The top pacers in Prince County racing will face off against some hardened campaigners from the capital region in the Sunday afternoon top event at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.
First race post time is 1:00 P.M. for the 12-dash Sunday afternoon program with top local pacers Mando Fun and Confident Fella racing against Charlottetown ship-ins Winter Blast and Cartoon Daddy in the Race 11 top class.
Winter Blast gets the nod as morning line favourite from Post 6 with Jason Hughes in the bike for trainer Jennifer Doyle and owner Danny Birt of Stratford. The grey son of Sand Shooter has yet to miss the top four this season for his connections but the Post 5 entry, Cartoon Daddy has the lead in the win column with three victories from his last five starts. Corey MacPherson drives Cartoon Daddy from Post 5 for trainer Rachel Andrew while Confident Fella (Marc Campbell) has Post 3 and Mando Fun (Kenny Arsenault) has Post 7.
Race analyst Bo Ford gives his top spot to Cartoon Daddy.
“Cartoon Daddy kicked the campaign off on the right foot with three in a row, may have even gained himself a new lassie or two with his efforts but he was just average in his most recent,” Ford said of the Meridian Farms stallion. “With a week off and an easier looking class today, we’re all over him.”
The top class is also populated by Pictonian Storm (Austin Sorrie), Heart And Soul (Walter Cheverie) and Salmonier Storm (Ambyr Campbell).
The back-up class lines up in Race 9 with Instant Shadow the top choice. He will have to overcome Post 7 for the combination of driver Norris Rogers and trainer Sifroi Melanson. The five-year-old son of Shadow Play was a commanding winner in 1:58 in his latest outing.
Machinthesand leaves from Post 2 in the $1,800 event for trainer Hughie Murphy and gets the catch-driving services of David Dowling this week for the drop in class.
For entries, click the following link: Sunday Entries - Summerside Raceway.
(with files from Red Shores)