By Nicholas Oakes for Red Shores
SUMMERSIDE, PE – Governor’s Plate Week racing kicks off Sunday afternoon at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway and Twin B Tuffenuff will start his journey to defend his Governor’s Plate title in elimination action.
The Sunday card has 12-dashes starting at 1 P.M., with four pivotal eliminations on Sunday afternoon, including a pair of $9,000 dashes to decide the field for next Saturday’s 57th edition of the $50,000 Governor’s Plate, presented by Summerside Chrysler Dodge, along with two $7,000 eliminations for the Ruby Chappell Memorial Open Mares Series.
Race 8 is the first $9,000 Governor’s Plate Elimination as defending champion Twin B Tuffenuff snags post 3 for driver Gilles Barrieau, trainer Ron Matheson and owner Pat Morris of Charlottetown.
His rivals for the top four spots to advance to the final are Island Beach Boy (To be driven by Adam Merner, PP 1), Middleton Terror (David Dowling, PP 2), Tony Too Tall (Myles Heffernan Sr., PP 4), Bee Two Bee (Jason Hughes, PP 5), Roll Em (Marc Campbell, PP 6), Little Leroy (Ken Murphy, PP 7) and Saulsbrook Ian (Corey MacPherson, PP 8).
Save America will see if perfection can continue in the second elimination in race 12 to determine the other four finalists for the $50,000 Governor’s Plate Final. The Jamie Smith trainee has been flawless on the East Coast with three straight wins on P.E.I., for driver Murphy and owner Thestable.ca. The son of Captaintreacherous will leave from post 2 on Sunday afternoon.
Also in the field are All Bets On Tex (Hughes, PP 1), Like A Glove (Marc Whebby, PP 3), Bounty Hunter (Kenny Arsenault, PP 4), Blood Money (Barrieau, PP 5), Merigo Magic (Merner, PP 6), Miki Shan N (Marc Campbell, PP 7) and High Voltage Deo (MacPherson, PP 8).
The first $7,000 Ruby Chappell Memorial Open Mares elimination is in race 6 with Freaky Fanny the top choice from post 5 for trainer-driver Darren Crowe over top challengers Sugar Bowl (Barrieau) and Woodmere Kennedie (Marc Campbell).
The second Chappell elimination is in Race 10 with Rosetown Mary (MacPherson) getting respect off the rail over seven rivals including Plain Jane (Barrieau) and Redland Misspretty (Paul Langille).
Governor’s Plate Week continues with racing every evening from Tuesday through Friday at 6 P.M., culminating in the Governor’s Plate final card set for 4 P.M., on Saturday (July 19).
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