SUMMERSIDE – The top aged pacers on the Eastern Seaboard of Canada will converge on Red Shores at Summerside Raceway on Sunday for invitational pacing action.
The Prince County oval will play host to 13-dashes, with a 1 p.m. start time, including a $4,000 invitational pace featuring a field of eight talented pacers in the finale. Governor’s Plate-champion Czar Seelster will leave from the coveted Post 1. Kenny Arsenault will be at the controls for trainer Todd Weatherbee and owner Tammy Johnston of Vernon Bridge.
The nine-year-old son of Stonebridge Regal was a 1:53.2 winner over this track last month, but was defeated in his last two outings by Rose Run Quest, who leaves from Post 2 in this Sunday afternoon field. Gilles Barrieau gets the call on Rose Run Quest for trainer Bo Ford after winning the $7,500 Exhibition Cup Invitational at Truro Raceway in Nova Scotia on July 21.
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Regular pilot Marc Campbell then returned to the controls of Rose Run Quest for a 1:54.4 victory last Saturday in Charlottetown, but Campbell will be off-Island for stakes’ commitments Sunday.
The Corey MacPherson-driven and Jennifer Doyle-trained Mr Irresistible has Post 3. The son of Mister Big will look to add to the over $12,000 bankroll he has accumulated this season.
Adkins Hanover gets Post 4, and Ambyr Campbell will be at the controls for trainer Trevor Hicken. Adkins Hanover’s his last race ended with a fourth-place finish in Rose Run Quest’s 1:54.4 mile.
Euchred will be looking for revenge on his top-end foes from Post 5 after being out for duration of the mile in the Exhibition Cup, and finishing a well-beaten seventh. The Shadow Play pacer has been a dominant force on the East Coast scene all season, and will have trainer Terry Gallant in the bike this week.
Keep Coming leaves from Post 6 for driver Dale Spence and trainer Brian Andrew, while Do Over Hanover has Jason Hughes in the seat for trainer Chris MacKay from Post 7.
In Spades has shown his best racing comes from the front end, but is burdened with Post 8. Austin Sorrie trains and drives the talented pacer, who has not raced since finishing second in the Exhibition Cup.
Compiled by Nicholas Oakes for Red Shores.
