The Preferred pacers return to Charlottetown on Saturday, Sept. 23 and Rollwithhottytoddy headlines the featured event at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
The city track has 14 dashes getting underway at 6 p.m., with the $3,600 Preferred Pace hitting the track in race 13.
Rollwithhottytoddy steps out of the Invitational ranks to take on the Saturday feature as the morning line favourite from the Trevor Hicken barn. Myles Heffernan Sr. is back in the bike from post four after Patrick Shepherd drove the son of Rollwithitharry to a third-place finish in the Inverness Invitational in Cape Breton last Sunday. The pacer has been victorious four times in 2023, including a 1:52.3 lifetime best taken over Red Shores Charlottetown.
Stash It Away will loom the danger from post five for driver Ken Murphy and trainer Kevin MacLean. The duo teamed up with the son of Pang Shui for a second-place finish to Twin B Tuffenuff, who is absent in the field, in last week’s Preferred Pace.
Also in the Preferred field are Blood Money (Gilles Barrieau), Navalny (Adam Merner), Century Invictus (Jason Hughes) and JK Last Chance (Kenny Arsenault).
The "Post Time Picks" like Stash It Away to provide a mild Preferred Pace upset: “Stash It Away was a solid second to Invitational star Twin B Tuffenuff in his latest and has shown in the past that he knows how to win with 19 career victories. He loves to hunt down horses and if there is any kind of tussle at the start he will benefit at the end.”
Race 11 is the P.E.I. Colt Stakes Graduate Series horses final, presented by Kays Wholesale and the P.E.I. Standardbred Breeder’s Association. The $9,500 event has Middleton Terror as the morning line choice from post three for trainer-driver David Dowling and owners Kingsley Walsh and Frank Balcom. Pictonian I Am (Murphy) is a top entry from post five along with Betterthanbutter (Colin Sheppard) with rail control.
To view Saturday's harness racing entries, click the following link: Saturday Entries - Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
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