The winners of the last two Preferred Paces at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway will butt heads in Friday evening’s (June 25) $3,000 top event at the Prince County oval.
Summerside will host an 11-race card on Friday evening with a 6 p.m. start time, and the Preferred will line up in race 10.
Screen Test is the morning line favourite after a sixth place finish his last start in the Cecil Ladner Memorial at Red Shores Charlottetown. Corey MacPherson drives the Ron Gass trainee from post 3 for owners William Andrew and Kickin Horse Stable. Soccer Hanover was the king in this class last week, and will leave from post 5 on Friday with Ken Murphy picking up the catch drive for trainer Leith Waite. Other entries in the field are Best To Hurst (Taylor Doyle), Pictonian Storm (Marc Campbell) and Panimal Kingdom (David Dowling).
The Backstretch Beat in Friday’s program places Screen Test on top:
“Screen Test is one of the finest pacers on the East Coast and drops out of Invitational company to set his eye on Summerside. He is sure to be one tough customer to knock off.”
Drivers Jason Hughes and Marc Campbell go into Friday’s card in a tie for first place for the dash title with nine wins each; Corey MacPherson and David Dowling are tied for third at seven wins.
The trainer’s standing has Ron Gass in control at five wins, just ahead of a two-way tie for second between Nick Oakes and Jeff Wallace at four wins each.
The Red Shores Tailgate Party Pace hits the track in race six for a $2,100 purse with Gascoigne Sundae the favourite riding a two-race win streak into the event. Campbell is in the bike for trainer Wade Sorrie and owner Murray MacDonald. The three-year-old son of Hilarious Halo has been superb so far in 2021 with three wins in five starts on the year. His top competitors on Friday will include Mantario (Hughes) and Power Of A Cruiser (Walter Cheverie).
Catch the action live at the track or tune into the Race Day broadcast at Redshores.ca and wager online at HPIBet.com. On site wagering opens at 12 noon on race days at Red Shores properties.
To view Friday's complete entries, click the following link: Friday Entries – Red Shores Summerside.
(Red Shores)