MacPhee Approaching Career Milestone
Charlottetown, PE – Harness driver Brian MacPhee is only one win away from reaching a career milestone of 1500 wins in the bike. The Cornwall native has ten drives on the Saturday program at the Charlottetown Driving Park Entertainment Centre. Post time is 7pm. He could reach his mark early or pin his chances on Country Estate in the evening’s top class.
Country Estate has drawn the rail against a powerful field of contenders including last week’s winner Lakota Hall and Walter Cheverie and Outlawpositivcharge with Terry Gallant. But the speed doesn’t end there. Negrito and Gary Chappell have drawn post two while Tanks A lot, Mighty and Strong and Porthill Alf are leaving from the center of the gate.
Les MacIsaac, racing analysts at the CDPEC, is going with Fred Lamont’s Outlawpositivcharg. “He’s seven for seven this year including four wins, one of them in a career best 1:54,” said MacIsaac. “He doesn’t get the best post in the world but he’s been out here on a few occasions already and it hasn’t affected his performance.”
Fleet Officer, owned by Susan Rose, Mount Stewart and trained by husband David, is the morning favorite in the back-up class in race 7. Marc Campbell gets the driving assignment.
Driver Gary Chappell has the lead in the Johnstons Salads/ Keybrands Foods Inc Trot Challenge with 57 points. Joey Pineau is second with 37 while Kenny Murphy is third with 27. Chappell will be aboard Flashy Image in the fourth for owners Wilfred and Calvin Smith, Hunter River and Wayne Court, New Glascow. Murphy will try to close the gap with Katie’s Victory for trainer Clarke Smith.
Harness racing returns on Sunday at 1pm with another 12 dash program. The afternoon feature event has Scotian Sunset, Yankee Sun, Rustinthevines, Take the Risk, a newcomer for the Walter Simmons stable of Summerside, Rebelryan, Royal Millennium and Largo Hall, a new purchase for owners Lawson and Ken MacEachern, Charlottetown.