Skyway Freakshow and McGwire Sowers closed out the Sunday program May 3 with a win in the $4,800 conditioned pace at Bangor Raceway. The Indiana sired pacer trudged through the sloppy track for the open length win in 2:01.1.
Skyway Freakshow began from post six and rallied out quickly when the gate folded to be a top contender in the race. Dark Eclipse N and Kevin Switzer Jr. was the quickest of all from the far outside and crossed over for the lead before the first turn, leaving Skyway Freakshow parked around the first turn before settling in third.
Fractions of :28.2 and 1:00.1 were placed on the board before movement was detected at the back of the pack to the outside. The advancement by Sweet Scarlett and Andrew Harrington flushed out Bettor N Joy and Timothy Hudson, which eventually flushed Skyway Freakshow to the outside and into first over positioning. Around the final turn, Skyway Freakshow was in a big battle with Dark Eclipse N before taking over and moving out to the lead in solo fashion. She rallied home in :29.4 to score the win by two and three-quarter lengths over Dark Eclipse N. Bettor N Joy finished third.
Skyway Freakshow paid $14.60 for the win. The four-year-old daughter of Freaky Feet Pete is a family owned horse, owned by McGwire and Autym Sowers with Autym serving as the trainer. Samuel Schrock bred and raised the mare who earned her second win of 2026. Overall, she has seven wins and more than $45,000 on her card with her career best taken at two at Harrah’s Hoosier Park in 1:56.1. She had six starts under the direction of trainer Henry Graber Jr. before moving to upstate New York and later Maine. She was sold from the Slabach Brothers Standardbreds consignment as a yearling, purchased by Eleven Star Stables for $7,000 late in the sale. She was the latest foal from the multiple stakes winner Marnie Hall, who was a millionaire while racing in all the major stakes, taking a mark of 1:49.0. She has several six figure earners including DA Delightful, a winner in 1:48.3.
Earlier on the card, two Indiana sired pacers led the conditioned pacers to the wire for a one-two finish in 2:02.0. Holymotherofmoses and Kevin Switzer Jr. turned in a gate to wire effort for the win by two and one-half lengths over Kea Island and Andrew Harrington. Holymotherofmoses was the favorite, paying $2.40 for the win. She is the six-year-old daughter of Check Six owned and trained by Logan Lanpher. Alvin Fry and Lamar Miller bred the mare, who picked up her first win of 2026 and her 13th overall. To date, she has more than $114,000 with a career best time of 1:54.2 taken last year at Vernon Downs. She began her career in Illinois and raced just a handful of times for Kevin Miller before shipping east.
