Lady Cafe Au Lait headlines Thursday card

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – Lady Cafe Au Lait returns to the scene of her 1:52.1 victory when Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park presents 14 dashes Thursday evening.

First race post time is 6 P.M.

The $9,000 Aged Pacing Mares Series event goes as Race 13, with Lady Cafe Au Lait drawing the rail as the 5-2 morning-line favourite. Marc Campbell drives for trainer Earl Watts and owners Windemere Farms and Matt and David Burke. The four-year-old has won 16 of 19 starts this season, including a four-length score in 1:52.1 in her latest appearance. She will try for her 15^th straight victory.

Cc Rockin Rosie offers the chief challenge from post 2 at 3-1. Trainer-driver Adam Merner sends her out for Steven Macdonald and Tommy Collings after she captured the other $9,000 mares division last Thursday in 1:53.3. Sugar Bowl, owned by Brian MacPhee and trained by Mike McGuigan, starts from post 3 at 7-2 with Corey MacPherson driving.

The open trot is Race 11, where Fight Song, Buckhead Ridge (To be driven by Marc Campbell) and Flemsteen (Ken Murphy) meet again for a $6,050 purse. Fight Song starts from post 4 with Jason Hughes driving for trainer Ashley Gamester and owner Donald MacRae. Buckhead Ridge defeated Fight Song in their September 10 meeting, while Fight Song won their previous two encounters.

Wager live at the track or on HPIBet.com. For live video, free race programs and more go to Redshores.ca.

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by Nicholas Oakes, for Red Shores