrie, Winsloe 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,500 Al Dusty (Earl Smith) 2:13.2 Owner: Leith Waite, Summerside Lotto Money (R Jamieson) 2:11.3 Owner: Carl MacDougal, NS Hannah Oneill (Gary MacDonald) 2:13.4 Owner: William Blakeney, NB 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,300 Buddywhatshisname (Ken Arsenault) 2:14 Owner: George Irvine, Moncton, NB Dusty Lane Nipper (Ron Gass) 2:17.1 Owner: Lowell Campbell, Cornwall

Maritime Champion Dunachton Gale and Phil Pinkney

Donald Smith, master of Dunachton Farms

RAISE A COLT

2000

The President’s View – Pat McHugh – President “We are pleased to see that our initiative of last summer has resulted in the establishment of a PEI Harness Racing Industry Association which will have representation from our Directors. Manager Norman Hall was part of the advisory committee that has drawn up the constitution and rules of operation. We have recommended to the new Association that an arrangement be made for centralizing the stakes payment process perhaps through Standardbred Canada and that we also wish to pass the responsibility for the sale to a consignor based group. This will reduce our administration efforts and costs greatly in light of the pending retirement of our manager Norman Hall.” Sale Highlights Sixty-two sold for an average of $4,810, the second best ever. Sale topper Thomas was bought by Greenoaks Farm for $22,000. Consigned by Riley Farms. Race Highlights Seawind Alpha, Pinch Of Nutmeg and Island Vanessa all broke the previous record for two-year-old pacing fillies with the latter two sharing the new record of 2:00.2 Balance Of Money set a new record for two-year-old trotters for owner John Ratchford. It was the fourth Colt stakes win in the week for driver Ken Arsenault after winning three the year before. Buddywhatshisname repeated as a Colt Stakes winner and took advantage of a fast track to break the three-year-old trot record Personalities Pat McHugh held the office of President of the PEI Colt Stakes in 1999-2001. Unlike most past Presidents he was not involved in breeding or owning race horses to any great degree but worked for Hollylaine Island Farms on a casual basis. A strong-minded individual, it was he who spurred on the process, while President, that resulted in the creation of the PEI Harness Racing Industry Association in 2000. It was at a meeting he chaired during Old Home Week in 1999, that the invited representatives of various tracks and stakes organizations first seriously considered the formation of a Maritime Industry group with three Provincial chapters. It was a turning point for the industry for Prince Edward Island and eventually the Maritimes generally

September 2000 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,900 Maple Grove Lars (Gary MacDonald) 2:04.1 Owner: James MacDonald Awesome Again (Ken Arsenault) 2:05 Owner: Romeo Boucher, Moncton, NB Charlottes Den (Brian Moore) 2:04.4 Owner : A Carr, J Davies, K Jones, Ch’town and Saint John 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $6,700 Island United (Clare MacDonald) 2:08.2 Owner: Robert Webster, Brookfield Mighty Sassy (Paul MacDonald) 2:06.3 Owners: Riley Farms, Kensington Dustylane Connie (Ron Gass) 2:06 Owner: R Gass and B MacDonald, Cornwall & Crapaud 3 Year Old Trot – Purse - $6,400 Buddywhatshisname (Ken Arsenault) St. record 2:03 Owner: George Irvine, Moncton, NB 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $3,600 Firms Phantom (Norris Rogers) 2:10.4 Owner: J Kennedy and Hardy Hill St., Truro, NS Manawar (Danny Romo) 2:06.4 Owner: Gary Ross, Baddeck, NS Woodmere Fastroute (Clare MacDonald) 2:07.4 Owner: Mel Willis, ON Youre Going Down (Steve Mason) 2:07.1 Owner: Downey Stable, Saint John, NB 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $3,500 Cookies Lightning (Gilles Barrieau) 2:03.1 Owner: Mel Land, Sussex, NB Light A Candle (Gary Chappell) 2:04.2 Owner: E Howatt & J Montgomery, Kensington and S’Side Seawind Alpha (Ken Arsenault) Stakes record 2:00.3 Owner: Doug Hill, Stratford Island Vanessa (Danny Romo) Stakes record 2:00.2 Owner: David Ratchford, North Sydney, NS Pinch Of Nutmeg (Phil Pinkney) Stakes record 2:00.2 Owner: Blaikie & Smith, Truro, NS 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,300 Balance Of Money (Ken Arsenault) Stakes record 2:05.4 Owner: John Ratchford, North Sydney, NS Scarlet Horizon (Daryll MacLean) 2:07.2 Owner: Gordon MacLean, Winsloe

