2011 Year In Review Poll Results

2011 HOT HANDS OF THE YEAR
Shawn Gray
Ranked #1 nationally in UDRS with a .440 and captured driving titles at Union, Oxford and Cumberland Fairs finishing the year with 269 wins.
(1) Shawn Gray - 29.8% (8)  Drew Campbell - 2.9% (15) Charlene Cushing - 1.3%
(2) Kevin Switzer, Jr. - 22.4% (9)  Mark Athearn - 2.7% (16) Leigh Fitch - 1.1%
(3) Chris Davies - 9.0% (10)  Ryan Hall - 2.5% (17) James Hardy - 0.9%
(4) Heath Campbell - 5.4% (11)  Steven Nason - 2.2% (18) Joey Mosher - 0.7%
(5) Kevin Switzer, Sr. - 5.2% (12)  Jason Bartlett - 2.0% (19) Shane Taggart - 0.4%
(6) Christopher Nye - 4.9% (13)  David White - 1.8% (20) Ron Cushing - 0.0%
(7) Shawn Thayer - 3.1% (14)  Brian Blanchard - 1.6%  

2011 HOT HOOVES OF THE YEAR

MALEK HANOVER
Seven wins in 1:55.2 or faster, including a 1:53.3 victory at Scarborough Downs; winner of the Paul Bunyan, Mountain Skipper, and Windsor Fair Invitationals.
(1) MALEK HANOVER - 16.9%  THENOR'EASTERBEAST - 2.5% (21) CBF FANCY - 1.0%
(2) TEXAS SHOOTOUT - 10.9% (12) PEMBROKE PICTURE - 2.2% SASSY SARAH - 1.0%
(3) DENVER CYCLONE - 9.4% (13) MAEVE - 2.0% SHOWOFF N - 1.0%
(4) MISS ANNALISE - 8.9% VICTORY TAX - 2.0% WEST RIVER TEX - 1.0%
(5) SANDY BARBIELEGACY - 8.4% (15) DOUBLESHOTOFSCOTCH - 1.7% WESTERN VICTORY - 1.0%
(6) CYBER CAST - 8.2% (16) ART'S SAKE - 1.5% (26) QUARTZ BAYAMA - 0.7%
(7) TAKE THE RISK - 4.0% MISFIT WARRIOR - 1.5% (27) B R AMERICAN GIRL - 0.5%
(8) RUPERT RUPERT - 3.5% RED SLIPPERS - 1.5% CURRENT CRISIS - 0.5%
(9) WESTERN COMFORT - 2.7% JOHNNY Z - 1.5% (29) WHITNEY FIELDS - 0.2%
(10) PEMBROKE SPICE - 2.5% (20) SHARE YOUR DREAMS - 1.2 (30) SHAGON AGAIN - 0.0%
    TEST FLIGHT - 0.0%

2011 HOT BARN OF THE YEAR
  Alicia Gray
A .603 UTRS for the season with 76 wins from 177 starts, her barn hit the board 81% of their starts.
(1) Alicia Gray - 17.58% (10) Robert Gray - 2.9% (19) Jon Chenard - 0.7%
(2) Kevin Switzer, Sr. - 13.6% (11) Eric Bickmore - 2.5% Timothy Nehila - 0.7%
(3) Charles Symes - 12.9% (12) Ryan Hall - 2.3% Russell Pratt - 0.7%
(4) David Henderson, Sr. - 10.7% (13) Stanley Whittemore - 2.0% Richard Robertson, Jr. - 0.7%
(5) Michael Hitchcock - 6.1% (14) Donald Richards - 1.6% (23) Arthur Davignon - 0.5%
(6) Shawn Nye - 5.7% (15) Scott MacKenzie - 1.6% Todd DuBois - 0.5%
(7) Wallace Watson - 4.8% (16) William DuBois - 1.4% Patricia Switzer - 0.5%
(8) David Crochere - 4.5% (17) Joseph Nelson - 0.9% (26) Craig Hall - 0.2%
(9) Philip "Bo" Sowers - 3.6% Linton Quirrion - 0.9% (27) - Adrian Wisher - 0.0%

2011 "MID-LEVEL" DRIVER OF THE YEAR
Scott MacKenzie
Scott had 28 wins, 25 seconds and 24 thirds from 220 starts for a .227 UDRS and had earnings of $144,023, the highest earnings of his career.
(1) Scott MacKenzie - 16.3% (7) Andrew Harrington - 5.5% (13) Kim Ireland - 1.6%
(2) Chris Davies - 16.1% (8) Charlene Cushing - 4.1% (14) Leigh Fitch - 1.4%
(3) James Hardy - 15.2% (9) Stephen Mahar - 3.0% Michael Graffam - 1.4%
(4) Wallace Watson - 11.7% (10) Michael Kravchak - 2.8% (16) John Nason - 1.1%
(5) Christopher Nye - 7.8% (11) Michael Cushing - 1.8% (17) Michael DeRuntz - 0.9%
(6) Timothy Hudson - 7.4% (12) Ivan Davies - 1.6% (18) Gregory Annaloro - 0.2%
    (19) Raymond Vachon - 0.0%

