Red Shores’ Charlottetown Driving Park will host its final Saturday-Sunday combo of the 2016 season this weekend.

Post time for each of the cards will be 12:30 p.m.

The ‘city oval’ will present 26 races over the course of the weekend, and one driver will be on track to beat the all-time single-season wins record at the CDP. Marc Campbell, who set the record in 2012 at 130 wins, has a chance to break his own record before the season ends on December 31, 2016. The Winsloe native has been booked to drive 16 horses this weekend. He is currently only eight wins away from setting a new standard (eight cards of racing remain).

The two-time Gold Cup winner will start his assignments with live drives aboard trotters Tyne Valley, trained by William Roloson, and Freddie, for the Three Wiseman stable, Cornwall, PE. The countdown is on and it’s most likely he will re-write this chapter in the history books.

The afternoon feature has track analysts split on their top choices. Race secretary Gerard Smith, who was inducted to the PEI Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 1977 PEI Islander’s senior baseball team, has labelled last week’s top class winner Best Risque as the one to beat from Post 1 for driver MacPherson, trainer Brian Ladner and his co-owners Lillian and Kevin Ladner, Charlottetown, PE. MacPherson, fresh off his ‘high-five’ last week, will handle the mare after her sparkling winning performance of 1:56.3.

On the other hand, the host of top picks in the race program, Les MacIsaac, is putting his money on Post 5 starter Smiley Bayama and driver Adam Merner. Ron Gass trains the eight-year-old pacer for his daughter, Shelley Gass, and granddaughter, Alexis Gass, Cornwall, PE. There will be strong opposition from Clic K (Campbell), Rash B Havior (Ken Murphy) and Motorino (Terry Gallant). The nine horse line-up also includes McJestic (Gary Chappell), First Art Down (Jason Hughes), DBS Rosco (Kenny Arsenault) and Three Truths (Vaughn Doyle).

To view the harness racing entries for Saturday at the CDP, click the following link: Saturday Entries – Charlottetown Driving Park.

D GS Camme Looks To Extend Streak Sunday

D Gs Camme (Post 7) will take his three-race winning streak into the Sunday feature. Co-owner-driver Ron Matheson will be in the bike as the invitational star will seek his tenth victory of the season. Instant Shadow, who has also won his last three starts, will start from the rail for Mark Bradley, while 3-1 choice Eagle Jolt will fire from Post 6. The all-star cast includes Painted Desert, Simon Said, All Turain, Someone Like You and Drivingthedragon N.

To view the harness racing entries for Sunday at the CDP, click the following link: Sunday Entries – Charlottetown Driving Park.

(Red Shores)