Top mares make Island debuts tonight at CDP

The ladies do battle tonight at Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

The 10-dash program kicks off at 6:30 p.m., with the $2,250 open mares pace taking centre stage in Race 9. Woodmere Articblue will look to defend last week’s title from Post 4 for trainer-driver Marc Campbell, who continues to dominate the Charlottetown driving standings with an incredible 35 wins from 85 seasonal starts. Tanya Tremblett and Stevi Jardine of Nova Scotia share ownership of Woodmere Articblue. Newcomer Prettyndangerous was second in her East Coast debut and gets Post 3 for driver Adam Merner and coowner and trainer Bo Ford and co-owner Arnold Myers, all of Charlottetown, while Shadows Mystery is the morning-line favourite from Post 2 for driver Kenny Arsenault. Miss Machqueen (Jason Hughes) draws Post 6 in the field in her Island debut for owner Danny Birt of Stratford after racing in conditioned events at Woodbine and Mohawk Raceways in Ontario. A compact field of five open trotters line up in Race 3 for a $1,750 purse with Freddie looking to defend his four-race win streak for trainer-driver Campbell. Morosita Bi (Hughes) makes her Island debut from Post 4 for owner Foxyhall Racing of Nova Scotia after racing at Saratoga Raceway in New York, where he took a record of 1:55.3 over the half-mile track last season.

Red Shores Charlottetown and Summerside will launch the 2017 edition of the Drive for Charity promotion. The promotion features 11 harness drivers teaming up with 11 businesses to raise money for 11 Island charities. For complete details on the Drive for Charity go to www.redshores.ca.