Driver Heath Campbell celebrated his 54th birthday in grand fashion at Bangor Raceway on Sunday (Oct. 26), winning four races over his home-based course, while friends and family roared their enthusiastic approval.

Scott Keppler snatched the win in the closing strides of the lone $10,000 division for the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Saturday (Oct. 25) while Michael Shults and Anthony Verruso found the winner’s circle in the pair of $7,500 AHDC pace divisions the next day (Sunday, Oct. 26) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

Frank Chick’s Caviart Daisy thundered past front stepping Caviart Amore Mio at the half and cruised to a Virginia Breeder’s victory in the $91,025 2-Year-Old Filly Pace finale — in record time for that division.

For the second consecutive week, Adarryl Gates has won the United States Harness Driving Club (USHDC) feature at Cumberland Run.

The sophomore Heaven Needs Me, an altered son of Capt Midnight, won for the second straight time in taking Sunday’s (Oct. 26) $12,000 pacing feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia, with the 1:52.3 win clocking missing his lifetime best by one-fifth of a second.

On Saturday (Oct. 25), Swedish betting company ATG launched its new betting format, V85, which replaces the well-known V75.

Heading into Saturday (Oct. 25) night’s featured $17,500 high-end conditioned pace at The Meadowlands, post-time favorite Seven Colors had won two of his previous six starts. In the four losses, he was beaten by Ken Hanover twice, Sabonis and newly-minted Breeders Crown champion Ervin Hanover.