Skowhegan, ME — From Pompano to Bangor, Post Time Terror has graced the raceways of harness tracks all along the Eastern Seabord. A popular mare, she’s been claimed a total of 11 times, raced from the rosters of 14 different trainers, and visited the winner’s circles of 11 different tracks, but throughout the years, and whatever the venue, her desire to win has never been questioned.

Post Time Terror glided down Victory Lane for the 50th time in her career. Stephanie Gray photo.

On Monday (Aug. 14) afternoon at Skowhegan State Fair, the 11-year-old daughter of Western Terror glided down Victory Lane for the 50th time in her career with now regular driver Dan Deslandes sitting in the sulky.

Sent to post as the lukewarm 2-1 favorite, Deslandes smartly hustled his charge off the gate, rating the veteran mare through reasonable yet progressively quickening fractions of :29.3, :59, and 1:28.1 before throwing in a final panel of :29 — all adding up to the masterful 1:57.1 score.

Trained by Jeff Deslandes for owner Ronald Dinsmore, Post Time Terror returned a $6.00 win ticket to the fans while passing over the $225,000 level in career earnings.

The win was one of two on the card for the Deslandes clan who also scored in a tight photo with Swellendam (1:56.4), a 10-year-old son of Bettor’s Delight, who is co-owned by Steven Blood with Dan Deslandes.

In other Skowhegan news, drivers Kevin Switzer Jr. and Heath Campbell joined Dan Deslandes in recording doubles on the program, while trainers Marc Tardif and Valerie Grondin matched Jeff Deslandes with two conditioning wins apiece.

The weeklong Skowhegan meet heads under the lights on Tuesday and Thursday (Aug. 15 and 17) with post time slated at 7 p.m. (EDT) and will conclude with 1 p.m. cards on Friday and Saturday (Aug. 18 and 19). Saturday’s card will feature the $15,000 Hight Memorial Invitational which annually attracts the finest horses in New England.