Atlantic Grand Circuit Week continues at Truro Raceway on Sunday, July 6 with an 11-race card that features nine stakes races.
Sunday's first post time is set for 1 p.m. (ADT) with four $16,890 divisions of the Frank & Beth Stanfield Memorial for three-year-old pacing fillies on tap in addition to the first leg of the Atlantic Sires Stakes (AtSS) for two-year-old pacing colts & geldings.
Three $10,800 AtSS 'A' divisions are set for Sunday, carded as Races 2, 7 and 11. Two $6,000 'B' divisions head postward in afternoon's first and third races.
Daddy Boy (PP2, Myles Heffernan Sr., 5-2) gets the nod as the top choice in the first 'A' division. His main competition comes from Saltwater Captain (PP1, David Dowling, 3-1) — the only entry in this race with a pari-mutuel start — and Sporty Anthony (PP3, Ken Murphy, 7-2).
The second 'A' division has even less experience with all six starters racing for a purse for the first time. Real Fancy Pants (PP3, Jason Hughes, 5-2) is the morning line choice, Oceanview Lou (PP1, Brodie MacPhee, 3-1) and Rollwiththewarden (PP6, Corey MacPherson, 7-2) also garnering early attention from the oddsmakers.
Zero Two Sixty (PP6, Robert Laffin, 5-2) already has a win under his belt and looks to makes that two on Sunday as the top choice in the third 'A' division. He'll need to best six rivals, including Den Of Thieves (PP5, Adam Merner) to his inside and rail starter Louie The Lip (PP1, MacPhee, 7-2).
Points earned in each of the four Atlantic Sires Stakes 'A' division and trot events go towards securing a coveted spot in the season-ending Atlantic Breeders Crown championships, with the Atlantic Breeders Crown being hosted by Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park on Oct. 11 and 12. MacRae Backhoe and Trucking is the sponsor for the Atlantic Breeders Crown events.
To view the entries for Sunday's card of harness racing in Nova Scotia, click the following link: Sunday Entries - Truro Raceway.
(Standardbred Canada, with files from ASBA)