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CUMBERLAND, ME – The husband and wife team of driver Heath Campbell and trainer Valerie Grondin enjoyed a sweep of both of the $14,000-plus harness racing divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes at Bangor Raceway on Wednesday (July 15) with a pair of sophomore trotters. In the first $14,408 division for 3-year-old trotting colts and […]
Bangor, Maine …. As the east coast heatwave dissolved into the Atlantic, harness racing returned to the torrid oval at historic Bass Park. And under the warm and breezy conditions, the re-homed Freehold Raceway water truck did yeoman’s duty to keep the dust at bay, but myriads of water could do nothing to dampen the […]
Bangor, Maine … Driver Heath Campbell dominated the rain-drenched harness racing program at Bangor Raceway on Sunday (May 4), wallowing over the gooey-going, while powerfully posting three consecutive winning efforts. Campbell opted for a front-end strategy to begin his assault, launching Shot To The Heart (2:01 – $2.80) powerfully from the gate while securing the […]
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 […]
Topsham, Maine … Canbec Kingkazimir (Jereme’s Jet) knows a thing or two about winning harness races. The 14-year-old veteran harness racing pacer has held court at 23 racing ovals, reigning victoriously over 12 of them, in the process of amassing a record of 31 wins and $503,412 in career earnings. And as he demonstrated on […]
Bangor, Maine … As another potent heatwave takes dead aim on the eastern seaboard, the torrid pace of Bangor Raceway‘s summer harness racing meet continues its march to completion with a twelve-race closing day program slated to get underway starting at 3:00 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday (July 17). With seasonal opportunities dwindling, driver Heath Campbell […]
Bangor, Maine – A perennial kingpin at Bangor Raceway who is well accustomed to the limelight, harness racing driver Heath Campbell has been pretty much relegated to below the fold coverage in Queen City racing news this season. But on Sunday (7-16), as the Campbell magic reappeared in full force, the newsroom found it necessary […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Heath Campbell set a harness racing track record in the $5,000 opener with Pembroke Ideal BJ (American Ideal) while his older brother Drew Campbell finished second in that mile. Later in the day, Drew Campbell captured the $6,500 featured trot with Little Macabee (Chapter Seven), to give the orange-clad products of the […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Three divisions of 3-year-old pacers competed over the weekend at Fryeburg Fair, looking for their places in the lucrative $240,000-plus Maine Breeders Stakes (MSBS) sophomore harness racing finals on Oct. 15th at Bangor. Saturday’s (Oct. 8) lone $18,654 MSBS 3-year-old colt and gelding pace witnessed Bandolito Blaze (Western Maverick) flash some early speed […]
WINDSOR, ME – The talented team of trainer Valerie Grondin and driver Heath Campbell took Windsor Fair by storm on Friday (Sept. 2) as the dynamic duo swept both $18,000-plus divisions of the Maine Breeders Stakes (MSBS) for 3-year-old harness racing pacing colts and geldings. The ‘pace car’ in the division, Use Yah Blinkah (Western […]
Skowhegan, Maine – The Hight Invitational, long noted as one of the top-rated invitational events along the New England harness racing circuit, headlined a stellar 14-race card at Maine’s Skowhegan State Fair on Saturday (August 20). Seven accomplished pacers boasting combined purse earnings in excess of $2,000,000 gathered under idyllic late-summer conditioners to contest the […]
Skowhegan, Maine – Speed became the order of the day at the Skowhegan State Fair on Friday (August 19) as the venerable fairground harness racing oval responded to sun baked conditions by creating the perfect opportunity for quickening tempos. During the later portion of the matinee program, two well-heeled standardbreds took full advantage of the […]
Bangor, Maine – With the skills of a surgeon, harness racing driver Heath Campbell continues to dissect the competition at Bangor Raceway this season, brilliantly diagnosing the symptoms and then expertly prescribing an aggressive course of treatment, as patient after patient are discharged down Victory Lane with a newly minted clean bill of health. The […]
Bangor, Maine – While the summer solstice marks the midway point of the astrological year, heralding the longest day and shortest night and promising the bounty of high summer, for 14-year-old harness racing Standardbreds it’s a poignant reminder that a career spent dazzling on the racetrack is steadily on a course of descent, with mandatory […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Veteran harness racing reinsman Dave Ingraham guided the winner of the fastest of two $9,690 divisions of the Maine Standardbred Breeders Stakes (MSBS) for two-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Wednesday (July 28) card at Cumberland. Ugotaearnyrstripestook command right from the start, scoring from post position two, and led the field into […]
