Wide off affair in featured Red Shores Pace

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – All eyes will be on Likely To Win Thursday night after he scored an upset harness racing victory in last week's top Thursday pace at Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park all.

First race post time is 6:30 P.M. for the 12-dash card with Likely To Win leaving from post 4 in the race 11 featured pace for driver Adam Merner, trainer Melissa Rennie and owners Blenise Young and Lester Campbell of Nova Scotia and Jeffrey Campbell of Alberta. The seven-year-old son of Western Terror left from post 1 last week and skimmed the pylons for the upset but will need some more trip luck to knock off this week's competition. Mozartsplace is installed as the morning line choice from post 1 in the $2,100 event with Gilles Barrieau in the bike for trainer Jackie Matheson, while Elm Grove Kaboom has yet to finish worse than third this season and gets post 6 for trainer-driver Earl Smith.

Race analyst Les MacIsaac thinks Elm Grove Kaboom can overcome his outside position to land in the winner's circle.

"Despite being first up before the half last week he was still right there at the end and produced his sixth top three finish from seven starts this year," MacIsaac said of Elm Grove Kaboom. "If he can pick up some cover instead of providing it tonight he could be the one to knock off."

Other entries include Three Truths (Mark Bradley), Jeb (Jason Hughes), Simon Said (Marc Campbell), Starcastic (Brian MacPhee) and Oh To Be Me (Gary Chappell).

The Open trotters meet again this week in race 9 with Morosita Bi drawing the rail and looking for redemption after finishing second and subsequently being place seventh last week for interference. The quick footed daughter of Equinox Bi has trainer-driver Hughes for owner Foxyhall Racing of Nova Scotia. Osprey Impacy was a decisive winner last week and gets post 3 for the $1,850 showdown with Walter Cheverie in the bike while Freddie finished out of the top three for the first time this season last week and gets post 5 for trainer-driver Campbell on Thursday night. The top notch field also includes Frill Seeker (Kenny Arsenault), Suicide Shift (Steven Shepherd), Wedgewood (Chappell) and Zip The Lip (MacPhee).

Race 6 is the Auto Parts Plus And Bumper To Bumper Pace with The Big Bite making a major drop in class to draw post 5 for driver Arsenault and faces off with Painted Pony (Campbell) and Darth Bader (Ed Harvey) in the $1,400 event.

Catch the action live at the track or check out Redshores.ca for live video, race programs and promotional information including the ongoing $100,000 Dash For Cash.