After a ten-year hiatus from the sulky, driver John Davidson, a fan favourite in New Brunswick and Maine racing, made his triumphant return to the bike last Saturday (May 4) at Exhibition Park Raceway.
Prior to last weekend, Davidson had last scored a victory back in 2009, a year in which he won 13 races from 60 starts and compiled a respectable driving average of .351. Davidson has driven his charges to 2,166 wins and $ 2.3-million in purse money throughout the course of his career.
Davidson recorded two victories in last Saturday at EPR, which was the first card of the track’s season. The Saint John native will look to keep riding that momentum into this Saturday's live card at Exhibition Park.
Davidson is scheduled to see action in all of EPR’s five Saturday races, which will be presented by Horse Racing New Brunswick. Post time for the card has been set for 1:00 p.m. The program will include a $1,500 Winners-Over Pace, which has been carded as Race 5.
Davidson is scheduled to pilot HP Bushido Dragjet from Post 2 in the Winners-Over Pace for owner Keith Camick, of Willow Grove, NB. Other starters will include Itsgottabemyway (to be driven by Mark Haig), Team Edward (Todd Trites), City Of The Year (Dr. Mitch Downey) and Father Ofthe Year (Mike Downey).
Wagering will be available at the Sulky Room Lounge (in Saint John), K.V Billiards (Quispamsis), Winners Lounge (Fredericton) and Pub 1755 (Dieppe).
For more information, please visit the official website of Horse Racing New Brunswick (www.horseracingnb.com).
To view the harness racing entries for Saturday at EPR, click the following link: Saturday Entries – Exhibition Park Raceway.
(With files from HRNB)