Buddywhatshisname and Kenny Arsenault

Pat McHugh

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2001

The President’s View – Pat McHugh – President “A number of significant changes have taken place this past year. These include a new stakes format that combines all Island stakes into an Island Breeders Series, stakes payments to be managed by Standardbred Canada, and an arrangement with the PEI Harness Racing Industry Association to conduct the yearling sale as The Atlantic Classic in 2002 are the most significant. As these changes take effect the role of the PEI Colt Stakes will change significantly and we must redefine our role for the future based on supporting the breeding industry and continuing to operate Colt Stakes racing under the new Island Breeders format. Sale Highlights Sixty yearlings sold for an average of $4,552. Sales topper Woodmere Fastcat was bought by Morah Kerr for $20,500. Consigned by Woodmere Farms. Race Highlights For the first year in a long time the weather cooperated and the resulting fast track produced three new stakes records. Firms Phantom led the speed parade with a 1:56.2 record against three-year-old colts as he became a repeat winner in the Colt Stakes. Rustico Ben broke the two-year-old trot record set the year before with a new standard of 2:03.3 for owner/breeder John Pineau. Le Win Skied became the first two-year-old filly to break 2:00 in the Colt Stakes. She was driven by Gilles Barrieau for owner/breeder Hugh Baird. Barrieau had three other winners during the week winning also with Eye Emma Star, Quick Flow and repeat winner Island Vanessa. Personalities Bill McNeill is the owner of Saulsbrook Farm, a standardbred nursery in Windsor, Nova Scotia, that has the honour of breeding the fastest two-year-old trotting colt in PEI Colt Stakes history by the name of Saulsbrook Balance. The colt, owned by Russell Newman of Cape Breton, and bought at the Atlantic Classic sale in 2006, set the record at 2:02.2. Bill and Joan McNeill and son Alan, are also the breeders of Saulsbrook Lighting, an Atlantic Sires trotting champion, and Saulsbrook, a Colt Stakes winner in 1991. Alan was also the buyer, and trainer as a yearling, of the great Lis Mara.

September 2001 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,200 Firms Phantom (Danny Romo) Stakes record 1:56.2 Owner: J Kennedy and Hardy Hill St., Truro, NS Mitchell Paul (Earl Smith) 1:58.1 Owner: Russ Doyle, Sydney, NS Saulsbrook (Todd Trites) 1:59.1 Owner : Saulsbrook Stables, Windsor, NS 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $6,200 First Paysak (Steve Mason) 2:02 Owner: Downey Stables, Saint John, NB Island Vanessa (Gilles Barrieau) 2:01.2 Owners: David Ratchford, North Sydney N S Haley (C MacDonald) 2:01.2 Owner : William Turner, Windsor, NS 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $4,550 Onehorseshea (Clare MacDonald) 2:04.3 Owner: Harvey Holme, Alberton Nonnas Treasure (Peter Lanigan) 2:04.1 Owner: William Lanigan, Cambridge 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $3,900 Quick Flow (Gilles Barrieau) 2:02.1 Owner: William Flowers, Saint John, NB Rhondas Son (Danny Romo) 2:01.2 Owner: Burco Stable, Dartmouth, NS No Apology (Mike Downey) 2:00.4 Owner: Downey Stables, Saint John, NB Clonmel Warrior (Gary Chappell) 2:00.1 Owner: James MacDonald, Belfast 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $3,900 Money Don’t Matter (Barry Craswell) 2:01.3 Owner: Robert Craswell, Charlottetown Eye Emma Star (Gilles Barrieau) 2:02.4 Owner: Daniel Belliveau, Halifax, NS Le Win Skied (Gilles Barrieau) Stakes record 1:59.4 Owner: Hugh Baird, Hampton, NB Fern Hill Nancy (B MacCallum) 2:04 Owner: Brian MacLeod, Truro, NS 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $4,440 Rustico Ben (Brian MacPhee) 2:03.3 Owner: John Pineau, South Rustico

Firms Phantom with owner Joe Kennedy and Gilles Barrieau

Bill McNeill of Saulsbrook Farm in Windsor

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2002

The President’s View – Blair Campbell – President “The Atlantic Classic sale went off quiet smoothly in its first year thanks to the support of Norman Hall and four of our directors who were involved in the Sale committee and the operation of the sale. A portion of the profits from the sale will be used to augment the purses for the Island Breeders Finals. The Island Breeders Series was also successful and the Finals well attended. Our purses for the PEI Colt Stakes set a new record with over $92,000, with the two filly divisions of the two-year-olds going for a record $9,100 each. For the second year in a row all the three-year-old colt pacing divisions went faster than 2:00. During the year a committee was set up to review our constitution in light of the changes to our organization. Race Highlights. Quick Flow was a repeat winner for driver Gilles Barrieau winning a three-year-old pacing division. Clinton Debriefed, who set a stakes record in a two-year-old pacing colt division saw it tied by West River Neldie and Clare MacDonald. Rustico Ben repeated as a Colt Stakes winner in a three-year-old trot contest for new owner Myron Ford and co-owner John Pineau. Royal Cane took one of the rich two-year-old filly races for owner David Ratchford who was winning his third consecutive Colt Stake trophy in three years. Pedro was a winner in the two-year-old trot giving driver Harold Shepherd, Owner Peter Buchanan and breeder George Boswall their first Colt Stakes wins. Personalities Blair Campbell served the Colt Stakes as a director for several years and as President in 2002-2003. He is a successful breeder with several stakes winners, with the farm prefix of Camco, such as PEI Colt stakes winners Camco Kyle who won twice, and Camco Lueann. He currently stands the Life Sign sire Signyourlifeaway. Blair is one of an active group of breeders and owners in the North Wiltshire area and currently serves on the PEI Harness Racing Industry Association board as well as being a director for the Maritime Breeders.

