Cindys Party Boy will try to fire up a returning Islander’s summer vacation in a hugely competitive Thursday evening finale at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. 

The 12-dash Thursday evening program gets underway at 6:30 p.m.., with Cindys Party Boy garnering the catch-driving duties of Charlottetown native Mark McKinnon. A former catch-driver on P.E.I., McKinnon has not driven in an East Coast race since 2015 when he left for Ontario where he served as assistant trainer to Casie Coleman then Carmen Auciello. Leaving from the post four, Cindys Party Boy was collared off the lead his last start for trainer Marc Campbell and owner Charles Symes of Springhill, N.S. 

Campbell will drive the post three entry in the race, Raise You Twenty, who is also a member of his Orwell stable. A seven-time winner in 2021, the Classic Card Shark five-year-old is making his 2022 debut in the dash. 

Mission Three makes his East Coast debut from post five with Ken Murphy dialed in to drive for new trainer Kyle Wilkie and owners Tyler and Shelly Wilkie of Stratford, P.E.I. The Mach Three seven-year-old boasts 17 lifetime wins and $194,999 in earnings. The Big Chase rides a pair of runner-up finishes into the $2,200 event for trainer/driver Corey MacPherson from post eight while Phil Dorleans has post two at 7-2 morning line odds for trainer/driver Jason Hughes. Better Than Cash (to be driven by Ambyr Campbell) has post six with Brookdale Ollie (Kenny Arsenault) leaving from post seven. 

Peter MacPhee shows how wide-open the dash is in the "Post Time Picks" as he sides with the rail entry Gringo Star and driver Gilles Barrieau as the front-running Ralph Sweet trainee puts the hopples back on for Thursday: “Take a peek at that start two back where Gringo Star just missed. Lands on the cones and Barrieau is back so they could go one better this time.” 

To view Thursday's harness racing entries, click on the following link: Thursday Results - Charlottetown Driving Park.

(Red Shores)