D Gs Camme Cape Breton-bound

J.A. Ferguson memorial invitational set for Saturday

Fresh off action in the $60,000 Sobey’s Gold Cup and Saucer, D Gs Camme will venture to Northside Downs in North Sydney, N.S., on Saturday afternoon.

D Gs Camme has drawn Post 1 in the $6,000 J.A. Ferguson memorial invitational with Gilles Barrieau in the bike for trainer Jackie Matheson and Charlottetown owners Tom Clark, Ron Matheson and Quentin and Hal Bevan.

Forever Paradise has Post 2 for driver Mike McGuigan and trainer Kevin MacLean, with the Trevor Hicken-trained duo of Bazillion (Marc Campbell) and All Turain (Corey MacPherson) leaving three and four.

Cape Breton favourite Junebugs Baby has Post 5 with Myles Heffernan in the bike while Smiley Bayama leaves from the extreme outside Post 6 with Cape Breton native Adam Merner in the bike for trainer Ron Gass.

The three-year-old pacing colts and fillies invade the oval for Atlantic Sires Stakes action with two $10,380 A divisions for the pacing colts and Down the Backstretch

The 2016 Gold Cup and Saucer is in the books and Ys Lotus put in one of the most dominant performances in the history of Atlantic Canadian racing, as he discarded Crombie A’s former 1:50.3 track record and scored a 1:50.1 victory. Top Quebec driver Louis Philippe Roy was in the bike for trainer Rene Allard and owner Yves Sarrazin of Quebec.

The week was spotty weatherwise and a nasty virus hit the horse population at the start of the week and didn’t go away. This led to small fields for the end of the week and kudos to the race office for making the Gold Cup and Saucer card as competitive as it was. Here is a look at the total program wager for the final day of Old Home Week racing for the past seven years. The 2015 program was broke into two pieces with the Gold Cup and Saucer being ran alone on Sunday afternoon. 2016 - $238,661 2015 - $151,571 (Saturday) $42,934 (Sunday) $194,501 (Combined) 2014 - $273,109 2013 - $266,364 2012 - $277,514 2011 - $265,068

Live racing continues Saturday at 6 p.m. at Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park with a 10-dash card.

The Summerside Raceway offers a 14-dash card Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. featuring two-year-old stakes action.

The Joe O’Brien stakes for two-year-old pacing colts will Saturday at 6 p.m. at Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park: Race 1 - Jamantha Race 2 - Corsica Hall Race 3 - My Uncle Pete Race 4 - Whosurwinner Race 5 - Fightmaster Race 6 - Windemere Stanley Race 7 - Ramblinglily Race 8 - PC Shockwave Race 9 - Ok Galahad Race 10 - Tempo Seelster see one very competitive $16,000 gold division with seven entries in Race 13, along with $6,350 grassroots divisions in Races 9 and 11. The two-year-old pacing fillies compete in the Lady Slipper stakes with two $11,000 gold splits in Races 4 and 6 with five entrants in each race, along with $4,750 grassroots action in Races 1, 3, 8 and 10.