By Nicholas Oakes For Red Shores<\/p>\n
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE \u2013 The top mares in Eastern Canada will spar again on the Thursday afternoon Boxing Day program at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.<\/p>\n
The 14-dash Thursday card gets underway at 12:30 P.M., at the capital oval with the featured Fillies and Mares Preferred in race 13.<\/p>\n
The $4,050 feature has Sugar Bowl leaving from post 3 for trainer Jeff Holmes and owners Tommy Collings and Brian MacPhee of Mount Stewart. The Sweet Lou five-year-old has registered six wins this season and gets the services of driver Gilles Barrieau again this week.<\/p>\n
Tobins Brownie (To be driven by Marc Campbell) was the winner in this class last week and leaves from post 2 for trainer Earl Watts. Jennifer Doyle continues her march towards the P.E.I., dash win record of 113 races in a season. She sends out Shake N Blake (David Dowling) from post 4 as she sits at 111 victories in the Province in 2024 with only two programs to go in the calendar year.<\/p>\n
Also in the field are JM Sportsfan (Steven Shepherd) with rail control and Rosetown Mary (Corey MacPherson) with post 5.<\/p>\n
The Post Time Picks like Sugar Bowl from post 3.<\/p>\n
\u201cSugar Bowl was closing in at the wire last week and did fire home in a snappy 28.1. We\u2019re betting Barrieau will have her well spotted off the wings and if that\u2019s how it plays out, she could go one better this week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Race 5 is the Boxing Day Pace with Skip Across (Ryan Desroche) the top selection from post 8 for co-owner and trainer Stanley Harper and co-owners Ryan Wilkie and Tara Harper. Her top foes include post 4 starter Azure Beach (Paul Langille) and post 7 entry Century Invictus (Norris Rogers).<\/p>\n