By Nicholas Oakes For Red Shores
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – A ferocious group of mares will line up in the Race 12 Fillies & Mares Preferred 1 Pace on a rescheduled Wednesday evening program at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
The 13-dash presentation was delayed from it’s originally scheduled Tuesday time slot due to an impending weather system set to hit Prince Edward Island. The rescheduled Wednesday card gets underway at 6 P.M., with the $4,650 top-class event slated for the penultimate dash of the card.
Sweet Molly will look to add to her seven-win campaign from post 2 with David Dowling in the bike for trainer Jennifer Doyle and owners Clair Murphy, Derrill Murphy, Cindy Maclean and Dowling. The US-bred daughter of Sweet Lou was charging home with purpose last week, falling just a length shy in 1:55.1 after a sharp final quarter.
The ultra-consistent Rosetown Mary draws the rail for trainer-driver Corey MacPherson as the Pang Shui mare comes into the event with eight wins, eight seconds and two thirds from 23 seasonal starts.
Lady Devine starts from post 3 for driver Ken Murphy and owner-trainer Doyle while Atlantic Aged Pacing Mares Series Champion Windemere Saddy (To be driven by Marc Campbell) has post 4 for trainer Saul Lanigan.
Completing the field is former Atlantic Stakes Star Therealprincess (Gilles Barrieau) who rides in with a two-race win streak for trainer Ron Matheson.
Sweet Molly’s current form, paired with the cozy inside landing, has her pegged as the mare they’ll all be watching in the Post Time Picks:
“Sweet Molly was storming on the end of it last week and only a length away at the finish. Lines up in a prime-time spot and Dowling will have her well placed from the hop, so we’re calling for win number eight on the season.”
The final leg of the Joe & Steven MacRae Memorial Fall Series for Pacing Mares hits the track in race 2 for a $6,000 purse. Red Dirt Diamond (Brett Clow) has been the monster of the division winning the first two legs for owner-trainer Deanna Clow and will leave from post 5 on Wednesday. Also in the field are JJ Kinley (Kenny Arsenault), Elm Grove Nanci (Murphy), Twin B Solitaire (Steven Murphy) and Ubettimagoodone (Jaycob Sweet).
The Open Trot lines up in race 6 with a seasoned tandem of diagonal gaited stars.
Buckhead Ridge (Marc Campbell) has post 5 as trainer Landon Campbell looked to close the deficit in the training standings as the morning line favourite. Brady Doyle of Stratford owns the 17-time winner in 2025. His main challenges come from post 3 starter New Legacy (Dowling) and Fight Song (Jason Hughes) from post 4.
Race 10 is a PEISHOA event with Woodmere Honeymoon (Marc Campbell) looking for her second straight win from post 1 for trainer Carson Wilkie.
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