by Adam Packard, for the Meadows

Meadow Lands, PA –– Cambest Prince, a winner of four of his five starts in 2005, is the 8-5 morning line favorite in a Preferred Pace on Saturday night at the Meadows.

After being parked out the entire mile, yet in a successful effort last week at Northfield Park, Cambest Prince returns to the Meadows to battle with five other talented pacers for a purse of $10,000.

In recent starts at the Meadows, the nine-year-old gelding won two weeks ago in a Preferred in 1:53.2 with Dave Palone driving. He finished second three starts back at the Meadows when he fell victim to slow fractions and never recovered from a poor start.

In his racing career, Cambest Prince has raced at the Meadows in six starts. He has finished on the board in all of the six with four wins, one second, and one third place finish.

Palone has driven the son of Cambest–Last Lark in three of his wins at the Meadows and will get the call again this Saturday. Jeff Cox trains for owners Samuel Jacobs and Charles Burris of Delaware.

The main challenger to Cambest Prince is Western Millennium and Ray Paver. As Cambest Prince was winning over at Northfield last week, Western Millennium was the first to stop the timer in 1:53.3 last week at the Meadows. Palone drove the Troy McDougal-trainee to a one length victory in a Preferred Pace.

It’s worth noting that Palone opted for Cambest Prince rather than Western Millennium this week.

Allamerican Captor had more earnings than any other horse in the field last season, yet the five-year-old only reached the winner’s circle once in 2004. This being his fourth start from his layoff, improvement is definitely on the mind of trainer Virgil Morgan, Jr. Mike Wilder jumps into the bike for the very first time and will leave from post position three as the 3-1 third choice on the morning line.

Post time for the 11 race program is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.