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Campbell commandeers winners circle

By Mike Sweeney ·

Bangor, Maine …. With multiple track championships under his belt, harness racing driver Drew Campbell has long been considered a primal force along the state-of-Maine harness circuit. Off to a hot start in defense of his 2024 driving title at Bangor Raceway, Campbell appears intent on building upon the momentum of past campaigns, while boldly […]

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Hat trick for Drew Campbell

By Mike Sweeney ·

Bangor, Maine … Drew Campbell held the hot hand at Bangor Raceway on Wednesday (April 30), scoring three wins over the eight-race program while dominating the harness racing action in both halves of the early Daily Double. Creepin (2:00, $5.40) provided Campbell his first winning opportunity as trainer Neal Grass sent the 11-year-old Mach Three […]

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Campbell takes four in Cumberland finale

By Chris Tully ·

CUMBERLAND, ME – Driver Drew Campbell closed out the Cumberland Raceway harness racing meet on Sunday (Dec. 22) with another dominant display, grabbing a natural grand slam while capturing some of the loftiest purses of the meet. Campbell began his four-race tear with a signature front-end flurry while driving Alex Having Fun (Rock N Roll […]

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Campbell on top again with feature winner

By Chris Tully ·

CUMBERLAND, ME – On the final weekend of the harness racing meet, Drew Campbell continued his reign of terror, winning three races at Cumberland on Friday (Dec. 20), including the $5,500 feature with Cash Crazy Express (Art Major). Known by his peers for his propensity to ‘send ‘em,’ Campbell did just that with the Mark […]

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Ranaldi fastest in Cumberland co-feature

By Chris Tully ·

CUMBERLAND, ME – Fast-class speedster Ranaldi (Western Maverick) took home the fastest of the $8,000 harness racing co-features on Sunday (Dec. 15) at Cumberland Raceway, giving red-hot reinsman Drew Campbell a hat trick on the mid-day card. Leaving from pylon position, horse and driver left nothing to chance as the pair remained on point for […]

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Six-pack for Campbell at Cumberland

By Chris Tully ·

CUMBERLAND, ME– Harness racing driver Drew Campbell left nothing but scorched earth in his wake as the sizzling hot reins man won six of ten races on Saturday (Dec. 14) at Cumberland Raceway.  In fact, the Nova Scotia-native has won 10 of the last 19 races held over the last two days of the penultimate […]

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My Sweet Revenge highlights Campbell grand slam

By Chris Tully ·

CUMBERLAND, ME – Maine-bred sophomore pacing filly My Sweet Revenge (Western Maverick) helped hot driver Drew Campbell grab four harness racing victories during the kickoff to Cumberland Raceway’s penultimate weekend on Friday (Dec. 13), defeating older mares in the process. The 3-year-old daughter of Maine’s top pacing sire let Perfect Bloom and McGwire Sowers take […]

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Campbell continues to sizzle

By Chris Tully ·

CUMBERLAND, ME – Sizzling teamster Drew Campbell added another hat trick to his impressive harness racing win total on Monday (Dec. 9), taking another three races at Cumberland Raceway.  Fresh off his 6,000th career driving win on Saturday, the Halifax, Nova Scotia-native continues to add more and more victories to his meet-leading total. Sunday’s (Dec. 8) card […]

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Drew Campbell notches big career milestone win

By Chris Tully ·

CUMBERLAND, ME – Veteran reinsman Drew Campbell skillfully secured lifetime harness driving victory number 6,000 on Saturday (Dec. 7) at Cumberland Raceway, winning three races overall on the mid-day racing program.  In the tenth race on the card Campbell fed Sixfingerfreddie racetrack from the start and never looked back, tackling the lofty threshold. Winning races at […]

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Campbells combine for eight

By Mike Sweeney ·

Bangor, Maine …. The Campbell brothers controlled the harness racing action at Bangor Raceway on Wednesday (October 30), combining their talents to claim victory in eight of the twelve races programmed, with five tallies notched by big brother Drew and three nabbed by little bro Heath. Drew’s five-peat was highlighted by a pair of gate-to-wire […]

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Drew Campbell dominates at Bangor

By Mike Sweeney ·

Bangor, Maine …. Drew Campbell, who for years reigned as the supreme force along the Maine harness racing circuit while earning multiple drivers championships at the former Scarborough Downs racetrack, has apparently found new vigor at new digs after becoming a regular participant at Bangor Raceway this season. Campbell’s bright orange sulkies have become a […]

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Sidd Finch takes no prisoners in feature trot

