By Nicholas Oakes
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – A stacked Preferred Pace takes centre stage Saturday afternoon at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park, and a familiar face in the top class may be sitting on a breakout performance.
Post time for the first of 14 dashes is 12:30 P.M.
The $5,500 Preferred Pace lines up in race 13 with TH Boomtown drawing post 1 for the Ron Matheson stable and owners Dr. Don Ling and Wayne MacDougall. The four-year-old son of Captain Crunch was a winner in his latest in 1:54.4.
Fellow Matheson trainees Twin B Tuffenuff (To be driven by Gilles Barrieau) and House Edge Hanover (Ken Murphy), leave from post 2 and 4 respectively.
The Phil Sizer stable also has an entry with Brookdale Johnny (Paul Langille) from post 3 and Wind Blown (Corey Macpherson) with post 6.
Phil My Beer (Marc Campbell) holds down post 5 for the Landon Campbell barn after third-place finishes in both his Preferred Pace appearances.
The sharp eyes of the Post Time Picks scanned the program and noticed something intriguing in TH Boomtown’s recent work as they place him on top.
“Have a look at the chart line three down where TH Boomtown finished third but was less than a length away at the wire. It looks like he could get a perfect pocket ride from here and if that’s how it plays out, he could reach up and surprise.”
Race 11 is a deep PEISHOA event, where the eight-horse field has Nothininmoderation (Corey MacPherson) from post 1 for trainer Vaughan Doyle.
The day also has the final leg of the Joe & Steven MacRae Memorial Fall Series for pacing horses and geldings in races 2, 4 and 7.
Race 2 opens the MacRae action for a $6,000 purse with Windsong Quincy (Marc Campbell) favoured from post 5 for trainer Thane Arsenault, who will look for redemption after winning the leg last week and being placed back for early interference.
Race 4 is a $7,000 MacRae series leg where Spack Jarrow (Jason Hughes) is the top selection for trainer Raymond White from post 1.
The other $7,000 MacRae leg in race 7 has Heres To Art (Ken Murphy) selected from post 1 from the Clifford Murphy barn.
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