A week after their last visit, the 'Glamour Boys' division returned to Windsor Fair on Sunday, Sept. 6 with two $24,214 Maine Sire Stakes division for three-year-old male pacers.
In the first Sire Stakes division, which was held before the regular card, driver Kevin Switzer Jr. left swiftly with Real Horrorshow into a :29.2 opening panel, putting divisional rival Daytoremember (Heath Campbell) into the pocket seat.
Switzer Jr. reduced the tempo while leading the field to a 1:00.2 midway point, with the field stretched out in single file formation. With Daytoremember breathing down his neck, Switzer Jr. hastened the pace with a 1:29.4 third panel, and by the time the pair hit the head of the stretch Daytoremember was just a half-length off the pacesetter.
With a fierce battle ensuing in deep stretch, Heath Campbell got Daytoremember up to score by a nose in the shadow of the wire in 1:58, posting a :28 final quarter. Nuh Uh (Andy Harrington) finished third.
Trained, owned and bred by Valerie Grondin of Corinna, Me., Daytoremember scored his seventh seasonal victory and ninth of his career for a 9-8-1 summary from 20 starts and more than $160,000 in earnings. The son of Dudes The Man-Paxxie now leads the Real Horrowshow in the point standings, with just three more legs before the lucrative final at Bangor on Oct. 17.
In the second division, held on the pari-mutuel card, it was Ghost Of Winter and Joey Mosher who matched strides with stablemate Rebels Revenge (Aaron Hall) to take his division in a new lifetime best 1:58. Silence Ofdarkness (Aaron Hall) was third to provide trainer Marc Tardif with a sweep of the top three spots.
Trained by Tardif for owner Leighton Property of Waterboro, Me., the son of Deuce Seelster-Justcallmerosie now has three wins on the season and four lifetime along with $60,566 in earnings. He returned $5.60 to win.
Looking ahead, the harness racing action concludes at Windsor Fair with the three-year-old filly pacers who close out the meet on Labor Day Monday (Sept. 7). The Pine Tree State-bred series moves to Bangor for the next few weeks, starting with all of the two- and three-year-old trotters on Wednesday (Sept. 9).
(with files from Maine Sire Stakes)