September 2002 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,500 Quick Flow (Gilles Barrieau) 1:57.1 Owner: William Flowers, Saint John, NB Chief Happysak (Gary Chappell) 1:59.4 Owner: Leo MacDonald, NS Woodmere Fulatrix (Emmons MacKay) 1:58 Owner : Emmons MacKay, Truro, NS 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $6,500 Woodmere Bj (Danny Romo) 2:02.4 Owner: Lloyd Denton, Fredericton, NB Dropelle (Gilles Barrieau) 2:01.1 Owners: William Lanigan, Cambridge Elm Grove Noelle (Ken Arsenault) 2:01.1 Owner: Horne & Robertson, NS 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,900 Rustico Ben (Brian MacPhee) 2:03.3 Owner: Myron Ford & John Pineau, Winsloe & Sth Rustico Dunmore Shadow (Clare MacDonald) 2:04.1 Owner: C MacDonald & G Moulins, Truro and S’Side 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,700 Lyndale Spud (David O’Brien) 2:00.4 Owner: Dan MacIsaac, Charlottetown West River Neldie (Clare MacDonald) St record 1:58.3 Owner: Clare MacDonald, Tatamagouche, NS Clinton Debreifed (Gilles Barrieau) Stakes record 1:58.3 Owner: Hugh Baird, Hampton, NB 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $9,100 Royal Cane (Earl Smith) 2:00.4 Owner: David Ratchford, North Sydney,NS Blu Meadow Sue (Danny Romo) 2:00.2 Owner: Ted Hawco & D Romo, Truro, NS 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,500 Mystery Balance (Gary Chappell) 2:10.1 Owner: Wayne Bell, Wood Islands Pedro (Harold Shepherd) 2:07.2 Owner : Peter Buchanan, Emyvale

Rustico Ben and John Pineau

Blair Campbell

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2003

The President’s View – Blair Campbell – President “A new constitution was approved for the PEI Colt Stakes which reflects our current role of supporting the breeding industry through our Colt Stakes racing program. The past year has been one of adjustment as we continue to reduce our administrative requirements. The retirement of Norman Hall as manager and the reduction of the number of directors from nine to six will allow our organization to operate on a fully volunteer basis. I am pleased that Norman has decided to remain as a director and he will continue to oversee the operation of our stakes program for the foreseeable future. Our program has grown to one that provided over $235,000 in purses this past year and much of this growth has occurred during the past twenty years that Norman has been our manager”. Race Highlights. Maple Leaf Legacy and Dunmore Topaz brought owner/driver Ralph Annear back to the winners circle in the two and three-year-old trot respectively. his first wins since his double win in 1999. Lotta Speed, who set a stakes record in a two-year-old pacing division won the fastest of the three divisions for two-year-old pacing colts for breeder Roddy MacLeod. The other two divisions were taken by Mr Domi and Falstaff in an Island bred sweep. West River Ontop took a two-year-old filly division for Clare MacDonald who also took the lead in overall driver/owner/breeder wins in the Colt Stakes with the victory. Blu Meadow Sue was a repeat winner as were Mystery Balance and Clinton Debriefed. Personalities J Roderick “Roddy” MacLeod operates a farm in Hartsville where his small band of broodmares has produced stakes champions both trotting and pacing. He got his first broodmare in 1970 called Fluid Drive. He stood Sherwood Abe, Smooth George, and the trotting sires Hedgerow Hill and Balance Of Trade, the latter being the top trotting sire of winners in recent PEI Colt Stakes history. He bred the first sub 2:00 two-year-old in Stakes history in Acton’s Heritage as well as the double winner Lotta Speed, 2:00 filly Scarlet Hussy, and trot stake winners Mystery Balance and Kin O Classic among many other stakes performers. He has served as a Colt Stakes director several times.

