2022 Week in Review


Week 20 (8/15/22 - 8/21/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Heath Campbell
Eleven wins on the week, including his fifth victory in the Hight Memorial behind REAL PEACE in 1:53.2
Hot Hooves - COLD DECKED
Two wins during the week, extending win streak to five in a row.
Hot Barn - Mary Ranger
Quietly sporting a .456 UTRS for the season, grabs two wins, a second and a third for the week.

Week 19 (8/08/22 - 8/14/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Aaron Hall
Nine wins on the week including four wins in Maine Sire Stakes action
Hot Hooves - PEMBROKE HONCHO
Driver change on the chestnut filly results in two stakes wins, setting a lifetime mark at Skowhegan in 2:03.4.
Hot Barn - Valerie Grondin
Eight wins on the week, a .511 UTRS and $86K earned.

Week 18 (8/01/22 - 8/07/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Walter Case, Jr.
Short week, with only one day of racing, Casey grabs four wins on the day.
Hot Hooves - USE YAH BLINKAH
Stakes action winner at Bangor in 1:57.0, fastest mile of the series.
Hot Barn - Clayton Merrill, Jr.
Wins both starts at Bangor on Wednesday.

Week 17 (7/25/22 - 7/31/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Heath Campbell
Nine wins on the week, getting closer to career win 5,500
Hot Hooves - ROCKSAPATRIOT
Circles the Union oval in 1:56.0, always a class horse.
Hot Barn - Sara Harrington
Harrington stable always does good at Union, this year no exeption with five win from nine starts.

Week 16 (7/18/22 - 7/24/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Dan Deslandes
His starts have dropped a bit, but not his UDRS, this week at 0.383 after getting five wins for the week.
Hot Hooves - VESUVIO BI
Fastest trot yet of the season in 1:57.1, setting divisional track record and second fastest trot at Cumberland.
Hot Barn - Kim Vafiades
Three wins from four starts, including STAR SPEAKER winning in 1:54.4 at Bangor.

Week 15 (7/11/22 - 7/17/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Mark Athearn
Three wins, including two stakes races, from nine starts, a .469 UDRS.
Hot Hooves - MAPLEWOOD SLUGGER
Three year old filly trotter sets lifetime mark at Bangor winning her third stakes start.
Hot Barn - Lisa Watson
Four wins and two seconds from seven starts.

Week 14 (7/04/22 - 7/10/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Nicholas Graffam
Seven wins from sixteen starts, a 0.528 UDRS, ten wins in the last two weeks. A shout out to Adam Gray for second win in a row in MADC, wanted to give him award, but couldn't ignore Graffam's stats.
Hot Hooves - KATAHDIN MARK
Rebounds from his loss last week, sets a new lifetime mark of 2:01.0 in stakes action at Bangor .
Hot Barn - Karl Butterfield
Seven winners from the thirteen starts.

Week 13 (6/27/22 - 7/03/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Walter Case, Jr.
Breaking an unwritten rule of picking the same driver two weeks in a row but six winners this week, hit the board 13 times from 20 starts.
Hot Hooves - DEAL WITH IT ROMAN
Three wins in three starts in stakes action, this week visiting the winners circle in Cumberland, stopping the teletimer in 1:59.0
Hot Barn - Marc Tardiff
Stakes season is underway and Mr. Tardiff is picking up where he left off last season, this week grabbing three wins and two thirds from six starts.

Week 12 (6/20/22 - 6/26/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Walter Case, Jr.
Three visits to the winner's circle Friday at Cumberland; six victories for the week, has doubled his win totals from last year.
Hot Hooves - MISTER MUSCLE
Classy campaigner get his third win of the season, tying the fastest trot of the season in 1:58.1.
Hot Barn - Dan Deslandes
Four winners from the barn, each one setting a seasonal mark.

Week 11 (6/13/22 - 6/19/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Jason Bertolini
Gets his third win of the season in this weeks Maine Amateur Event, wire to wire with LED SCHNEPPELIN.
Hot Hooves - HESPOISEDTOPOUNCE A
Nickerson/Bojarski invade Maine to set a new aged gelding track record at Cumberland in 1:54.2.
Hot Barn - Valerie Grondin
Sire stakes season is upon us and Grondin sends out four and captures two wins and two seconds, is it anyone's surprise?

