Scarborough, Maine –
Drew Campbell, the 2007 dash-winning champion at Scarborough
Downs, has wasted little time pressing forward into the
brand new harness racing season in Maine with daily
demonstrations of the driving abilities which have made him
a perennial powerhouse in the Pine Tree State.
Campbell followed up on Friday’s
driving double by posting a four-bagger performance on
Saturday (April 19) afternoon at the Downs as he continues
to set the Scarborough standard. More impressively from the
punters perspective, four of Campbell’s six weekend
victories have come from the ranks of his own racing stable.
“It’s gratifying to see the results of
all that off season work – it’s been a pretty hard winter up
here in Maine” Campbell said following Saturday’s card. “I’m
fortunate to have good owners to work for and to have the
chance to catch-drive for some of the top stables at
Scarborough. Right now, things are certainly on a roll.”
Campbell won Saturday’s opener with
Heidi Rohr’s Mannart Sound Wave then the fourth race with
Deborah Whittemore’s My Special Angel – both pacers racing
toward their 2nd consecutive victories in rein to
the top teamster.
Am I Next A (The Ben, Bill and Will
Stable) was next on Campbell’s dance card as he steered the
13-year-old class-master to a zippy 1:57.1 tour of the
seaside oval before delivering up the favorite
mid-daily-double ($6.40) with his own pacer, CC Bag A Luck.
Campbell has now won 12 races since
the Scarborough season reopened last Friday.
Boys
to Men
In
other action, the veteran pacer The Boy N got the job done
in open company with driver/trainer Shawn Gray engineering a
gut-checking gate-to-wire victory over Skitsofrantic and
Barenit – lighting up the tote-board at 22-1 and keying a
huge $1038.80 Trifecta return.
The victory marked the first winner’s
circle engagement from four starts this season for the
11-year-old pride and joy of owners Gaetan Cloutier and Mary
Jane Parker of Leeds, Maine.
His 1:56.2 clocking was the fastest of
the young Scarborough harness meet.
Scarborough Downs proudly features
live harness action every Friday and Saturday afternoon with
first post slated for 4:15 pm (EDT). The popular Sunday
matinee performance rolls in behind the gate at 1:30 pm.
