Melody Maker favoured at Summerside

SUMMERSIDE, PE – A pair of top-notch female pacers will take on Prince County’s best in the Tuesday evening (Sept. 12) harness racing feature at Red Shores at Summerside Raceway. 

The Western oval has 14-dashes starting at 6 P.M, with the $3,400 featured pace lining up in race 13. 

D Gs Elsa (Shanghai Phil) drops out of the Fillies and Mares Preferred ranks and gets saddled with post 5 in the top event with Ken Murphy picking up the catch drive for trainer Luke Burke and owner Robin Burke of Brackley. The nine-year-old was fourth her last start against some top mares then second the start before in the Birthplace Of Confederation Open Mares consolation. 

Three-year-old pacing filly Nannie Bernice (Artspeak) makes the jump to the top class with post 2 from the Janice Hubbard barn with David Dowling in the seat behind her. 

Melody Maker (Hes Watching) is the morning line favourite in the dash with post 3 for the team of driver Dale Spence and trainer Greg MacInnis. The gelding has been hot all season in Summerside with seven wins, two seconds and a third on the campaign. 

Iron tough campaigner Rusty Riley (To be driven by Paul Langille) has rail control at 4-1 morning line odds while Frontier Cruise (Corey MacPherson) is second-favourite after facing Stash It Away his last start. 

The Backstretch Beat thinks Melody Maker will return to the winner’s circle Tuesday. 

“Melody Maker has yet to reignite his win streak but has hit the board every week even in defeat. There is no question he knows this track and he knows how to win. Watch out.” 

Race 7 is the City Of Summerside pace with Yaris Seelster (MacPherson) looking for his first win of the season from post 2. The seven-year-old son of Mach Three has four starts so far this season after having 18 months off since racing in Ontario. Michel Langis of New Brunswick trains the 10-time winner for partners Roland Leblanc and Richard Gaudet. His main foes are slated as Heart And Guts (Devon Wallace) and Youremyhearthrob (Dowling). 

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by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores