Streaks on the line
Invitational pacers clash today as CDP hosts 12-dash program
A pair of red-hot winning streaks collide in the top pace of Saturday’s card at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
The 13-dash presentation kicks off at 6 p.m., and the $3,000 Preferred Pace lines up in Race 12. Rose Run Quest comes into the race with four straight wins down his program for trainer-driver Marc Campbell and owner Blair Hansen of Charlottetown.
A winner in the Governor’s Plate final at Red Shores at Summerside Raceway and the Lindsay Construction Cup at Truro Raceway in Nova Scotia, Rose Run Quest will have to face a new foe on Saturday in Sock It Away, who has yet to finish worse than second since coming home to the East Coast.
Sock It Away sits on a pair of wins currently, including a 1:53.2 lifetime-best performance but the four-year-old son of Pang Shui has yet to meet Rose Run Quest this year. Corey MacPherson will drive Sock It Away for trainer Kevin MacLean and owner Reg MacPherson of Stratford.
Race analyst Les MacIsaac is giving the edge to Rose Run Quest off his 1:52.1 track-record performance at Truro Raceway.
“Rose Run Quest has dominated the free-for-all ranks throughout the Maritimes over the past month and, if it’s possible, he seems to be getting better with every start,” MacIsaac said. “There doesn’t seem to be anything to stand in his way.”
Also in the preferred field is Half Cut (driven by Mark Bradley), Down On My Luck (Walter Cheverie), Burn Out Hanover (Gilles Barrieau) and Do Over Hanover (Jason Hughes).
Tobinator is the morning-line favourite in the $1,900 Race 6 Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Pace. Corey MacPherson drives the Trevor Hickentrainee for owner Bill Hicken of Vernon Bridge. The five-yearold was a second-place finisher in 1:55 in his latest outing.
The TD Canada Trust Pace hits the track in Race 8 as Mach Of Ballykeel (Campbell) looks to overcome Post 8 as the morning-line favourite in the $1,500 class.
Races 4 and 7 will feature the top pacing mares on the East Coast battle in a pair of $2,700 open mares’ classes. Jordies Hope is the favourite in Race 4 with David Dowling back in the bike for trainer Brian Ladner from Post 6.
Sodwana Bay is picked for the top spot in Race 7 for trainerdriver Gilles Barrieau.
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