One of the most dominant free-for-allers in the history of Atlantic Canadian harness racing returns to action Saturday (Nov. 13) at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
The 15-dash Saturday presentation kicks off at 12:30 p.m., with the $3,400 preferred pace headlining the action in Race 14.
Time To Dance is back for the feature as the Marc Campbell-trained and driven son of A Rocknroll Dance is assigned Post 5 for owner Brent Campbell of Charlottetown and Matt McDonald of Ontario. Time To Dance has found the winner’s circle 12 out of 16 starts in 2021 including wins in his last six races.
Bugsy Maguire has the inside in the field as Dale Spence drives the Wade Sorrie trainee from the rail. Fresh off a second-place finish to Dreamfair Zenfire in last week’s preferred, Bugsy Maguire will look to add to his 18 top-three finishes this season.
Completing the field are Cowboy Logic (Steven Shepherd), Mc Pat (Adam Merner) and Moonwriter (David Dowling).
Peter MacPhee places Time To Dance on top of his Post Time Picks Saturday.
“Time To Dance has had another incredible season and the last time we saw him was winning the Johnny Conroy in Truro. He’s back at his home track and has the hottest driver in the Maritimes so that adds up to win number 13 on the season.”
The card also has $5,000 divisions of the P.E.I. Harness Racing Industry Association Fall Challenge Series in Races 3, 6 and 9 as well as P.E.I.H.R.I.A. Autumn Series divisions in Races 2 and 4. Both series are for four-year-old and younger non-winners pacers.
Race 7 has the $2,700 Open Trot with Freddie the morning line favourite for trainer-driver Campbell and owner Three Wiseman Stable of Kingston.
Filly Forty Seven is the top choice in the $3,100 Race 12 Fillies and Mares Preferred pace. Campbell trains and drives that daughter of Proven Lover for owners Alan MacDonald, Cory Carver and Katelyn Smallwood.
Catch all the action live at the track or tune into the worldwide broadcast at Redshores.ca. Live streaming is also available at the Red Shores Youtube page and online wagering can be found at HPIBet.com. To view Saturday's entries, click the following link: Saturday Entries - Charlottetown Driving Park.
(Red Shores)
It's a shame that Time To
It's a shame that Time To Dance's only bad race all year came in the final of The Gold Cup & Saucer. Of course, drawing the 8-post for that race certainly didn't help.