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Opening Day on Tap at Scarborough Downs
Michael Sweeney for Scarborough Downs
March 26, 2015
Scarborough Downs will kick off its 65th season of racing excitement on Saturday afternoon (3/28) with post time slated for 4:00 p.m. (EDT) while offering a ten race program featuring purses in excess of $29,000.

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Drew Campbell laughs at the snow and harsh winter conditions as he prepares to defend his driver’s title with Scarborough’s 2015 Opening Day fast approaching.
"We made it through a long hard winter here in southern Maine, historically hard" said race secretary David Sawyer, "but despite the long odds and frozen conditions, the horsemen came through with an adequate horse population for Opening Weekend. The mix of local veterans along with a big influx of fresh new faces should make for fun and competitive racing."

Scarborough's driving colony will remain one of the deepest to be found at any small market harness track in North America with 2014 Downs driving champion Drew Campbell joined by the reigning North American UDR pilot, Kevin Switzer, Jr. in the top two slots.

Returning from a winter stint at Dover Downs, Eddie Davis, Jr.'s familiar red and white silks will once again grace the seaside oval, to be joined by those of veteran teamsters like Gary Mosher, Ron Cushing, Chris Long and Dude Goodblood. On the near horizon, the fans await the mid-spring arrival of the ever popular David Ingraham and Heath Campbell who have (wisely) wintered in Florida.

Youth will be served on the track by the breakout talents of drivers Dan Deslandes and Nick Graffam, who will be joined this year by 18-year-old Eric Davis (Eddie's son), as he becomes the latest generation from the famed racing family to make his pari-mutuel debut.

Food and beverage specials will delight the fans once they arrive for the races with a Friday Happy Hour second to none, featuring $2.00 draft beer specials, $4.00 Jameson Whiskey drinks and $4.00 9-inch pizzas.

Beer and BBQ take center stage on Saturday with more of the popular $2.00 drafts and a delicious $5.00 BBQ chicken dinner while Sunday will surely be "Fun Day" at the Downs with $1.00 hotdogs, $2.00 drafts and $4.00 Bloody Marys.

Scarborough Downs will feature live harness racing on Saturday at 4:00 with the Sunday matinee swinging into action at 1:30 this season.