Up Tempo lowers track record at Scarborough Downs:7-17-2008: Scarborough, Maine – Track records continue to fall as the year-long speed show blazes forward at Scarborough Downs -- for the fourth time already this season track historians have been set to the task of rewriting the record books.
Up Tempo, a 3-year-old star of the Maine Standardbred Breeders’ Stakes trotting program left a deep impression on the assembled fan base on Thursday (July 17) as he lined up behind the Scarborough starting gate to contest a $10,107 stakes division. He set sail early off the car to forge dazzling fractions of 29.2 – 59.3 – 1:30.1 en route stopping the tele-timer in a breath-catching 2:00-4/5th, thereby setting a brand new career speed standard and claiming his 3rd consecutive victory in MSBS competition.
Up Temp now becomes the fastest winner on the trot in the history of the Maine Breeders’ Stakes program, erasing Ichiban’s long-held previous mark of 2:01.1 recorded back in 1999.
He also obliterated the Scarborough Downs track record for 3-year-old geldings of 2:04.3 which had been held since 1997 by ImAGingerBreadMan and driver Dominic Watson.
Up Tempo, a son of Boy Band, one of Maine’s newest trotting stallions, is proudly owned by Michael Andrew of Gorham, Maine and is trained and driven by state of Maine colt specialist Gordon Corey.
“His mother, A Virtue, was a great mare and has produced well” owner Michael Andrew said “ She produced the 2006 Three–year-old Maine Stakes champion Forward Momentum, but I think the Boy Band blood has made her get even faster.”
“He likes to race” Andrew continued “He doesn’t like other horses to beat him. So far so good but we’d sure like to repeat a mile like this during the finals in October.”
The Maine Standardbred Breeders’ Stakes continue throughout the summer season at various venues in the state of Maine and culminate with finals during “Super Stakes Weekend” on October 11 and 12 at Scarborough Downs.
Stakes action returns to the Downs on Saturday (July 19) as the MSBS 2-year-old colt pacers make their 2008 debut with three divisions racing for nearly $28,000 in purse money.
Scarborough Downs proudly features live harness racing every Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening at 4:15 pm (EDT). The popular Sunday matinees feature a 1:30 pm post time. .
2 comments:
he will be setting many records his 3 year old season. He's quite the colt.
Congrats on all the good work done and to come.
Very cool to see the records that are broken.
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