A familiar face returns to Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park this Saturday (Jan. 9), as Rose Run Quest will take on Prince Edward Island's best in the $2,900 Preferred Pace.
First post time for the 14-dash Saturday program is 12:30 p.m. AST.
Rose Run Quest, a former Governor’s Plate champion, returns to the Gilles Barrieau stable after a short stint in Ontario for owner Blair Hansen. The 49-time winner will start from post 2 in the Preferred at 6-1 morning line odds after going down to defeat in all three of his Ontario starts. Screen Test, who carries a two-race win streak at the Preferred level, is the top choice from post 6 for driver Corey MacPherson and trainer Ronnie Gass. Other top contenders include Chocolate Swirl (Jason Hughes, post 3), who has won both of his East Coast tries from the red-hot Jennifer Doyle barn, and Revenant (Adam Merner, post 5), who also looks to build on a two-race win streak.
Peter MacPhee with the Post Time Picks places Screen Test on top of his tickets:
“Screen Test blasted off the wings last week and made every call a winning one scoring in 1:56.4,” MacPhee said. “He’s assigned post 6 this week and we’ll see what Corey does, but if they fire home in 28.1 again. he could triple up.”
Winter Blast (Ken Murphy) and Burn Out Hanover (David Dowling) round out the Preferred field.
Valleygrove Farms' Woodmere Chella leads the way in the $2,900 Fillies and Mares Open (race nine) for driver MacPherson and trainer Gass. In her return to Island racing, she was the runner-up to Dreamfair Zenfire, who is not entered this week. Roselily makes her East Coast debut in the same event for trainer-driver Merner and owner Robin Burke. The seven-year-old daughter of Big Jim has been racing the claiming ranks at Yonkers Raceway in New York and has amassed 17 wins and $211,109.
Race five is the Chef Of The Year Andrew Smith Pace, with Pacific Delight having been installed the morning line favourite from the trailing post 9 for driver Barrieau and trainer Ron Matheson fresh off a win in 2:00 in her return to the Island after racing on the Ontario circuit. Smith, Red Shores' executive chef, was recently named the 2019 chef of the year by the P.E.I. Association of Chefs and Cooks.
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To view Saturday's complete entries, click the following link: Saturday Entries – Red Shores Charlottetown.
(Red Shores)