Campbell claims a consecutive triple at Bangor

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 second win in-a-row for the Kandace Niles trained mare. The daughter of Badlands Hanover romped five-lengths the best in the $4600 second leg of Bangor’s Spring Into Action series and will likely be labeled as the mare to beat in next Sunday’s (May 11) $6000 final.

SHOT TO THE HEART REPLAY

The pike route proved the winning path in the next contest too as Campbell hustled Word Out (1:58.4 – $3.00) smartly toward the top. Chugging through an uncontested .59-second back-half, the Ronald Dinsmore trainee glided to her second consecutive victory as an optional $4000 claimer, extending out to a five length margin at the wire.

Campbell then endured some muddy splash-back as he completed his cavalcade with a determined off-the-pace effort behind Rolandpeg (2:03.2 – $4-40). Sitting the soggy pylon path while enduring a tepid 1:02.2 opening half, he tipped the Michael Huff trainee into a first-over salvo before boldly sweeping to a 2-1/4 length score at the wire.

Sunday’s three driving wins elevated Campbell into a first place tie atop the Bangor Raceway leaderboard where he currently shares top billing with his brother Drew Campbell following the completion of three seasonal race sessions at the Queen City oval.

Autumn Robinson, meanwhile, strengthened her billing as the early season leading trainer at the meet, increasing her tally to five conditioning scores after sending out Readyfortheladies (McGwire Sowers) to her third consecutive win on Sunday.

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by Mike Sweeney, for Bangor Raceway