Cheverie Returns to Driving Duty
Harness Racing PEI Sports
By Lee Drake
Charlottetown, PE – Harness driver Walter Cheverie will be back in action Saturday during the 14 dash race card at Red Shores Racetrack & Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. Post time is 1pm.
Cheverie was sidelined with a shoulder injury following a nasty racing accident on September 12th at the CDP. He’s booked on Lakota Hall, a horse he co-owns with John Thompson, Charlottetown, in the feature race against a powerful field of contenders including morning line favorites Yankee Sun with Kenny Arsenault and Porthill Alf for Marc Campbell.
McHales Gravy has drawn the rail for driver Danny MacDonald and trainer Jamie Smith. They move up the class ladder after winning their last start and leave along side Porthill Gatsby and Earl Smith. Then Porthill Alf lines up next followed by Island Jazzystar with Corey MacPherson, Lakota Hall and Cheverie and Olivia Hall with Ron Matheson. The outside posts belong to Yankee Sun, who’s back on a three race winning streak, and last week’s feature winner Pans O Silver with Brian MacPhee in the bike.
Four points separate Gary Chappell and Corey MacPherson in the race for top driver in the Trot Challenge presented by Johnston’s Salads and Keybrand Foods Inc. The competition is reserved for drivers in the trot division throughout the season. Chappell is leading with 132 points while MacPherson holds second place with 128. MacPherson has a chance to take the lead if he can engineer another winning trip on Caliban Hanover owned by Wendell MacDonald of Cornwall. A strong performance by Chappell and Flashy Image will keep the championship in reach.
Port Bluff A, who recorded his 50th lifetime win last Saturday, will take his final score after race 12. The 14 year-old bay gelding, owned by Janice Moase, Little York and trained and driven by Neil Bambrick, will retire from the racing ranks. He earned $150, 399 over his career.