One month ago, driver Matt Athearn reached the 1,000-win milestone while putting the finishing touches on a notable season in the sulky that is sure to have set up the 25-year-old Maine native for more highlights in his burgeoning career.
Retiring pacer Ira Chief made his final official start as a 14-year-old a winning one, conquering his peers in the $6,000 Auld Lang Syne race at Cumberland on Saturday (Dec. 23), which was part of the track’s third annual Au Revoir Retirement Showcase.
Peggy Thyng felt like she had lost everything including her direction, until she met a filly without a purpose. The two underdogs found purpose on the race track.
La Bella Vita N visited the winner's circle for the seventh time this year after she won the $25,000 fillies and mares Winners-Over pacing feature at Plainridge Park on Friday, Nov. 10.
Three $17,500 conditioned trots headlined the card at Plainridge Park on Friday afternoon (Oct. 20) and the most shocking result came in the last one of the day.