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Maeve Trumps Own Record at Scarborough Downs
Mike Sweeney for Scarborough Downs
August 21, 2011
Twin $9,928 splits of the 3-year-old filly pacing division of the Maine Sire Stakes program were contested at Scarborough Downs on Sunday (August 21) and holding true to form, entries from the powerful Kevin Switzer stable were prominently placed once the dust had settled and the numbers posted on the infield board.

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Kevin Switzer drives 3-year-old Maeve to victory in one of 2 splits of the Maine Breeders Stake races contested at Scarborough Downs on Sunday in a new track record of 1:56.2.
Maeve (Veeza - Dynamite Donna) continued her dominant ways on Sunday posting an insistent sort of victory as she sprinted clear of the field through ever-widening margins while engineering a sterling 57.1 back-half clocking en route to her 8-1/2 length final advantage over Nelliesirishprayer (Ruel Goodblood, Jr.) and Pembroke Bebop (Heath Campbell).

Owned and trained by Switzer, the Maine-bred Miss solidified her standing as divisional track-record holder at the Downs, shaving 4/5th of a second off her existing local standard while stopping the tele-timer this week in 1:56.2.

With big hoof-steps to fill and Kevin Switzer again calling the shots, Maeve’s stable-mate, Barbra Ann, took to the raceway in the day’s 2nd Maine Sire Stakes division, employing a similar front-running strategy while posting an in-hand 4-1/4 length victory over Pembroke Bow Bow (Heath Campbell) and Siberian Rose (Drew Campbell) timed in 1:56.4. This Maine-bred daughter of Goin To The Beach, owned by the KDK Standardbreds of Cumberland, Maine, won for the 14th time from only 17 career starts. She is the reigning 2-year-old Maine Sire Stakes Champion and current freshman divisional track-record holder at Scarborough Downs.

The two stakes victories added to overnight scores resulted in five driving wins for Kevin Switzer from Sunday’s nine-race program, with four of them coming from his very own roster of trainees, once again lending credence to the latest handicapping theory to be in fashion at the Seaside Oval: If it’s Sunday you’ve got to bet on Switzer.

Live harness racing continues at Scarborough Downs Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week at 4:00 PM (EDT), with post time for the popular Sunday matinee slated for 1:05 PM.