Dropping out of Preferred 1 company, Mantario will look to rule the roost Sunday afternoon at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.
With 13 dashes on tap Sunday afternoon in Summerside, the program will kick off at 1:00 P.M. The $2,900 Preferred 2 pace hits the track as the feature in race 12 with Mantario the morning line favourite from post two. David Dowling drives the son of Sportswriter for trainer Jennifer Doyle, who co-owns the pacer with Danny Birt of Earnscliffe. Mantario attacked first-over in his latest outing but fell short in with top notch company like Rose Run Quest and Screen Test. Heart And Soul has been superb all season and gets Jason Hughes back at the lines on Sunday from post four for trainer George Riley as the Atlantic Champion looks for win number seven of the season. Cowboy Logic (Steven Shepherd) was victorious his last start at this level and gets post five on Sunday.
The Backstretch Beat in Sunday’s race program pegs Mantario for the top spot. “Admittedly there is no real standout in this group, it’s just a field of six very nice horses where anything is possible. With Mantario having just came first up in the preferred 1 and hanging for a spot on the board we think he can get it all today.”
Also in the featured field are Pictonian Storm (Ken Murphy), Woodmere Chella (Gilles Barrieau) and Soccer Hanover (Corey MacPherson).
The driver’s race at the Prince County oval remains tight with MacPherson currently clinging to a one-race lead with 28 wins on the season. Dowling is in second place at 27 wins while Adam Merner is just two races back of the lead at 26 wins. Hughes chimes in fourth at 24 wins with Marc Campbell in fifth at 20 wins.
Catch all the action on the worldwide broadcast at Redshores.ca and wager online at HPIBet.com. To view the entries for Sunday's card of harness racing, click the following link: Sunday Entries - Summerside Raceway.
(Red Shores)