IB Notorious generates evenings fastest mile at Skowhegan

Skowhegan, Maine …. IB Notorious IR (Hasty Hall) proved a conspicuous pacer on Wednesday (August 13) at the Skowhegan State Fair, generating the fastest harness racing mile of the evening while glimmering under the bright lights of the mid-Maine agricultural exhibition.

Handled aggressively by driver and co-owner, Drew Campbell, the Irish import rocketed off the car and jockeyed in furious fashion with Art Nukem (McGwire Sowers) and Real Thing ( Nick Graffam) before insistently claiming the lead as the field propelled to the quarter timed in a surprisingly gentle 29.2.

Campbell then caught a breather while decelerating to the half in a lullaby-like 59.1 before feeling pressure from a first-over salvo fired by Real Thing.

Like a motorist on the turnpike who stubbornly refuses to be passed, Campbell gunned his engines to leave Graffam’s progress suspended as the tempo tempestuously picked up into what would result in an insurmountable 57.1 back-half dash.

Separating from the field with each and every stride, IB Notorious IR crossed the wire by a 4-1/4 length in hand margin, timed  in a new lifetime best clocking of 1:56.2.

Art Nukem finished second while Commondiscourtesy (Aaron Hall) rallied for third.

Trained by co-owner, Christopher Dubois, the win marked the 20th career winners circle session for the nine-year-old son of Hasty Hall, who paid $15 to win.

The win was one of two on the card for trainer Dubois and also one of two Wednesday scores for driver Campbell.

Racing action at Skowhegan will head under the lights Thursday evening with post time slated for 7:00 pm. The fair will then close out its seven day meeting with 1:00 pm afternoon sessions scheduled for Friday and Saturday.

For those not able to come to the track, wagering on the Skowhegan Fair will be available on most major wagering platforms including Hollywood Races at www.hollywoodraces.com as well as at all state of Maine off track betting parlors.

The video for Skowhegan’s races will be live-streamed on YouTube at www.youtube.com/@mainefairharnessracing and the live audio of Skowhegan’s cards will be available along the online radio network of Mix Maine Media at The Mix 107.9 FM, True Country 93.5 FM, and THE Score 1160 AM as well as online at www.mixmaine.com

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting Results

by Mike Sweeney for Skowhegan State Fair