Week 10 (6/06/22 - 6/12/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Andrew Harrington
Five wins on the week; just like last year, a tepid spring start and then on fire the rest of the year, watch out!
Hot Hooves - PRESCOTT
Fastest trot of the year so far, an impressive trip in 1:58.1 around the Cumberland oval.
Hot Barn - Shawn Nye
Two wins and two thirds from four starts, Nye is sporting a .420 UTRS for the year.

Week 9 (5/30/22 - 6/05/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - W. Drew Campbell
Seven wins for the week, only missed the tote board twice from seventeen starts.
Hot Hooves - DE CHIRICO
Second fastest mile of the year in 1:54.0 at Bangor.
Hot Barn - Christine Holt
Two wins and three seconds from five starts.

Week 8 (5/23/22 - 5/29/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Heath Campbell
A .400 UDRS for the week with five winners and hitting the board 16 times in 25 starts.
Hot Hooves - RY'S RED ROCKET
Coming out of the Donald Richard's barn, she sets a new track record for aged mares at Cumberland in 1:54.2 for driver Matty Athearn.
Hot Barn - Dana Whittemore
Two wins from three starts, stable has been steady all year, sporting a .333 UTRS so far this season.

Week 7 (5/16/22 - 5/22/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Dan Deslandes
Seven winners from eleven starts, undefeated at Bangor during the week.
Hot Hooves - WAR DADDY
Fourth win of the year, this time from a new barn in 1:56.2 at Bangor.
Hot Barn - Chris Lefebvre
Three wins from four starts, stable always has them ready to go.

Week 6 (5/09/22 - 5/15/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Ron Cushing
A .685 UDRS for the week, three winners and two seconds from six starts.
Hot Hooves - QUICK FUN N
Third win in a row, this week going wire to wire in 1:56.0.
Hot Barn - Sara Harrington
Stable is starting to roll, three winners and two thirds from seven starters, a .524 UTRS.

Week 5 (5/02/22 - 5/08/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Bruce Ranger
Trying to best Mr. Athearn from last week, Ranger visited the winner's circle seven times.
Hot Hooves - CAPTAIN NASH
Not a fan of picking horses that have been honored so recently, but his 1:53.0 mile at Bangor can't be ignored, fastest mile in Maine since summer 2019.
Hot Barn - Lisa Watson
Watson Stable has had a good spring, this week with three wins and a .568 UTRS.

Week 4 (4/25/22 - 5/01/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Matthew Athearn
Six winners and and two thirds from twelve starts, a UDRS of 0.556, pretty impressive.
Hot Hooves - OCEANVIEW ECHO
Front running mare is 4 for 4 on the season with $12K earned, this week hitting the winners circle in Bangor in a season's best 1:56.2.
Hot Barn - Benson Merrill
Three wins on the weekend and now sits on top of the trainer standings, a familiar place.

Week 3 (4/18/22 - 4/24/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Kevin Switzer, Jr.
Five wins last week and four wins this weekend, leading driver last two weeks.
Hot Hooves - CAPTAIN NASH
Records the fastest mile of the season, one fifth of a second off his own divisional track record.
Hot Barn - Jamie Gerard
Three wins and a second from five starts

Week 2 (4/11/22 - 4/17/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Michael Stevenson
Had to wait a few months over the winter break, but now can be called Mr 2,000! Congratulations!
Hot Hooves - SWAN FINE LADY
New divisional track record for four year old trotting mares in 1:58.2. Ohio import is new addition to Cushing Stable, won 19 of 40 starts last year, off to a good start this year.
Hot Barn - Zachary Gray
Two wins and two seconds for the youngster, including a nice trip from COOL JACK in 1:57.0 on Saturday

Week 1 (4/08/22 - 4/10/22) by Staff

Hot Hands - Dan Deslandes
Eight wins from twelve starts over the weekend, gettiing six wins on Saturday. Last year's top driver gets off to a good start in the new year.
Hot Hooves - GRAND GALOP SEMALU
Fastest mile of the week on a muddy rated track. His backside move was impressive with a 27.3 third quarter. Kudos to the track crew as the track took a lot of rain Saturday and held up.
Hot Barn - Chris Lefebvre
Sent out six starters for the weekend, landed three in the winner's circle opening day