CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A deep, competitive field will meet tonight in the featured race at Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
The 10-dash card gets underway at 6 p.m. with the $2,900 preferred pace hitting the track in Race 9. Mick Dundee has rail control in the top class for owner-trainer-driver Don MacNeill of New Haven. The homebred son of Aahm Canadian Now has been knocking on the door the past few weeks but has yet to find the winner’s circle.
Last week’s winner, Euchred, has Post 6 and rides a two-race win streak into today for trainer-driver David Dowling. Revenant has yet to miss the top three this season as the son of If I Can Dream will look for his first preferred victory with Adam Merner supplying the drive.
Race analyst Les MacIsaac sees a possibility for any one of the six entries to hit the wire first and will defer to Mick Dundee’s post-position advantage.
“This one appears to be wide open so the tote board might be your best friend,” he said. “There's a possibility of some early mayhem up front so if Mick Dundee can sit and stalk all the way and exploit that good late kick, he could get it all.”
The field also includes: Half Cut (Mark Bradley), Adkins Hanover (Corey MacPherson) and Rose Run Quest (Marc Campbell).
Sodwana Bay was dominant in 2018 in the open mares pace and showed more of the same last week in her seasonal debut. She will contest the $2,800 fillies and mares open in Race 7 of the program for trainer-driver Gilles Barrieau and owners Wayne MacRae of Fall River, N.S., and Howmac Farms Ltd., of North Wiltshire. The daughter of No Pan Intended has been assigned the outside post in the field of six. Other top entries include: Innocent Kiss (Merner) and Prettyndangerous (Dowling).
Compiled by Nicholas Oakes for Red Shores.
