Old Home Week racing saw the end of Ramblinglily's eight-race win streak, but the veteran pacing mare will try to turn the table on her last two foes in Saturday's (August 26) Open pacing mares race at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
First race post time is 6:00 p.m. for the 11-dash card, with Walter Cheverie attempting to reestablish Ramblinglily's win streak from the outside post in the tenth-race $2,250 Open Mares pace with a compact field of five. Prettyndangerous has been razor sharp in her last two outings, landing on the line first in both events for driver Adam Merner and trainer Bo Ford, who co-owns with Arnold Myers. The post three starter also has Shadows Mystery to her outside from post four after that mare was responsible for knocking off Ramblinglily on August 12 for driver Kenny Arsenault and trainer Jackie Matheson.
Race analyst Les MacIsaac suspects Ramblinglily will be starting a fresh streak of visits to the historic Charlottetown winner's circle on Saturday evening.
"Ramblinglily has gone two straight without a win, which is an eternity for her," MacIsaac said. "We know now that she can be beaten, but the question is: will it happen three times in a row? I can’t see it."
The field is rounded out by Good Luck Kathy (Jason Hughes) and West River Ambyr (Steven Shepherd).
A field of six puts their noses on the gate in the seventh-race back-up pace for a purse of $1,900. Mick Dundee is the morning line choice fresh off action in the three-year-old pacing colts stakes for trainer-driver Donald MacNeill of Charlottetown. Other top entries include Red Magician (Adam Merner) and Zero Rate (Walter Cheverie).
The card features the continuation of the $100,000 Dash For Cash promotion where two lucky patrons will get a chance to correctly pick the order of finish in the evening’s finale to win the grand prize. Check out www.redshores.ca for complete contest details as well as race replays, live video and more.
(Red Shores)