Trainer/driver Brandon Campbell was a familiar face in the Century Mile winner's circle on Friday, Oct. 4 as he won seven of the evening's 12 races.
Campbell went on a five-race win streak in races two through six that including three winners from his own stable: homebred sophomore filly Ima Fist Fight ($14.10), pacing mare Metaki ($15.90) and six-year-old leasee Rapido Dom ($22.30), an Alberta newcomer who scored his first win since May 2022. Trainer Samuel Johnson's homebred mare Rezies Gal ($21.30) was another upset winner with Campbell driving. His streak included just one favourite in three-year-old filly Delta Sunrise ($3.30) for trainer Kelly Crump.
The bettors eventually jumped on the bandwagon making the Campbell-trained and leased four-year-old gelding Yenoh Who ($6.10) the favourite in the 10th race and that pacer delivered another victory for the stable with Phil Giesbrecht driving. Campbell then went out and won the next race driving even-money choice Laz To First ($4) for trainer Chris Lancaster.
Metaki's victory was in the featured $11,000 fillies and mares claiming-conditioned pace as she shook loose in the stretch and caught popular Preferred mare Outlaw Sharktastic at the wire in 1:52.4 for owner Jodi Loftus, with the winner's stablemate, Red N Ready, two lengths back in third. Returning to the Edmonton oval for the first time this season, the five-year-old daughter of Vertical Horizon lowered her lifetime mark by more than one full second and won for the fifth time in her last eight starts.
To view Friday's harness racing results, click the following link: Friday Results - Century Mile.
(Standardbred Canada; Photo of Metaki and Brandon Campbell winning on Oct. 4 at Century Mile)