The Thursday night spotlight will shine on the Preferred filly and mare pacers where the sophomore division queen will look to re-assert her dominance at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
The Thursday, Nov. 20 card has 12 dashes beginning at 6 p.m. (AST).
The Fillies & Mares Preferred Pace carries a $4,850 purse in race 11 and Badgirl Bridgette is the 5-2 morning line favourite in the field of seven. The superstar daughter of Stonebridge Terror and Whatabadgirl has been a force all season long and returns to her home surface with post one and the “Blue Knight” Jason Hughes back at the controls. The filly has been on a torrid tear including last week where she was tackling this same field and hit the wire first for owner/trainer Bill Lanigan for her 12th win of the season.
Rosetown Mary will leave from post two for trainer/driver Corey MacPherson after winning her last three starts as she ascended back to this level. Brokeandoutofgas, to be driven by Paul Langille, also won her last three starts from the Tammy Collings barn and has post three.
The power-packed field also includes Get Answers (Marc Campbell), Shake N Blake (Ken Murphy), Windemere Saddy (Adam Merner) and Sweet Molly (Gilles Barrieau).
The "Post Time Picks" goes with post four starter Get Answers from the Landon Campbell stable as its win selection: “Get Answers was sent to the front [last week] and led for a long way before settling for a third-place finish. Moves to the middle and we’re thinking the tactics will be the same — only this time she goes all the way to the winner’s circle.”
The $4,200 Open Handicap Trot hits the track in race 10. Buckhead Ridge (Marc Campbell) has been nothing short of tremendous this season for the Landon Campbell barn and he will take on five rivals from post four including top contenders Rocket Blast (MacPherson) and Fight Song (Hughes).
Race six is the $3,000 opening leg of the Joe & Steven MacRae Memorial Fall Series. The Jeff Lilley-trained mare Ubettimagoodone (Barrieau) is the morning line favourite in post three while Sweet Silvia (MacPherson) gets rail control for trainer Deanna Clow, in a field that also contains Red Dirt Diamond (Brett Clow), Elm Grove Nanci (Ken Murphy), J J Kinley (Kenny Arsenault) and Twin B Solitaire (Steven Murphy).
To view Thursday's complete harness racing entries, click the following link: Thursday Entries - Charlottetown Driving Park.
(With files from Red Shores; photo of Badgirl Brigette winning on Nov. 13)