The
Meadowlands - The Meadowlands
celebrates the career of harness racing's greatest driver on Friday evening
as John
Campbell retires from competitive racing to assume his new role as
President & CEO of the Hambletonian Society.
Campbell's accomplishments are the stuff of legend, having won every race
worth winning in a career that has seen him steer the winners of nearly $300
million. His name appears as the leader in
virtually every driving category at The Meadowlands.
The
celebration begins at 6:00 p.m. on the grandstand level, where John will greet
fans and sign autographs before stepping outside to "Go to the
office" on the racetrack one last time.
The
live racing includes ten races on the betting card and three early races
that include the $20,000 New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) for two-year-olds.
With
just a handful of sires standing in New Jersey for the 2014 breeding season,
the NJSS is down to eight or fewer horses being eligible to all divisions of
two-year-olds. As a result, the colt and filly paces and colt
trot will be raced off the betting program starting at 6:30 p.m. and will
be carried on The Meadowlands simulcast broadcast.
The
pari-mutuel card includes four freshman events featuring the NJSS for
trotting fillies in race two, where trainer Noel Daley is holding a strong hand
with a pair of by Wishing Stone in the field of six.
Be
Bop Sally ($25,000 Lex Select) has had two good qualifiers in anticipation of
the stakes, the more recent a 2:00.4 effort at The Meadowlands. She is owned by
the trainer in partnership with the driver, Andy McCarthy, and Patricia Stable
and starts from post 2 on Friday.
Diamond
Stone US ($20,000 Lex Select) has past performance lines that virtually mirror
those of her stable-mate having trotted two ticks faster in her Meadowlands
qualifier. She is wholly owned by trainer Daley and he has named David Miller
to drive.
Come
join the fun. Post time is 7:15 p.m.