September 2003 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $7,700 Clinton Debreifed (Todd Trites) 1:57.1 Owner: Hugh Baird, Hampton, NB Porthill Alf (Ken Arsenault) 1:58.2 Owner: Marvyn Webster, Port Hill 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,500 Blu Meadow Sue (Danny Romo) 2:01 Owner: Ted Hawco & D Romo, Truro, NS Margarita Rita (Ken Arsenault) 1:59.3 Owners: Heather Hawkins, Port Hood, NS Bettim Amanda (Danny O’Brien) 2:01 Owner : David Purcell, NB 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $3,750 Dunmore Topaz (Ralph Annear) 2:03.2 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague Mystery Balance (Gary Chappell) 2:05.4 Owner: Wayne Bell, Wood Islands 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,400 Lotta Speed (Sam Hodgson) 1:59.3 Owner: David Bishop, Saint John, NB Mr Domi (Calvin Isenor) 2:01.3 Owner: Calvin Isenor, Truro, NS Falstaff (Ken Arsenault) 2:03 Owner: Frank Robertson, Halifax, NS 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $8,500 Woodmere Coaldust (Ron Matheson) 2:03 Owner: Stanley & MacKenzie, NS West River Ontop (Clare MacDonald) 2:03.4 Owner: Clare MacDonald, Antigonish, NS 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $4,400 Maple Leaf Legacy (Ralph Annear) 2:10 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague Donmar Joey (Peter Lanigan) 2:06.3 Owner: William Lanigan, Cambridge

Mr Domi was bred by Eldred Nicholson and became the fastest Maritime bred in history at the time in 2004.

Roddy MacLeod

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2004

The President’s View – John Clarey – President “Plans for our 70th anniversary were disrupted with the demolition of the grandstand due to Hurricane Juan although we did manage to hold a reception for directors, past and present, in the historic Judges Stand in center field during the Colt Stakes races. With a new agreement in place to cover racing at the Charlottetown track, and the proposed increase in purses from the revenues of the proposed racino, we can expect bigger and better days ahead for racing on PEI, including our Colt Stakes racing program. Nominations to the Colt Stakes have also increased by almost 20% since the joint nomination process was established through Standardbred Canada”. Race Highlights. Mr Domi repeated as a Colt Stakes winner as he won the fastest of four divisions of three-year-old pacing colts for Danny Romo and new owner Wayne Hill. Romo won another four stakes during the week, tying him for the record of five wins in any one year. Blu Meadow Tara won the fastest of four divisions of the three-year-old fillies with driver Danny Romo who also won two of the other filly divisions, another stakes record. Woodmere Sonicboom topped the two-year-old divisions with a 2:00 trip in less than ideal conditions. He was owned by the Downey Stables, now a five time stakes winning owner. Howmacs Dragon became the first non- Maritime sired filly to win a Colt Stakes race although she was foaled on PEI and met the Maritime foaled stake conditions. She was driven by Earl Smith for first time winning owner the Howmac Stable. Personalities Eldred Nicholson is like a lot of Island breeders in that he keeps two or three mares, but few can claim the kind of success he has had in producing a horse like Mr Domi and others with names tied to his beloved Toronto Maple Leafs. A Colt Stakes winner at two and three, he was a dominant horse in the Maritime stakes before going to Ontario. There he raced competitively and took a three-year-old record of 1:50.3, earning almost $250,000, and making him the fastest Maritime bred in history at the time. In addition to his breeding activities, Eldred is an active volunteer with several industry groups including the Atlantic Sires, the PEISHOA and the PEI Harness Racing Industry Association.

September 2004 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $4,700 Lotta Speed (Sam Hodgson) 1:58.2 Owner: David Bishop, Saint John, NB Dunachton Gale (Phil Pinkney) 1:57.4 Owner: D & M Fillmore, NS Mr Domi (Danny Romo) 1:57.4 Owner: Wayne Hill, Fredericton, NB Fairly Mitch (Danny Romo) 2:00.4 Owner : John and Linda Ratchford, Nth Sydney, NS 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,700 Blu Meadow Tara (Danny Romo) 2:00 Owner: Macsimm Stable, Charlottetown Parallax (Danny Romo) 2:00.4 Owners: Paul Gray, Halifax, NS Doctor S (Danny Romo) 2:01 Owner : Robert Haines, NB Binies Bismark J (Brian MacPhee) 2:01.1 Owner : Cecil Stewart, Elmsdale 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $4,600 Maple Leaf Legacy (Ralph Annear) 2:04 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague Final Balance (Ken Arsenault) 2:07.1 Owner: One Black Horse Stable, Moncton, NB 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,300 Woodmere Sonicboom (Steve Mason) 2:00 Owner: Downey Stables, Saint John, NB Camco Kyle (Mike Stevenson) 2:05 Owner : John Davies, Saint John, NB Flaming Moe (Gilles Barrieau) 2:02.2 Owner: A Baird & H Russell, NB 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,900 Howmacs Dragon (Earl Smith) 2:01.3 Owner: Howmac Stable, North Wiltshire Admirals First Lady (Gilles Barrieau) 2:02 Owner: William Flowers, Saint John, NB Heshe Gal (Ken Arsenault) 2:04 Owner : Paul Doyle, Charlottetown, Island Zsa Zsa (David O’Brien) 2:03 Owner: Harris Johnston, Charlottetown 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $5,300 Dunmore Tcb (Clare MacDonald) 2:08 Owner: Clare MacDonald, Antigonish, NS

