Campbell wins seventh $1 million Meadowlands Pace with Mach Three in
1:49

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ July 13, 2002 - John Campbell
continued his dominance of the $1 million Meadowlands, winning the
track's signature event for the seventh time on Saturday night with
3-5 favorite Mach Three in a stakes record time of 1:49 flat.

Mach Three's mile also equaled the track record for a
three-year-old pacer set by last year's Meadowlands Pace winner, Real
Desire, on August 4, 2001 in the Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Mach Three was a length and a half winner over McArdle and it was two
and a quarter lengths back to Allamerican Ingot in third.

A son of 1988 Meadowlands Pace winner Matt's Scooter, Mach
Three posted his seventh win in nine starts this year and lifted his
2002 earnings to $1,016,095 for a career bankroll.

"I knew there would be a lot of early speed," noted Campbell, who won
his 20th million-dollar race. "Put up a million dollars, and you'll
have a four or five of them leaving hard. I wasn't concerned about
the fractions. When I moved him three-wide on the backstretch, I was
sure of him. He was full of himself, just
swelled up. He's gotten a lot smarter about racing, has a great
attitude and a lot of determination."

Joseph Muscara of Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania, a 78-year-old
construction executive, purchased Mach Three for a reported $2.2
million
just prior to the $500,000 New Jersey Classic Final on June 1. With
his
$500,000 winner's share of the Meadowlands Pace, Mach Three has earned
back $832,275 for Muscara.

"He's a great horse," said trainer Monte Gelrod. "I have to thank
Bill Robinson who trains the horse in Canada to send me a wonderful
horse to race in the Meadowlands Pace. We got it done. It was
unbelievable; John was able to take him off pretty easily. To be able
to back him off after 28.1 third quarter is big. The $2.2 million
price looks like a steal now."

Campbell, who is only four wins away from career victory 9,000,
had won his first Meadowlands Pace 20 years ago in 1982 with Hilarion.
He followed with wins in 1989 with Dexter Nukes, 1994 with Cam's Card
Shark, 1995 with David's Pass, 1999 with The Panderosa and 2001 with
Real Desire.

"I think things worked out really well for us and always seem
to do in these big races," said Mike Lachance, the driver of runner-up
McArdle. "I knew from the start that they were sending them quick
fractions . John Campbell drove a great race, making that three-wide
move."

Cat Manzi, inducted into the Hall of Fame last weekend, picked
up third money driving Allamerican Ingot.

"When you go for a million dollars, they're going to race
those horses," Manzi said. "We got a great trip, third over behind
great horses. You'll get no complaint from me. We followed McArdle
the whole way, got a great trip and used all of him. But Mach Three
was
too tough."

Mach Three's 1:49 mile -- with fractions of 26.1, 53, 1:21.1 --
erased the stakes record of 1:49.3 shared by The Panderosa 1999 and
Real Desire 2001 .