2010 "MID-LEVEL" TRAINER OF THE YEAR
  Scott MacKenzie
Twelve MSBS wins and a .556 UTRS with standouts KATAHDIN GOSSIP and KATAHDIN RAYMOND
(1) Scott MacKenzie - 16.3% (9) Jon Chenard - 4.6% Allie Hiscock - 1.1%
(2) Douglas Beckwith - 11.7% (10) Donald Richards - 4.4% Kandace Schooley - 1.1%
(3) Louis Gasbarro, III - 10.6% (11) John Nason - 2.8% (20) Eddie Fournier, Jr. - 0.9%
(4) Ryan Hall - 8.3% (12) Michael Graffam - 2.5% (21) Ramona Smith - 0.7%
(5) Ronald Dinsmore - 7.6% (13) Ronald Alexander - 2.1% Amy Taggart - 0.7%
(6) Frederick Ward, Jr. - 6.7% Randal Smith - 2.1% (23) Gordon DuBois, Sr. - 0.5%
(7) Wilbur Brown - 5.5% (15) Michael Huff - 1.6% (24) Craig Hall - 0.2%
(8) Eric Bickmore - 5.3% (16) Dana Childs - 1.4% Timothy Nehila - 0.2%
  (17) Robert Dinning - 1.1% Eugene Pratt - 0.2%
     

2011 AMATEUR DRIVER OF THE YEAR
  Philip "Bo" Sowers
Bo competed in every leg of the MADC this year, grabbing 2 wins, 2 seconds and a third.
(1) Philip "Bo" Sowers - 18.0% (9) Kenneth Hafford, III - 4.9% (17) Timothy Wing - 1.1%
(2) Randy Bickmore - 14.8% (10) Kenneth Watson - 3.8% (18) Timothy Ferrante - 0.8%
(3) William MacDonald - 13.7% (11) Fred Ward, Jr. - 3.6% Steven Robinson - 0.8%
(4) Aaron Hall - 12.8% (12) Brewster Burns - 3.0% Gerald Smith - 0.8%
(5) Garrett Mosher - 8.5% Mike Cayouette - 3.0% (21) Robert Lefebvre, Jr. - 0.5%
(6) David Henderson, Jr. - 7.7% (14) Brian Condon - 2.5% Randy White - 0.5%
(7) Louis Gasbarro, III - 6.8% (15) Robert Gray - 2.2% (23) Joseph Burke - 0.3%
(8) David White - 6.3% (16) Mark Harris - 1.4% Timothy Nehila - 0.3%

2011 GROOM OF THE YEAR
Teesha Symes
Teesha handled grooming duties for the Charles Symes Stable at Bangor Raceway and the fairs during 2011.
(1) Teesha Symes - 16.1% (11) Tonya Price - 3.9% (21) Heidi Gibbs - 1.1%
(2) Chris Hitchcock - 9.5% Tracy Whittemore - 3.9% Dawn Gray - 1.1%
(3) Kasie Price - 5.9% (13) Robyn Crochere - 3.0% Bobbi Nye - 1.1%
(4) Ashley Brown - 5.7% (14) Tegan Christie - 2.7% (24) Ryan Able - 0.9%
Bethany Graffam - 5.7% (15) Robin Gray - 2.5% (25) Kelly Clifford - 0.5%
Adam Gray - 5.7% (16) Derek Bickford - 2.0% Sheryl Gray - 0.5%
Liz Richardson - 5.7% Stephanie Gray - 2.0% (27) Kendra Totten - 0.2%
(8) Kim Vafiades - 5.2% (18) Samantha Robertson - 1.8% (28) Sue Clary - 0.0%
(9) Trish Coyle - 5.0% (19) Donna Fenderson - 1.6% Kassie Ross - 0.0%
Shannon Watson - 5.0% Tammy Sowers - 1.6%  

2011 TRACK OF THE YEAR
Bangor Raceway
(1) Bangor Raceway - 23.3% (5) Northern Maine Fair - 5.4% (9) Cumberland Fair - 3.0%
(2) Fryeburg Fair - 19.2% (6) Skowhegan State Fair - 4.1% (10) Corning Trotting Park - 2.0%
(3) Scarborough Downs - 18.5% (7) Blue Hill Fair - 3.9% Oxford Fair - 2.0%
(4) Windsor Fair - 13.1% Union Fair - 3.9% (12) Farmington Fair - 1.6%
    (13) Topsham Fair - 0.0%