French trotter Elegant Dulupin FR was parked every step of the way and resolutely prevailed over the favorite McStoned Again to take Friday’s (April 19) $8,219 featured trot at Cumberland.
The final day of the First Tracks Cumberland’s Winter Festival extended pari-mutuel meet included an appearance by Santa Claus in the first race, along with a thrilling dead heat in the $10,000 Holly Late Closer Series final on Christmas Eve Sunday, Dec. 24.
Five-year-old pacer Art Of Endurance has been on a winning streak that started U.S. Thanksgiving weekend, and could very well continue through Christmas. Picking up his fourth win in a row on Saturday, Dec. 16 at First Tracks Cumberland, the Benson Merrill trainee is prospering in the colder climate of wintertime racing in Southern Maine.
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.