Once again, First Tracks Cumberland welcomes the $200,000-plus Maine Sire Stakes for two-year-old Pine Tree State-bred harness horses on Saturday, Sept. 30, being held on the final day of the 151st Cumberland Fair.
For the second Sunday in a row, all divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for trotters went postward at Windsor Fair on Sunday, Sept. 3, with several fan favorites increasing their seasonal win totals and three victors taking new lifetime marks.
On Sunday’s (Aug. 27) opening day of the historic Windsor Fair, a quartet of $14,000-plus divisions of Maine Sire Stakes for trotters set the stage for a full week of New England harness racing action.
A quartet of $14,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for trotters opened the 205th year of the Skowhegan State Fair on Sunday (Aug. 13), with several of the divisional leaders cushioning their point totals at the historic venue.
Plainridge invader Skyway Victor was a confident 1:54.2 winner in Cumberland’s featured closing day event, the $25,000 Pine Tree Invitational Pace, on Saturday, Aug. 5 posting one of the swiftest miles of the 33-day meet.
CUMBERLAND, ME – Saturday’s (August 5) $25,000 Pine Tree Invitational headlines the richest overnight harness racing program in the history of First Tracks Cumberland. Coupled with nine additional $10,000 Pop-Ups, the total non-stakes race purses equal $115,000, the most ever for an overnight card. Add in four Maine Sire Stakes events and the total purses for the
Duke Of Walner rewarded his supporters as the post time favourite with a 1:54.1 triumph in the sole $80,000 division of the Kentucky Sire Stakes for two-year-old male trotters at The Red Mile on Sunday, July 30.
My Saving Grace hasn’t had to endure much hardship in her short but successful career as the freshman filly is a perfect three-for-three so far this season in Maine Sire Stakes competition.
Three-year-old pacing gelding Luke McGook earned another victory at Bangor Raceway on Wednesday, July 26, giving the Marc Tardif-trained seasonal star an unblemished record of five-for-five in the glamour boys division of the Maine Sire Stakes.