By Tim Bojarski ·

Plainville, MA — Last week, class relief helped Sidd Finch (Credit Winner) run off the screen by five lengths. Then on Thursday (Aug. 1) afternoon, despite climbing back up the ladder, Sidd Finch won again by more and faster as he captured the $20,000 featured harness racing trot at Plainridge Park. Drew Cambell steered Sidd […]

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Plainridge co-feature won by 39-1 longshot

By Tim Bojarski ·

Plainville, MA — A pair of harness racing paces topped the bill at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (June 17) and the winners ran the gamut of mutuals. In the $15,000 District 9 pace, King Spencer (Sweet Lou) and driver Drew Campbell got away sixth to the front running Odds On Lauderdale (Brett Beckwith) but […]

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Martaritaondarocks is swiftest at Cumberland

By Chris Tully ·

CUMBERLAND, ME – Cain MacKenzie’s Martaritaondarocks (Pet Rock) paced the fastest mile of the Friday (June 7) harness racing program, taking her $4,400 fillies and mares conditioned pace in 1:57 flat at First Tracks Cumberland. Driven by Drew Campbell, the consistent 5-year-old mare was ducked into the four hole in the first turn, while 3-5 […]

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Fast miles in Plainridge features

By Tim Bojarski ·

Plainville, MA — They were flying at The Ridge on Monday afternoon (June 3) and Natameri (American Ideal) led the way after registering a 1:49 flat victory in the $20,000 Open Handicap harness racing pacing feature, which was the fastest pacing mile of the year so far at Plainridge Park. It was a speed duel […]

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Case, Campbell win half of Cumberland's race card

By Chris Tully ·

CUMBERLAND, ME – Harness racing drivers Walter Case Jr. and Drew Campbell dominated the Friday (May 24) program at Cumberland Raceway, picking up three wins apiece and taking over half of the races on the 11-race card. ‘Casey’ wasted little time throwing down the gauntlet, as the Maine-native pushed favored Warrawee Preferred (Federal Flex) right […]

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Moonshine Kisses takes opening day feature at Plainridge

By Tim Bojarski ·

Plainville, MA — Sunny skies and a summer-like 78-degrees greeted a full apron of railbirds who turned out for the first day of the live harness racing meet at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (April 15). The feature race was the $20,000 Winners-Over pace where track record holder Moonshine Kisses (Sunshine Beach) looked the part […]

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Milestones reached at Plainridge

By Tim Bojarski ·

Plainville, MA — Drew Campbell achieved a major harness racing driving career milestone at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 14) when he finished second with Starlit Thiswanman and saw that purse money push him past the $20 million plateau for his 35-year body of work. A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Campbell started driving […]

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Drew Campbell triples at Bangor Raceway

By Harnesslink ·

Bangor, Maine – Harness racing driver Drew Campbell made all the right moves during the late afternoon matinee at Bangor Raceway on Wednesday (October 18), scoring three wins on the twilight card as the sun travelled low across the autumnal New England, smoke colored sky. Campbell struck early with High Gear No Fear (Whom Shall […]

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Case and Campbell triple at Cumberland

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CUMBERLAND, ME – Walter Case Jr. and Drew Campbell each won three races on Monday (Sept. 25) during the second day of harness racing at the Cumberland Fair, giving the veteran reinsmen victories in two-thirds of the racing card. ‘Casey’ started things off in the opener with Showme Some Muscle (Muscle Mass) in a wire-to-wire […]

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Sidd Finch continues to solidify career year

By Harnesslink ·

Plainville, MA — Sidd Finch (Credit Winner) continued to solidify his harness racing career year at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 8) after winning the $25,000 Winners-Over Handicap trot. Drew Campbell got away third with 9-1 Sidd Finch while Big Al M (Matty Athearn) found his way to the front. As the field trotted […]

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State champion Bill Bauer takes top trot

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Plainville, MA — Massachusetts-bred and two-time Massachusetts Sire Stake champion Bill Bauer (E L Titan) brushed late to claim his second harness racing win of the year in the $20,000 top trot at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (July 24). Drew Campbell got away sixth from post five with Bill Bauer and remained in that […]

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Make it three straight scores for Probert

By Harnesslink ·

Plainville, MA — The top mares harness racing class at Plainridge Park has been extremely tough this year so to dominate that group is quite an accomplishment. And that is what Probert (Dali) has recently done after scoring her third straight win in the $25,000 distaff Winners-Over Handicap pace on Thursday afternoon (July 20). Driver […]

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Trotters steal the show at Plainridge Monday

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Plainville, MA — Lindy On Stage (Cantab Hall) usually races from behind, but a reverse strategy paid big dividends on Monday (June 19) when an early lead turned into his first harness racing victory of the year in the featured $17,500 trotting feature at Plainridge Park. Wally Watson chased Lindy On Stage off the gate […]

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