WEEK IN REVIEW - 2005
Year End Honors - Voting Results
Year End Honors - Our Choices
HOT HANDS - #1 Jason Bartlett
| Our top driver of the year had 304 wins during the year and captured the driving titles at Scarborough Downs, Topsham Fair, Skowhegan Fair, Union Fair, Windsor Fair, Oxford Fair, Farmington Fair and Cumberland Fair |
#2 Heath Campbell
| Second with 166 wins during the year and captured the driving title at Bangor Raceway and had the most wins of any driver in the Maine Sire Stakes |
#3 Drew Campbell
| Drew had 156 wins for the year and captured the driving title at Fryeburg Fair. |
HOT HOOVES - #1 JASON'S JIFFY
| Jason's Jiffy has the fastest mile of the year, won the Paul Bunyan Invitational, and the Mountain Skipper Invitational, set the all age track record at Farmington Fair and only lost one race in Maine |
#2 MURRAWEE MAGIC A
| 16 wins during the year out of 34 starts; almost one win for every two starts. |
#3 SPECIAL MOVE
| Undefeated three year old trotting filly in the Maine Sire Stakes |
HOT BARN - #1 Valerie Grondin
| Has the most wins for a trainer in Maine with 94, most wins in the Maine Sire Stakes with 22 |
#2 Gary Mosher
| A .606 UTRS during the Maine Sire Stakes and a overall UTRS of .517 for the year |
#3 Richard Bartlett
| The Bartlett stables gets 71 wins for the year. |
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Winners of 10 or more races in Maine in 2005 |
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| MURRAWEE MAGIC A | 16 |
| SPECIAL MOVE | 13 |
| WESTRIDGE NOGOSSIP | 13 |
| TSM TIMMIE JO | 11 |
| CC BAG A LUCK | 11 |
| BATON | 10 |
| CAREYS HIGH LIFE | 10 |
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10 Fastest Races in Maine in 2005 |
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| Date | Time | Horse | Driver | Owner | Trainer | Track |
| Aug 28 | 1:54.2 | JASON'S JIFFY | Drew Campbell | Brian Bickmore | Randy Bickmore | Windsor |
| Sept 4 | 1:54.4 | ARTCHIE ANDREWS | Jason Bartlett | Scott & Brooke Dillon | Richard Bartlett | Windsor |
| Sept 24 | 1:55.1 | JASON'S JIFFY | Drew Campbell | Brian Bickmore | Randy Bickmore | Farmington |
| Aug 20 | 1:55.4 | HEADMASTER | James Marohn, Jr. | Frank Deliberti | Roy Dinges | Skowhegan |
| Sept 5 | 1:55.4 | JOLLY HOLLY | Jason Bartlett | Ronald Ralph | David Crochere | Windsor |
| Sept 5 | 1:55.4 | JUST PLAIN HENRY | Jason Bartlett | Dillon, Emery & Levesque | Joseph Nelson | Windsor |
| Sept 15 | 1:56.0 | EIGHTH WONDER | Wallace Watson | Robert Frazier | Wallace Watson | Oxford |
| Aug 13 | 1:56.0 | LEAVE IT TO WALTER | Jason Bartlett | J.E. Neill | Fred Ward, Jr. | Scarborough |
| Sept 2 | 1:56.0 | RACE ME VOLCANO | Gary Mosher | Prudenzano & Kellis | Gary Mosher | Windsor |
| Sept 2 | 1:56.0 | SAMMY NEUTRON | Jason Bartlett | Shaw & Bonenfant | Richard Bartlett | Windsor |
Week Thirty Seven (12/12/05 - 12/18/05)
HOT HANDS - Drew Campbell
| Another six win weekend, hits the board in 12 out of 17 starts. |
HOT HOOVES - WITCHING HOUR
| Captures the winners over in 2:04 over a track rated 5 seconds off. |
HOT BARN
- Bernard Fournier
Ends the season with two trips to the winner's circle
Week Thirty Six (12/5/05 - 12/11/05)
HOT HANDS - Drew Campbell
| Six wins over the weekend, including three in a row Saturday afternoon. |
HOT HOOVES - MURRAWEE MAGIC A
| Accomplishes a remarkable feat in winning his 15th win of the year out of 36 starts, a .417 winning percentage. |
HOT BARN
- Earlon Eugley
Two wins out of three starts and lands the top spot on Scarborough's Fall
Training Standings
Week Thirty Five (11/28/05 - 12/4/05)
HOT HANDS - Leigh Fitch
| The fox has four wins on Saturday and a 366 UDRS for the weekend. |
HOT HOOVES - BLACK CHIP WINNER
| Become Season Leader for three year old trotting fillies in 2:01.4 and winning by seven lengths |
HOT BARN
- Mark Harris
Brings three horses down from Bangor, sends two to the winners circle
Week Thirty Four (11/21/05 - 11/27/05)
HOT HANDS - Shane Taggart
| After struggling for most of the fall season, Shane breaks out this weekend with three wins. |
HOT HOOVES - CC BAG A LUCK
| Ninth win of the year and having a successful season. |
HOT BARN
- Lonnie Lefebvre
Three winners during the weekend.