Flaming Moe and Gilles Barrieau

Eldred Nicholson

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2005

The President’s View – John Clarey – President “At the request of the PEI Department of Agriculture we have submitted a number of proposals for initiatives to assist the breeding sector of the harness racing industry. The proposals include incentives for Island bred horses, purchase of broodmares, education programs, research and infrastructure needs. The doubling of our Government support for purses resulted in a purse total for the PEI Colt Stakes over $100,000 for the first time Iin fact the purses rose to almost $120,000 and the total for the Island Breeders Series overall was close to $300,000. There was a record total of twenty divisions raced over three race dates”. Race Highlights. A welcome break from bad track conditions resulted in seven new stakes records including three in the three-year-old pacing filly divisions in consecutive races. Howmacs Dragon led the record parade in the three-year-old filly divisions with a 1:57.2 record after Muzzysaprilshowers and Incoming Storm both beat the previous record with identical times of 1:59.1. B G Bluefin broke the two-year-old filly record for Jason Hughes driving for the Bluefin Stable. Flaming Moe repeated as a Colt Stakes winner and smashed the three-year-old record in the process with a 1:55.2 time for driver Danny Romo just after P H Jimmy had set the record of 1:55.4 in another division. Elm Grove Action took almost a second off the two-year-old colt record for the first Colt Stakes winner bred by Elm Grove Farm. Personalities Elwood Lawton is the master of Southview Farms, a picturesque breeding and training operation overlooking Pownal Bay. In a few short years he has produced some very special stakes winners including the current two and three-year-old filly record holder, 1:58 at two and 1:56.2 at three, appropriately named Southview Special. It is only the second time in the history of the Colt Stakes that one horse has held two records at the same time. He is also the breeder of Maritime record holder Oceanview Kitty who set the two-year-old filly record of 1:57.1 in 2008. Elwood has been active in the industry as a director and Vice President of the Charlottetown Driving Park.

September 2005 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,100 Camco Kyle (Todd Trites) 1:57.3 Owner : John Davies, Saint John, NB Flaming Moe (Danny Romo)Stakes record 1:55.2 Owner: A Baird & H Russell, NB P H Jimmy (Todd Trites) Stakes record 1:55.4 Owner: Wayne Hill, Fredericton, NB Sounding (Ron Matheson) 1:59.3 Owner : Dr A B Kelly, Stratford 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $6,200 Muzzysaprilshowers (Walter Cheverie) St. record 1:59.1 Owner: Muzzy Ridge Stable, Chester, NS Incoming Storm (Danny Romo) Stakes record 1:59.1 Owners: Avery & Diakoloukus, PA Howmacs Dragon (Earl Smith) Stakes record 1:57.3 Owner: Howmac Stable, North Wiltshire Heshe Gal (Ken Arsenault) 1:59.3 Owner: Paul Doyle, Charlottetown 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $5,200 Rustico Logic (Brian MacPhee) 2:04.2 Owner: RalpJohn Pineau, South Rustico Hopedale Jive (Joey Pineau) 2:07.1 Owner: Ken MacInnis, Charlottetown 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $5,750 Super Sidney C (Clare MacDonald) 2:01.1 Owner: Clare MacDonald, Antigonish, NS P H Super Dave (Todd Trites) 1:59.3 Owner: James Shive, Shubenacadie, NS Elm Grove Action (Todd Trites) Stakes record 1:57.4 Owner: MacNeil and Lavric, NB Southview Sam (Walter Cheverie) 2:00.2 Owner: Gerald Kelly, Charlottetown 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $6,700 Justa Secret (Clare MacDonald) 2:02.1 Owner: J Sutherland, NS Camco Lueann (Gilles Barrieau) 2:00 Owner: James Henderson, NS Miss Domi (Gilles Barrieau) 2:02.3 Owner: B MacDonald & D Ross, Crapaud & Belfast B G Bluefin (Jason Hughes) Stakes record 1:59.3 Owner: Bluefin Stable, Stratford 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $5,100 Dunmore Alpha (Edward Smallwood) 2:09 Owner: Edward Smallwood, Stratford Maple Leaf Noble (Ralph Annear) 2:08 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague

Howmacs Dragon and Marc Campbell

Elwood Lawton

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2006

The President’s View – John Clarey – President “As a result of the new arrangement for stakes payments with Standardbred Canada we no longer have a way of collecting a membership fee and our membership has essentially ceased. This has created problems in sustaining interest in our annual meetings with only the directors and a handful of others attending. For the time being all persons nominating to the program are deemed to be members although no fee is required”. Race Highlights. Force Ore Finesse broke the two-year-old record with a 1:57.4 score for Phil Pinkney and breeder Donald Porter. Southview Special smashed the record for two-year-old fillies winning in 1:58 with Walter Cheverie driving for owner Elwood Lawton. Special Guest had earlier beaten the previous record also with a 1:59.2 score. All of the two-year-old colt and filly divisions were timed in 2:00 or better for the first time in Colt Stakes history. West River Quota set a new record for three- year-old fillies as Clare MacDonald drove to her second stakes record of the week this time with her own homebred.

