A full card of racing on two Island fronts
The battle of the titans resumes Saturday as Adkins Hanover and Mr Irresistible go head-to-head at Red Shores at the Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park .
First race post time is 6 p.m. for the 10-dash card.
The Adkins Hanover-Mr Irresistible rivalry is squared up at two wins each. The six-horse field lines up in Race 9 with Adkins Hanover riding a two-race win streak leaving from Post 6 for driver Corey MacPherson, trainer Trevor Hicken and owner Perry Burke of Quebec.
Mr Irresistible has Post 5 for driver Jason Hughes, conditioner Jennifer Trainor and owner Danny Birt of Stratford.
Adkins Hanover was a more narrow winner over Mr Irresistible last week, but still gets the nod from race analyst Les MacIsaac.
“Adkins Hanover wasn’t quite as dominant last week as he was in his previous start but at the end of the day, it was the same result,” MacIsaac said. “We all know he’ll be setting up shop on the front end again and once there, there could be nothing but open road ahead.”
Other entries include Instant Shadow (Gilles Barrieau), Rash B Havior (Mike Peters), Junebugs Baby (Myles Heffernan) and Starcastic (Brian MacPhee).
The back-up pace hits the track in the Race 10 finale with Narragansett favoured over Beau Seelster.
Narragansett has rail control for trainer-driver Hughes and owner Foxyhall Racing of Nova Scotia, but Beau Seelster rides a pair of second-place finishes into the showdown and draws Post 2 for driver MacPherson, co-owner and trainer Kyle Wilkie of Stratford and co-owner Mallory Lewis of St. Peters Bay.
Summerside Raceway
The 2017 season is off and racing on Victoria Day Monday as live racing returns to Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.
Post time is 1 p.m. for the 10dash holiday card.
The $2,000 feature event lines up in Race 9 with newcomer Mando Fun handicapped with the outside in the five-horse field.
Mando Fun was claimed for $6,500 on Jan. 21 at Flamboro Downs in Ontario by new coowner and trainer Paul Biggar of Tyne Valley and co-owner Donald Callbeck of Kensington. He was impressive in his qualifier winning in 1:58.1 at the Summerside Raceway. The winner of 11 lifetime races has a career best of 1:53.3 taken over Scioto Downs in Ohio and gets the services of Dale Spence in his East Coast debut.
Other entries in the feature include Pictonian Storm from Post 4 dropping from the preferred ranks in Charlottetown and getting the catch driving talents of Gary Chappell for trainer Wade Sorrie, and Post 3 starter D Bs Rosco with Kenny Arsenault in the bike.