Week Thirty Three (11/14/05 - 11/20/05)
HOT HANDS - Jason Bartlett
| Jason's last weekend in Maine results in nine wins, hits the board in 17 out of 22 starts. |
HOT HOOVES - RIVERVUE COMET
| Fastest mile of the weekend in 1:58.4 is seasonal mark for half mile track. |
HOT BARN
- David Miller
Two wins this week, two wins last week.
Week Thirty Two (11/7/05 - 11/13/05)
HOT HANDS - Drew Campbell
| Five wins, five seconds and four thirds with a .434 UDRS |
HOT HOOVES - JAMBOREE HANOVER
| Sets a seasonal mark of 1:57.2 Sunday, fastest mile of the weekend. |
HOT BARN
- Kyle Gibbs
Sends boths starters from the stable to the winner's circle.
Week Thirty One (10/31/05 - 11/6/05)
HOT HANDS - Heath Campbell
| Enters the winners circle four time for the weekend, .403 UDRS |
HOT HOOVES - SOMOZA
| Shocks the crowd at 50-1 getting the win in 1:58.4 |
HOT BARN
- Jon Chenard
Delivers the first win for PARADISE GERONIMO since May in 1:58.1
| Winners of 8 or more | |||
| MURRAWEE MAGIC A | 13 | CARDIOGRAM | 8 |
| SPECIAL MOVE | 13 | CC BAG A LUCK | 8 |
| WESTRIDGE NOGOSSIP | 13 | JO PA'S MERGER | 8 |
| BATON | 9 | PEMBROKE TOUCH | 8 |
| BLOND MOMENT | 9 | POP N PAULA | 8 |
| CAREY'S HIGH LIFE | 9 | RACE ME VOLCANO | 8 |
| PEMBROKE CUSHY | 9 | ||
| TWIN B CANDY | 9 | ||
Week Thirty (10/24/05 - 10/30/05)
HOT HANDS - Jason Bartlett
| Wins ten races this weekend out of 24 run, Drew Campbell was second with three. |
HOT HOOVES - CAREYS HIGH LIFE
| Third win in a row at Scarborough, this weeks win was with a jump in class |
HOT BARN
- Richard Bartlett
Two wins and a third out of four starters
Week Twenty Nine (10/17/05 - 10/23/05)
HOT HANDS - Wally Watson
| Three wins, one second and two thirds from nine starts gets a .469 UDRS |
HOT HOOVES - DANIEL
| 1:57.1 mile on Saturday is his third win in last four starts |
HOT BARN
- Earl Eugley
Two wins out of three starters
Week Twenty Eight (10/10/05 - 10/16/05)
HOT HANDS - Greg Bowden
| Four wins on the weekend, including three of the first four races on Saturday |
HOT HOOVES - BATON
| Captures the Three Year Old Filly Pacing Championship |
HOT BARN
- Gary Mosher
Sends both starters to the winner's circle including Three Year Old Pacing
Champion RACE ME VOLCANO
Week Twenty Seven (10/3/05 - 10/9/05)
HOT HANDS - Drew Campbell
| Nine wins at Fryeburg takes the driving title |
HOT HOOVES - STAR'S PHOTO
| Smashes the all age trotting track record at Fryeburg Fair in 1:59 |
HOT BARN
- Chester Carter
Lindons Luey captures his first win in the last MSBS leg before the final in
1:59.3
Week Twenty Six (9/25/05 - 10/2/05)
HOT HANDS - Jason Bartlett
| Mr. Taggart gets seven wins Sunday & Monday, but Jason pulls out the Cumberland Driving Title with 11 wins |
HOT HOOVES - TRUSCOTT STEEL A
| Sets a track record for aged geldings, then comes back and sets the all age trotting track record at Cumberland Fair |
HOT BARN
- Wally Watson
Wins Cumberland Trainer Title with six wins including a track record with Eighth
Wonder.
