Driver John Campbell is back in the U.S. after a visit last week to Solvalla Racetrack in Sweden for the ‘Legends’ race in which he competed alongside renowned drivers of Europe. While there, he was reunited with 1987 and 1988 Horse of the Year Mack Lobell, with whom he won the Hambletonian and the Elitlopp when the horse was four, a feat never duplicated before or since.
The two met at ‘Mack’s home at Menhammar Stud and later that day in a tribute to the now 30-year-old Mack at the track.
“He’s got so much energy and his coat was so shiny, he just feels so good,” Campbell said. “He was right up on his toes when he went down in front of the grandstand in front of the people.
“It made me feel so good to be part of that. To see him again, and the reception he got from the people was just incredible. They just love that horse over there. He’s just so full of himself. We went up to see him at the farm in the morning and it felt so good to see what a great home he had. When you see what a great spot he’s got – he’s the king around there. His coat is so shiny and all the energy he had was good to see.
“When we were at the farm they asked me to take a hold of him for some pictures, but he was watching Anette (his caretaker, Anette Jonsson) the whole time. He didn’t want her to get far away; I found that rather amusing. There are two girls that look after him and he’s rather attached to both of them.”
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