Big Surf gets the top call in the preferred pace Saturday at Red Shores Racetrack & Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The son of Somebeachsomewhere turned a lot of heads with his qualifying mile of 1:57.3 for trainer Trevor Hicken and driver Marc Campbell. That assignment also included a closing panel of 27.1 seconds. Post time for the 13 dash harness racing program is 6pm.
Big Surf, owned by Burkie By The Bay stables, PE and Perry Burke, QC has drawn post six against last week's feature winner Forever Paradise who gets the services of Gilles Barrieau after moving back to PEI from his winter base in Pompano, Florida. Silverhill Shadow and driver Terry Gallant leaves from post 2 which will most likely set-up an opening speed duel after laying down all the fractions in his last contest only to out gunned in the stretch.
Carnivore will make his first start since May 23, 2015 for trainer Marvyn Webster and Valleygrove Farms, Kensington, PE. Walter Cheverie will handle the driving duties on the lifetime winner of $609,260. The line-up also includes First Art Down off the rail for Ken Murphy, Cambest Kisser (Jason Hughes), DBS Rosco (Kenny Arsenault) and Tempo Seelster (Vince Poulton).
Ramblinglily ships into Charlottetown from the Allan Jones stable to take on Best Risque (Corey MacPherson) in the open mares contest in race 10 scheduled for post at 8:34pm. Ramblinglily posted qualifiers at Exhibition Park in Saint John, NB and Truro Raceway in NS for the Jones-Norman Leger ownership team. The mare had 14 wins from 22 starts in 2015 and gets Cheverie back in the bike. The $2,350 class also has Bettim Jenny, Pictonian Zena, Sam and Ideal Space.
Here's a name that may stay with you. John Wick is a three-year colt by Art Colony who makes his career debut in the evening's first race after an impressive qualifier. Clifford Murphy does the training for the Lenny and Squiggy stable, Stratford, PE.
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By Lee Drake