| Winners of 8 or more | |||
| SPECIAL MOVE | 11 | PEMBROKE TOUCH | 8 |
| WESTRIDGE NOGOSSIP | 11 | BATON | 8 |
| MURRAWEE MAGIC A | 11 | TWIN B CANDY | 8 |
| POP N PAULA | 8 | ||
Week Twenty Five (9/19/05 - 9/24/05)
HOT HANDS - John Davidson
| Ten wins at Farmington with a 339 UDRS |
HOT HOOVES - SPECIAL MOVE
| Sets a new lifetime mark at Farmington in 2:05.4 in route to 10th win this year, 16 lifetime without one defeat. |
HOT BARN
- Rodney Grady
Three wins, a second and two thirds for a 603 UDTS including a track record with
RARE CONNECTION
Week Twenty Five (9/12/05 - 9/18/05)
HOT HANDS - Brewster Burns
| Gets a couple of wins at Oxford from eight races. |
HOT HOOVES - EIGHTH WONDER
| Sets the new all age track record at Oxford Fair in 1:56.0 |
HOT BARN
- David Crochere
Leading Trainer at Oxford including a track record with JOLLY HOLLY
Week Twenty Four (9/6/05 - 9/11/05)
HOT HANDS - Michael Graffam
| Got the job done with ROLLIN' WEST in the 2 Year Old Colt Pacing Final |
HOT HOOVES - POP N PAULA
| Wins the MSBS final this week for two year old filly trotters and was only a neck away from sweeping the division for the year. |
HOT BARN
- Ronald Alexander
Three winners out of five starters, was the only trainer this week with multiple
wins.
| Winners of 7 or more | |||
| MURRAWEE MAGIC A | 8 | ADMIRALS BOW | 7 |
| PEMBROKE TOUCH | 8 | BATON | 7 |
| POP N PAULA | 8 | BLACK TIE ONLY | 7 |
| SPECIAL MOVE | 8 | GOLDSTAR TRAVELER | 7 |
| TWIN B CANDY | 8 | IRONSTONE RULER | 7 |
| WESTRIDGE NOGOSSIP | 8 | LANDMARK PRECIOUS | 7 |
| MAC JATE N PASS | 7 | ||
| RAYS DILEMMA A | 7 | ||
Week Twenty Three (8/28/05 - 9/5/05)
HOT HANDS - Mark Athearn
| Nine wins over the last two weeks, he's on the way for his best year. |
HOT HOOVES - RACE ME VOLCANO
| 1:56.0 win at Windsor from the garden spot gets the nod this week over a lot of impressive performances at Windsor this week. |
HOT BARN
- Donald Bishop
Ten starts five wins two seconds and two thirds, Donnie has a golden week at
Windsor.
Week Twenty Two (8/16/05 - 8/27/05)
HOT HANDS - Jason Bartlett
| 22 of 27 starts hit the board at Union Fair including 15 wins. |
HOT HOOVES - SNAP DANCER
| Wins Scarborough's trotting feature in 2:00.0 over STAR'S PHOTO |
HOT BARN
- Shawn Nye
Eight starts out of the barn with Six winners and Two shows
Week Twenty One (8/15/05 - 8/21/05)
HOT HANDS - Jason Bartlett
| Grabs the driving title at Skowhegan, then goes to Scarborough and wins 6 races on the card. |
HOT HOOVES - PEMBROKE MARVEL
| Sets a new all age trotting track record of 1:59.3 at Skowhegan State Fair |
HOT BARN
- Gretchen Rohr
Wins both legs of the Maine Promotional Board Late Closer at Skowhegan State
Fair
Week Twenty (8/8/05 - 8/14/05)
HOT HANDS - Tim Hudson
| Get two wins on Friday at Topsham Fair including the first leg of the Maine Amateur Series |
HOT HOOVES - LEAVE IT TO WALTER
| Fastest mile of the year at Scarborough Saturday night in 1:56 flat. |
HOT BARN
- Donald Richards
Sends six starters south on the interstate and gets two wins and four seconds.
