WEEK IN REVIEW - 2008

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Week EIght (4/29/08 - 5/04/08)   

   HOT HANDS - Michael Cushing                           

A .704 UDRS, tops for the week for a win and two seconds in three starts

    HOT HOOVES - DEADLYSATISFACTION      

New Season Leader for 4 year old mares after a 2:01.2 clocking Saturday over a muddy track.

   HOT BARN -  Valerie Grondin     

From seven starts, two wins and four seconds for a UTRS of .603.

Week Seven (4/21/08 - 4/28/08)   

   HOT HANDS - Kevin Switzer                           

Four wins including two on his birthday over the weekend, a .327 UDRS

    HOT HOOVES - MY SPECIAL ANGEL      

Three in a row, improving each week from 2:00.4 to 1:58.0 to this week's 1:57.0

   HOT BARN -  Steven Vafiades     

Grabs two winners on Sunday with FALCOR N and SAND SAPPHIRE.

Week Six (4/14/08 - 4/20/08)   

   HOT HANDS - Drew Campbell                           

I don't like picking the same person back to back, but Drew is on fire - Hits the board 15 out of 22 starts, 8 wins over the weekend with a UDRS of .530

    HOT HOOVES - KEROGEN      

Takes the trotting top class for the second week in a row, last week in 2:00.4, this week in 2:00.0

   HOT BARN -  Heidi Rohr     

Four wins over the weekend, seven wins for the last two weeks.

Week Five (4/11/08 - 4/13/08)   

   HOT HANDS - Drew Campbell                           

Six wins, three seconds and five thirds for a .491 UDRS for opening weekend.

    HOT HOOVES - SKITSOFRANTIC      

Started last season in peak form, and is repeating it this year as he takes the top class in 1:56.4

   HOT BARN -  Wendy Ireland     

Starts the season with two wins with OCEANVIEW COPPER and KEROGEN.

Week Four (1/26/08 - 1/27/08)   

   HOT HANDS - Shane Taggart                            

Shane gets driving doubles both Saturday and Sunday plus two show finishes.

    HOT HOOVES - BARENIT      

Takes the pacing top class Saturday in 1:58.2 as the new addition to the Randy Bickmore Stable

   HOT BARN -  Drew Campbell     

Brings three winners to the circle including new stable addition PANS FIFTY-SEVEN who bags the year's fastest time and veteran CC BAG A LUCK,

Week Three (1/19/08 - 1/20/08)   

   HOT HANDS - Kevin Switzer                            

Quietly grabs two winners on Saturday and three on Sunday and now sits fourth in the driver standings

    HOT HOOVES - MIGHTY DRAGON N      

From the seven hole, takes air for most of the mile and wins the trotting top class in 2:00.4 for Jerry Watson. Second fastest mile of the weekend for both gaits and fastest trotting mile every in January for Maine.

   HOT BARN -  Joey Mosher     

Three for three including the top class on Saturday, sits atop the trainer standings with a .736 UTRS.

Week Two (1/12/08 - 1/13/08)   

   HOT HANDS - Joey Mosher                            

Three winners on Saturday, two of them at 14-1 odds, one at 8-1. A .556 UDRS.

    HOT HOOVES - NOTTHATKINDOFANGEL      

Easily takes the winners over class over a muddy track in 2:01.3

   HOT BARN -  Frederick Ward, Jr.     

Snap Dancer grabs the winners over trot, Sugar Valley Cathy swoops the field to win by 5 and Hardscrabble Road, picked 7th by the bettors, gets his trip to the circle.

Week One (1/05/08 - 1/06/08)   

   HOT HANDS - Shawn Gray                            

6 wins, 2 seconds and 2 thirds from fifteen starters including winning the first three races of the season.

    HOT HOOVES - ALLAMERICAN STASH      

Takes the winners over pace in 1:58.4, the fastest mile ever recorded in the month of January.

   HOT BARN -  Shawn Thayer     

Two winners from three starters from the Bangor area trainer.

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