Campbell stable ready to repeat pacing glory

The fillies and mares open class has been all Marc Campbell, all the time this season, and the Winsloe horseman will look for that to continue tonight at Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

The 11-dash card begins at 6 p.m. with a compact field of five mares set to meet in the Race 10 feature.

The fillies and mares open pace carries a $2,900 purse as the Campbell-trained-anddriven Dreamfair Zenfire will leave from Post 3 for owners Ryan and Everett MacLeod of Souris. The Sunfire Blue Chip four-year-old is batting 80 per cent this season, with only one loss from five seasonal outings.

Berazzled draws Post 5 this week with David Dowling picking up the drive for trainer Jonah Moase and owner Neal Moase of Warren Grove.

Berazzled has yet to miss the top three since coming to the East Coast.

Race analyst Les MacIsaac expects a similar result to last week, as he places Dreamfair Zenfire on top.

“Dreamfair Zenfire has won four of five this year with both of her local wins in 1:56,” he said.

“With an inside post in a compact field, the road to the winner’s circle goes through her.”

The field also includes Falls Creek (Adam Merner), Miss

Kabana (Vincent Poulton) and Much Adoo (Brodie MacPhee).

The open trot takes to the track in Race 8 for a $2,500 purse as newly minted Maritime champion Daisy River has drawn the rail position. Walter Cheverie will pick up the catch drive this week as regular driver Jason Hughes must drive his own trainee, Star Photo, from Post 5. The William Lanigan-ownedand-trained Daisy River recorded the fastest mile ever by a Maritime-bred trotter in the Atlantic provinces last week while winning in 1:58.1. Freddie will loom the biggest danger assigned to the outside Post 7 after winning the last two open trot classes for trainer-driver Campbell.

A number of high-quality pacing fillies will spar in Race 4 with $2,000 in play in what is sure to be a preview of the coming stakes season.

An Atlantic Breeders Crown champion last year at age two, Woodmere Skyroller makes her debut from Post 6 with Dowling in the seat for trainer Kevin MacLean.

The field also includes last year’s talented stakes performers Watch Me Dance (Hughes), Ezra Express (Campbell) and Tobins Choice (Gary Chappell) among others.