Week Nineteen (8/1/05 - 8/7/05)
HOT HANDS - Greg Bowden
| Captures the driving title at Presque Isle Fair |
HOT HOOVES - SAM FRANCISCO ACE
| Sam's sixth Maine wins comes in an impressive 1:56.2 in Scarborough's feature pace of the week |
HOT BARN
- Michael Hitchcock
The Hitchcock stables returns home and has 4 winners and a .525 UTRS
Week Eighteen (7/25/05 - 7/31/05)
HOT HANDS - John Davidson
| In pursuit of win #2000 which he captured on Friday, John has 4 wins with a .475 UDRS |
HOT HOOVES - TWIN B CANDY
| Eight wins for the year in the winners over division |
HOT BARN
- Joyce Blackman
Sends all three starters to the winners circle at the Downs
Week Seventeen (7/18/05 - 7/24/05)
HOT HANDS - Jason Bartlett
| Eleven Wins at both Bangor and Scarborough tops all drivers |
HOT HOOVES - JASON'S JIFFY
| Wins the Paul Bunyan Invitational in 1:56.1, tying the
fastest performance this year on the pace. Notable - STARS PHOTO - 22nd sub two minute mile on the trot during Ricci Memorial Trot |
HOT BARN
- Gary Mosher
Five Wins out the Mosher stable with only seven starters.
Week Sixteen (7/11/05 - 7/17/05)
HOT HANDS - Drew Campbell
| Seven wins through the week with a .412 UDRS |
HOT HOOVES - DIAMONDS DESTINY
| Three wide move on final turn and draws away in 1:57.4 in
Marshall Crandall Late Closer at Bangor Notable - NASHVILLE ROAD - Fourth straight win at Scarborough |
HOT BARN
- Richard Bartlett
Ten starters, four winners, four seconds and two thirds. All starters hit the
board. A .689 UTRS
Week Fifteen (7/5/05 - 7/10/05)
HOT HANDS - Ivan Davies
| Seven out of eleven drives hits the board including three wins |
HOT HOOVES - STARS PHOTO
| Classy trotter invades Bangor and captures fastest trot in Maine in 2:00.0 with Bill Varney driving. |
HOT BARN
- Shawn Gray
All five starters hit the board with two winners, two place and a show
Index
Week Fourteen (6/27/05 - 7/4/05)
HOT HANDS - Kevin Switzer
| Four wins and a second out of seven drives yields a .651 UDRS |
HOT HOOVES - ANOTHER JUDGE
| Another track record for the three year old trotter. This could be a special year for Another Judge's connections. |
HOT BARN
- Donald Bishop
Two wins and a second including upset winner OHYOULITTLETHING in MSBS Three Year
Old Filly action.
Index
Week Thirteen (6/20/05 - 6/26/05)
HOT HANDS - Brian Nelson
| Five wins and a .586 UDRS and he hits the board eight
times out of eleven starts. Notable - Scott MacKenzie - Back in the sulky with a second and a third Saturday night at Bangor Raceway. |
HOT HOOVES - AUNT EMMA
| Fastest mile ever by a mare at Bangor Raceway in an impressive 1:56.1 |
HOT BARN
- Valerie Grondin
Seven wins out of twenty starts including an MSBS upset with BILLY BILTMORE
Index
Week Twelve (6/15/05 - 6/19/05)
HOT HANDS - Heath Campbell
| Five wins on Sunday puts Heath at the top of the driving ranks at Bangor Raceway |
HOT HOOVES - CURRENT CAST
| Last year's Joe Ricci Memorial winner posts the fastest trot of the year in 2:00.2 at Scarborough Downs. |
HOT BARN
- Lonnie Lefebvre
Eight starts bring six winners with five of those winners on Sunday at the
Downs..
Index
Week Eleven (6/8/05 - 6/12/05)
HOT HANDS - Shane Taggart
| 6 wins at Scarborough leads Scarborough drivers. |
HOT HOOVES - LEAVE IT TO WALTER
| Equals fastest mile of the year in 1:57.1 at Scarborough Downs. |
HOT BARN
- Ronald Alexander
Three wins, one second and one thirds from six starts.
Index
Week Ten (6/1/05 - 6/5/05)
HOT HANDS - Stephen Mahar
| 10 wins over three days at Bangor achieves a .529 UDRS.
Hit the board 17 of 25 starts. Notable - Jason Bartlett - 10 wins during the week |
HOT HOOVES - JIGTIME SILENCER
| Two sub two minute wins at Bangor including leg of
Clayton Dickison Memorial Series, and become season's leader for four-year
old horses. Notable - Perfect Trick - Fastest mile in Maine so far this year |
HOT BARN
- Shawn Gray
Four wins, one second and two thirds from nine starts.