Maple Leaf Noble dropped the three-year-old trot record by almost two seconds as he completed an unbeaten season for Ralph Annear with a repeat Colt Stakes win. Personalities Donald Porter has a long time reputation as a breeder of exceptional colts and fillies. Operating from his farm not far from Truro, he has produced several Maritime champions including his most recent in Deep Finesse, the top two-year-old pacing colt of 2008. He also bred the current PEI Colt Stakes two-year-old pacing colt record holder in Force Ore Finesse who won at two and at three.. That colt was from a mare he raised by his own stallion Waveore as was another top two-year-old in Dube Finesse. He also stood Sherwood Abe who was the sire of Escorts Abe, his first Colt Stakes winner as a breeder.

September 2006 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $5,700 Super Sidney C (Clare MacDonald) 1:57.2 Owner: Clare MacDonald, Antigonish, NS Southview Sam (Vince Poulton) 1:58.2 Owner: Gerald Kelly, Charlottetown Flashy Boy (Darren Crowe) 1:58.2 Owner: Wes Patriquin, Debert, NS The Butter Man (Ken Arsenault) 1:58.2 Owner : Barton Boswall, North Wiltshire 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $4,650 West River Quota (Clare MacDonald) St. record 1:57.3 Owner: Clare MacDonald, Antigonish, NS Kilkerran Xoanon (Andrew Banks) 1:59.1 Owners: Doug Ferguson, Tatamagouche, NS Educated (Ken Arsenault) 1:59 Owner: Jamie Hachey, Saint John, NB Woodmere Lonesome (Gilles Barrieau) 1:59.3 Owner : Paul Johnstone, NS Downeast Liz (Walter Cheverie) 2:00.2 Owner : Sandra Stead, Montague Cruising Thunder (Terry Gallant) 2:00.2 Owners: E Doucette, T Mann, Kensington 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $5,150 Saulsbrook Juan (Brian MacPhee) 2:06.3 Owner: Ocean Breeze Stable & B MacPhee, Cornwall Maple Leaf Noble (Ralph Annear) Stakes record 2:01.1 Owner : Ralph Annear, Montague 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,000 Casual Motion (Joey Pineau) 1:59.3 Owner: Joey Pineau, South Rustico Force Ore Finesse (Phil Pinkney) Stakes record 1:57.4 Owner: KDP Standardbreds, Truro, NS Elm Grove Buddy (Gilles Barrieau) 1:58.2 Owner: Wayne Hill, Fredericton, NB The Little Munster (Danny Romo) 1:58 Owner: John Ratchford, Nth Sydney, NS 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,100 Island Galeforce (Gilles Barrieau) 2:00 Owner: Robert Webster, Brookfield Special Guest (Clare MacDonald) Stakes record 1:59.2 Owner: C MacDonald & M Kerr, Antigonish & Truro, NS Brendons Gal (Gilles Barrieau) 2:00 Owner: Jean Belliveau, Moncton, NB Southview Special (Walter Cheverie) St. record 1:58 Owner: Elwood Lawton, Stratford Northie T (Ernie Laffin) 1:59.4 Owner: Lloyd Nelson and D Watt, NS 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $4,750 Dunmore Tko (Edward Smallwood) 2:06.4 Owner: Edward Smallwood, Stratford Dusty Lane Diva (Mark Campbell) 2:06 Owner: Earl Watts, North Wiltshire

Donald Porter

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2007

The President’s View – John Clarey – President “Changes to our stakes conditions last year included an increase in starting fees. This was expected to increase purses and perhaps result in fewer divisions. With twenty or more divisions it is becoming increasingly more difficult to accommodate the stakes along with the demand for overnight races as the horse population continues to grow. The number of divisions this past year dropped from twenty-three to twenty and the average purse per division increased accordingly with total purses of around $120,000 staying the same”. Race Highlights Force Ore Finesse repeated as a Colt Stakes winner taking a three-year-old division for Phil Pinkney. Southview Special added another stakes record to her resume, this time for three-year-old fillies, as she set a new record at 1:56.2 making her only the second double record holder in Colt Stakes history. Forceful Hope also beat the previous record with a mile of 1:57.1 for Marc Campbell. Saulsbrook Balance trotted the fastest ever for a two-year-old trotter in the Colt Stakes with a mile of 2:02.2 for owner Russell Newman and breeder Saulsbrook Farm. Scarlet Sensation won yet another stake for the father/son combination of Gordon and Darryl MacLean and it was a third generation stakes winner from their foundation mare Scarlet Dawn. Imps Finesse led the speed parade in the two-year-old pacing colt divisions as they all broke 2:00 for the second year in a row. Personalities Gordon Maclean and son Darryl form a father and son combination to contend with in PEI Colt Stakes action. Gordon got his first breeder/owner/driver win in 1982 with Scarlet Victory and since then he has claimed eleven more victories with nine of them driven by son Darryl. They took the Colt Stakes record for three-year-old trotters with Scarlet Nite in 1988. Another son, Todd, won a four-year-old Colt Stakes event with Scarlet Eve to set yet another record, this time for family performance. Their foundation mare Scarlet Dawn produced a record four Colt Stakes winners and they in turn have produced three more. A fourth generation colt was stakes placed in 2008.

