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Winning Hambletonian owner sets sights on Kentucky Derby

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Winning Hambletonian owner sets sights on Kentucky Derby

Winning owner of Cool Papa Bell, Scott Farber, wants to target the Kentucky Derby. Cool Pup Bell won the Hambletonian Stakes at 52-1. Farbers and Campbell worked together on the horse. The horse sold for $100,000. It is the most Farb paid for a horse ever. He also won a college championship for William Paterson University in 1992. His father introduced him to harness racing. Jim Campbell's brother, John, won Hamblestonians in 1995 with Tagliabue.

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