by Mike Sweeney, for Scarborough Downs

Scarborough, ME — Sunday (Dec. 21) marked the conclusion of the 2014 meet at Scarborough Downs with competitive racing and recognition of seasonal achievements being the hallmark of the day while the New England Harness Writers Association joined the track to help dole out the hardware.

Derek Davis photo

Drew Campbell accepts the Leading Driver Award from Scarborough’s Steve Cobbett.

Drew Campbell, the perennial powerhouse among a very competitive drivers colony, secured yet another drivers championship in 2014, spinning together a grand slam performance on the closing day card to augment his meet’s leading tally to 199 seasonal scores.

Currently the third rated UDR driver in North America, Campbell closed out the year in identical fashion to the way he began it, winning both the first and final dash of the nine month meet.

Philip “Bo” Sowers secured the very first Scarborough trainers championship of his career, surviving a late charge from the Randy Bickmore Barn to claim top status after sending 49 winners to the post during the year.

Sowers joins a handful of state of Maine horsemen who are ranked among the leading campaigners in North America in 2015, with his roster currently ranked fourth in the trainers’ standings sporting a hefty .380 UTR.

With 2014 now fully engraved in the archives, all eyes are set on the dawn of a new year, with the 2015 meeting, the 65th in the history of Scarborough Downs, set to begin on March 28.

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