September 2007 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $5,700 Force Ore Finesse (Phil Pinkney) 1:56 Owner: KDP Standardbreds, Truro, NS Jags Raisin (Brian MacPhee) 1:59 Owner: Mel Land, Sussex, NB Beer Drinkin Drip (Darren Crowe) 1:59.2 Owner: Blair Laffin, Shubenacadie, NS Country Estate (Darren Crowe) 1:56.4 Owner: Blair Laffin, Shubenacadie, NS 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $7,200 Southview Special (Walter Cheverie) St. record 1:56.2 Owner: Elwood Lawton, Stratford Forceful Hope (Marc Campbell) 1:57.1 Owners: Cirillo and Gaum, ON Northie T (Ernie Laffin) 1:59.1 Owner: Nelson and Watt, NS 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $5,000 Scarlet Sensation (Darryl MacLean) 2:04.4 Owner: Gordon MacLean, Winsloe Maple Leaf Opal (Ralph Annear) 2:05.1 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $6,700 Imps Finesse (Bernie MacCallum) 1:58.2 Owner: Morah Kerr, Truro, NS Ride The Lightning (Walter Cheverie) 1:58.4 Owner: A & W Walker, NS Hushs Last Money (Henry Smallwood) 1:59.4 Owner: Lowther & Francis, NS Accelerated Force (Gilles Barrieau) 1:59 Owner: Barrieau and Clinton, NB 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,200 Beer Drinkin Doll (Ernie Laffin) 2:01.2 Owner: Blair Laffin, Shubenacadie, NS Come Back Quick (Marc Campbell) 2:00 Owners: R & T MacDonald, M Campbell, Charlottetown Milliondollarjen (Clare MacDonald) 2:00.3 Owner: Phonse MacEachern, Port Hood, NS Southview Spring (Walter Cheverie) 2:00.2 Owner: Elwood Lawton, Stratford Diplomate Girl (Todd Trites) 2:01.1 Owner: Roger Aucoin, Magdalene Isl., PQ 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $5,500 Saulsbrook Balance (Clare MacDonald) St. record 2:02.2 Owner: Russell Newman, Nth Sydney, NS Demasadio Tequila (Ivan Jamieson) 2:08.3 Owner: Ivan Jamieson, Wentworth, NS

Imps Finesse with Walter Cheverie

Gordon MacLean

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2008

The President’s View – John Clarey – President “Purses for the PEI Colt Stakes jumped to $139,600 with a record number of twenty-four divisions. Although there were no individual stakes records set, the pacing divisions saw fourteen of the twenty races timed in 2:00 or better, a first for the Colt Stakes. Plans are under way for our 75th Anniversary in 2009 and a committee of over twenty volunteers is involved in the planning chaired by Norman Hall”. Race Highlights Deep Finesse continued his long win streak with a dominant win in a two-year-old colt division for driver and owner Phil Pinkney. Island Quick Cash gave Walter Simmons another Colt Stakes victory fifty-two years after his first victory in 1956. The filly was bred by Hollylaine Island Farms, and they also produced two other winners this year in Island Idol and Island Jazzystar.

Saulsbrook Balance repeated as a Colt Stakes winner by winning the three-year-old trot

Darko, Saulsbrook Balance, Ricarras Sun, and Firedance Ridge gave Ken Arsenault four winners on the week boosting him in to fifth place in driver wins behind Clair MacDonald, Earl Smith, Danny Romo and Gilles Barrieau. Personalities Phil Pinkney, one of the top trainers of young horses in the Maritimes, won his first PEI Colt Stakes in 1975 with Glowing Wayvue. Four years later he was back setting a Stakes record with Ego Trip, a colt he had bought in the first PEI yearling sale. He would return to the same venue to purchase Whos To Care and Whos To Bless, both Colt Stakes winners. In total he has won fifteen Colt Stakes races as a driver and five as an owner including his most recent victory in 2008 with the Maritimes top two-year-old pacing colt, Deep Finesse, and with the three-year-old colt Absolom. He also has set five stakes records over his thirty-four years of racing in the PEI Colt Stakes.

