The Governor’s Plate Decade of Champions celebration continues on Canada Day Sunday (July 1) at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.
The Sunday afternoon card has 13 dashes listed with a 1:00 P.M. first-race post time. The race 12 preferred pace has $2,500 on the line while honouring the Governor’s Plate winner from 1981 to 1990 with connections of those horses invited out to the winner’s circle. The Celebration continues with a decade honoured each time leading up to the 50th running of the Governor’s Plate final on July 14 at the historic Prince County Oval.
Fast N Victorious will look for another victory Sunday afternoon in the preferred pace in a bid to punch his ticket to a Governor’s Plate Invitation next week. Adam Merner drives the son of Art Major for trainer Stephen Gass and owners Kent Livingston of Cornwall and Wade MacDonald of Stanhope. The pacer leaves from post 4 this week fresh off a 1:56 victory over Summerside last Sunday. Cartoon Daddy aims to be a main contender in the preferred pace, drawing the rail after last racing in the Cecil Ladner Memorial Invitational. Dale Spence gets the catch driving call for trainer Rachel Andrew and owner Brian Andrew of Milton, P.E.I., and William Andrew of Calgary, Alta.
Salmonier Storm has been hot so far this season at Summerside but ended his streak of on-the-board finishes with a sixth last week. The pacer gets post 2 to work from this week in the compact field of five for trainer-driver Ambyr Campbell. Mando Fun and driver Kenny Arsenault drew post 3 in the Sunday afternoon preferred while defending Governor’s Plate champion Do Over Hanover has post 5 with Jason Hughes in the race bike.
The Canada Day pace lines up in race 10 with Old Buck (Jason Hughes) favoured off the rail in the $1,900 contest. Trainer and owner Alan MacDonald of Summerside has won this staple of Canada Day racing previously and will look to add to Old Buck’s two-race win streak Sunday. Other top entries include J Rs Hurricane (Arsenault) and Rash B Havior (Mike Peters).
For information on the $100,000 Dash For Cash and more go to Redshores.ca.
To view the entries for Sunday's card, click the following link: Sunday Entries - Summerside Raceway.
(with files from Red Shores)