By Nicholas Oakes For Red Shores<\/p>\n
SUMMERSIDE, PE \u2013 Fresh off a victory in series action, Howmac Maximus will throw on his harness and try to double up against the Sunday afternoon feature at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.<\/p>\n
The Sunday program gets underway at 1 P.M., in Summerside as Howmac Maximus is selected to win the $3,050 feature event.<\/p>\n
Damian MacLellan drives the five-year-old son of Articulator for trainer Tammy Collings and owner Brett MacDonald of Freelton, Ont. A four-time winner so far in 2024, Howmac Maximus took a new personal best last week winning a leg of the P.E.I. Colt Stakes Graduate Series in 1:54 flat. He has 13 top-three finishes from 15 starts this season.<\/p>\n
Navalny (To be driven by Adam Merner) leaves from the outside post 6 in the field from the Melissa Rennie stable. Starshipzodiac is fresh off a personal best 1:57.1 victory his last start and has rail control in line to Brett Leblanc.<\/p>\n
Also in the field are Rusty Riley (Paul Langille, Woodmere Denny (Dale Spence) and Starship Glyde (David Dowling).<\/p>\n
The Backstretch Beat goes with Howmac Maximus on top.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowmac Maximus was an impressive winner in P.E.I. Colt Stakes Graduate Series action his last start as he came first-over to win in 1:54 flat. He\u2019ll likely have to use similar tactics today but when his confidence is this high he should give another good account of himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
The race 12 final has Howmac Charmer as the morning line favourite with post 6 for driver Dowling, trainer Kyle Williams and owner Doug Williams of Ontario. The Malicious four-year-old has been nothing short of amazing all season with three wins and four seconds from just seven starts.<\/p>\n
Former Gold Cup and Saucer champion Smooth Lou (Corey MacPherson) leaves from post 2 while newcomer Happierdaysrcomin (Jason Hughes) has post 7.<\/p>\n