After having paced a 1:55 mile in his most recent race, Harbourlite Jerry will have the target on his back in Friday evening’s (August 14) Dr. Blair Kelly Memorial Pace at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park as part of Gold Cup and Saucer Week racing.
The 10-dash card has a 7 p.m. opening post time and the $2,400 featured Dr. Blair Kelly Memorial Pace, which is presented by the Charlottetown Vet Clinic, will line up behind the starting gate for Race 9.
Harbourlite Jerry was a third-place finisher in his most recent outing while piecing together a 1:55 trip in arrears of race winner and Gold Cup and Saucer trial entrant Best To Hurst. Steven Shepherd will be back in the bike behind Harbourlite Jerry from Post 5 for trainer Harold Shepherd and owner Ralph Jardine of Arthur, Ont.
Silver Beast looms a major threat from Post 2 in the field of eight. Silver Beast hails from the MacKenzie MacInnis barn of Tyne Valley and will have Dale Spence in the driver’s seat. Paris Beau (to be driven by Gilles Barrieau) will ship in from Exhibition Park Raceway in New Brunswick and gets rail control, while Noplay (Corey MacPherson) will start from Post 3. Ken Murphy will reignite his profitable partnership with Tempo Seelster from Post 4, Burn Out Hanover (Brodie MacPhee) will start from Post 6, and Persist Blue Chip (Jason Hughes) will start from Post 7. Eagle Jolt (Marc Campbell) will start from the outside fence.
Friday’s 'Post Time Picks' has Silver Beast as the one to knock off in the featured pace. “Look at those closing panels in his last two starts and he was charted in 1:56 and change last time out. He’s getting his swagger back and that means trouble for his opposition.”
The Time To Win is the morning line choice in the top pacing mare’s class of the night, which has been carded as Race 8 and will carry a purse of $1,800. Other top entries include Dueling Banjos (Campbell) and Elm Grove Misty (Dave Kelly).
Catch the action on the worldwide broadcast at Redshores.ca and wager online at HPIBet.com.
To view the harness racing entries for Friday at the CDP, click the following link: Friday Entries - Charlottetown Driving Park.
(Red Shores)