September 2008 - Charlottetown 3 Year Old Colt Pace – Purse - $5,750 Ride The Lightning (Danny Romo) 1:58.4 Owner : A & W Walker, NS Plea Bargain (Gilles Barrieau) 1:58.2 Owner: M & B Blanchard, NB Riccaras Sun (Ken Arsenault) 1:58.4 Owner: Ken MacInnis, Charlottetown Island Jazzystar (Marc Campbell) 2:00.1 Owner: J Dean & A MacDonald, ON Absolom (Phil Pinkney) 1:57.3 Owner: Caneast Standardbreds, Halifax, NS 3 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,700 For The Luv Abunny (Bernie MacCallum) 2:00.1 Owner: Jody Campbell, NS Emily J Down (Danny Romo) 2:00 Owners: Downey Stables, Saint John, NB Beer Drinkin Doll (Ernie Laffin) 1:59.2 Owner: Blair Laffin, Shubenacadie, NS Island Idol (Terry Gallant) 2:02 Owner: Terry Gallant, Summerside Porthill Friendly (Walter Cheverie) 1:59.4 Owner: Jean Beliveau, Moncton, NB 3 Year Old Trot Purse - $4,300 Saulsbrook Balance (Clare MacDonald) 2:03.3 Owner: Russell Newman, Nth Sydney, NS Demasadio Tequila (Ivan Jamieson) 2:02.3 Owner: Ivan Jamieson, Wentworth, NS Super S Crosby (K MacDonald) 2:03.1 Owner: C MacDonald & M Kerr, Antigonish and Truro, NS 2 Year Old Colt Pace Purse - $5,900 Deep Finesse (Phil Pinkney) 1:59.2 Owner: Phil Pinkney, Truro, NS Haggis MacBagpipe (Paul MacDonald) 1:58.3 Owner: Greenoaks Farm, ON Woodmere Fastball (Earl Smith) 1:59 Owner: David Lund, NB P H Cyril (Bernie MacCallum) 1:58.4 Owner: J Henderson, NS Big Oster (Earl Smith) 2:00.1 Owner: Vernon Paugh, Tyne Valley 2 Year Old Filly Pace Purse - $5,500 Solana M (Darren Crowe) 2:02.1 Owner: Kickin Horse Stable, Charlottetown Semjac Legacy (Darren Crowe) 1:59.2 Owners: Smith & Crowe, Truro, NS Oceanview Kitty (Brian MacPhee) 1:59.2 Owner: Claude Poirier, Magdalene Isl. PQ Island Quick Cash (Gilles Barrieau) 2:02.2 Owner: W Simmons & W Sorrie, S’Side Darko (Ken Arsenault) 1:59.4 Owner: Ralph Annear, Montague 2 Year Old Trot Purse - $4,150 Dunmore Chip (Edward Smallwood) 2:12.1 Owner: Edward Smallwood, Stratford Muzzys Dumpling (John Montgomery) 2:07.1 Owner: Muzzy Ridge Stable, NS Firedance Ridge (Ken Arsenault) 2:09 Owner: Donald Dunsford, Charlottetown

Phil Pinkney

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2009

75th Anniversary of Colt Stakes racing on Prince Edward Island We welcome all past participants in the Island Colt Stakes to join us for our 75th Anniversary. The Anniversary committee has organized a program of activities, which will make this a very special year in our history. On May 15th, the date in 1934 of the first meeting of the PEI Harness Racing Club, we will hold a fund raising dinner in Summerside to commemorate that event. The dinner will include a stallion fee auction and a silent auction. Proceeds from the auctions will be split between the Anniversary committee and the Island Matinee Track program that supports the summer camp activities for children. These camps provide an opportunity for children to learn about harness racing and how to handle the wonderful horses that our sport depends upon. We hope, also, to provide support for other programs that involve retired standardbreds such as equine programs for children with disabilities and troubled youth. During the summer we will sponsor a series of races at the matinee tracks for young horses that are non-winners of a parimutuel race. The Goodwill Racing Series will visit seven tracks and hold a final event at the CDPEC on the Sunday afternoon of Colt Stakes weekend. A special anniversary project is the publication of this book, which has been compiled by our longtime manager and director, Norman Hall. This book, and the historical exhibit that will travel to the matinee tracks and finally be dedicated as a permanent exhibit at the CDPEC, would never have been completed without his participation. Our Colt Stakes races this year will go for the highest purses in our history and will feature sponsored awards for all races as well as for the breeders of the winners. They will also feature a return of the four-year-old races on the Sunday afternoon when we will host a special family program in matinee style. The Presidents’ Brunch to be held on Sunday, September 20th, will be the grand finale to our Anniversary year and will be held on the same date, September 20th., that our very first race program was contested at the Charlottetown Driving Park. This event will feature awards to honour the persons and horses that have a special place in our history and will be preceded on Thursday evening with the dedication of a permanent historical exhibit at the CDPEC. The Past Presidents committee has been charged with drawing up the list of award winners.

I want to thank all of the volunteers and sponsors who have made our Anniversary possible and special. John Clarey, President

John Clarey is the current President of the PEI Colt Stakes, holding that office since 2004. He farms on the Whim Road in Montague where he stands the stallions Ameripan Grafitti, Quick Comeback, Full Scholarship and Nukamickie.

Norman Hall has been involved with the PEI Colt Stakes since 1982, first as the secretary/manager and then as a director. He has served as President and volunteer Manager of the Charlottetown Driving Park in 1999, as secretary treasurer of the PEISHOA for several years and as a board and founding member of the PEIHRIA