Index
Week Nine (5/27/05 - 5/30/05)
HOT HANDS - John Davidson
| John returns to the State of Maine with 5 wins and a .456
UDRS. Notable - Jerry Watson - Driving Double on Friday Night |
HOT HOOVES - GOLDSTAR TRAVELER
| Wins conditioned pace at Scarborough Downs easily in 1:58.4 |
HOT BARN
- Donald Gallant
Three wins and one second from five starts at Bangor's opening weekend
Index
Week Eight (5/20/05 - 5/22/05)
HOT HANDS - Jason Bartlett
| Six wins over the weekend with a 404 UDRS gets Jason the honors this week over the Campbell boys who both had 4 wins. |
HOT HOOVES - FIRM FORSE
| 2:01.4 mile on Saturday retakes three year old pacing colt's season leader's spot for this Ohio bred. |
HOT BARN
- Valerie Grondin
Four wins from the barn propel Val to 2nd on the trainers standings.
Index
Week Seven (5/13/05 - 5/15/05)
HOT HANDS
- Kevin Switzer
"Switz" has the highest UDRS among nine drivers that have 2 or 3 wins.
HOT HOOVES - LANDMARK HONOR
| We had a hard time with this one. Last year Satin Time N came to Scarborough from Plainridge for one race that was the fastest of the year at the time. We didn't pick him because we thought it was a one shot deal and we wouldn't see him again, so we picked someone else. This may be the same situation, and we also had an impressive outing by last years Hot Hooves winner Woodmere Fulatrix in 1:58.0, the fastest of the year to that point. But Landmark Honor's 1:57.4 mile in the next race while being hung the whole mile made us think about this week's choice for a couple of days. Let's hope that Landmark Honor visits Maine more than this one time so we won't regret this week's choice. |
HOT BARN
- Randy Bickmore
Two wins and two seconds out of five starts including the daily double on Friday
night.
Index
Week Six (5/6/05 - 5/8/05)
HOT HANDS
- Drew Campbell
With three wins and seven seconds, Drew lead money earners and UDRS.
HOT HOOVES
- MURRAWEE MAGIC A
Three straight wins while climbing the claiming ranks after coming from
Rosecroft where he couldn't earn a purse check.
HOT BARN
- David Sawyer
Two wins out of two starts with $1500 earned tops Mark Harris with two wins out
of two starts and $1250 earned.
Index
Week Five (4/29/05 - 5/1/05)
HOT HANDS
- Jason Bartlett
Six wins and five seconds gives him the edge over Shawn Gray with five wins.
HOT HOOVES
- DESPERADO DON
His first Maine win in Friday night's winners over trot in 2:01.1 is season's
fastest.
HOT BARN
- Fred Ward, Jr.
Two wins and two thirds puts Fred on top of the trainer standings.
Winners of 3 Races This Season
| Art's Planet | 3 |
| Billsboybob | 3 |
| Firm Forse | 3 |
| She's Precious | 3 |
| Twin B Candy | 3 |
Week Four (4/22/05 - 4/24/05)
HOT HANDS
- Heath Campbell
Eight wins over the weekend with five seconds and one third with .483 UDRS.
HOT HOOVES
- CHATHAM HOOCHIE
Classy gelding hits the winners circle at 12-1 in 2:00.3
HOT BARN
- David Crochere
Three wins and a third from four starts
Index
Week Three (4/16/05 - 4/17/05)
HOT HANDS
- Shawn Gray
Six wins over the weekend with one third in twelve starts.
HOT HOOVES
- ART'S PLANET
1:58.1 mile is fastest of the year this season
HOT BARN
- Earlon Eugley
Three starts, two wins and a second.
Index
Week Two (4/9/05 - 4/10/05)
HOT HANDS
- Leigh Fitch
Three wins out of 9 starts, has the highest UDRS of this short season.
HOT HOOVES
- WINGSWEPT ROBIN
11-Year Old wins top class in 1:59.3
HOT BARN
- Patricia Switzer
Four Starts, Four Wins, takes over the top spot on the trainer's board
Index
Week One (4/2/05 - 4/3/05)
HOT HANDS
- Jason Bartlett
6 wins on opening weekend, 10 starts hit the board
HOT HOOVES
- LEAVE IT TO WALTER
Fred Ward's new steed posts fastest win of opening weekend
HOT BARN
- Butch Eaton
Six Starts, Three Wins, Most Money Earned
Index