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.
Race secretary Rob Pennington hit a home run with his holiday-themed winter late closing series, resulting in the presentation of over a dozen legs of four individual series being contested over the upcoming three-day (Dec. 8 – 10) weekend at First Tracks Cumberland.
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.
Racing resumes at the iconic Cumberland Raceway on Sunday, Nov. 5 for the first of 19 Southern Maine racing dates, knows as the “Winter Festival,” with some of the Pine Tree State’s top pacers kicking off the 10-race card.
It was ladies' day at Plainridge Park on Friday, Oct. 27 with filly and mare races topping the card and the winners of the top two events exhibited great late-season form.