A field of the top horses in the Maritimes will butt heads in the Saturday afternoon feature at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
The 12-race program starts at 12:30 p.m., with the $2,800 preferred pace carded as Race 11. Rose Run Quest has two straight wins at this level and will leave from post six for trainer-driver Marc Campbell and owner Blair Hansen of Charlottetown. The seven-year-old son of If I Can Dream is a 10-time winner so far this season.
Euchred ships in from Nova Scotia to trainer Nicholas Oakes and will have the services of Adam Merner in the driver's seat for owner Kayla Habicht Walker of Inverness, N.S. The Shadow Play seven-year-old was third against Rose Run Quest in his latest with a first-over effort after having won in 1:53.3 over Truro Raceway in the Johnny Conroy Invitational earlier this season.
Race analyst Les MacIsaac elects to side with Rose Run Quest for top spot.
“Rose Run Quest lost his crown for a few weeks but after back-to-back wins, he's top dog again,” MacIsaac said. “It will take a big effort by one of his rivals to prevent a three-peat.”
Filling out the preferred field are Hes Marvalous (Myles Heffernan Sr.), Burn Out Hanover (Gilles Barrieau), Rockin Indy (David Dowling) and Screen Test (Corey MacPherson).
The ninth race on the card is the $2,700 Best Risque Memorial Open Mares Pace. Jordies Hope knocked off this group in her latest and will leave from post five this week for trainer and co-owner Brian Ladner and co-owners Kevin and Lillian Ladner of Charlottetown. Jason Hughes picks up the catch-driving assignment. Other top entries include Imagine Speed (Dale Spence) and Traces Of Purple (Campbell).
The Saturday program was slated to field eliminations of the Maritime Breeders stakes for two and three-year-old trotters. The race office received seven entries in the three-year-old trot and five entries for the two-year-old trot, thus all entrants advance to next week's finals.
Harness driver Dave Kelly will join broadcast host Peter MacPhee on the Inside Track. The interview segment will go to air at 12:05pm.
For live video and more go to Redshores.ca. To view entries for Saturday's card, click the following link: Saturday Entries - Charlottetown Driving Park.
(with files from Red Shores)