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Luke McGook, the fast horse with the funny name, provided for a mild upset while capturing the $71,134 Maine Sire Stakes for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings, highlighting the rich $280,000-plus Pine Tree State-bred sophomore finals at Bangor on Oct. 14
Bruizn upset in the $7,000 top trot of the day in 2:01.1 at Cumberland Fair on Sunday (Oct. 1).
Bangor, Maine ... J J S Jet (Jereme's Jet-Northern Desire), a mainstay along the state-of-Maine harness racing circuit for the last ten years, charged to his 60th career win on Wednesday (September 13) at Bangor Raceway with regular pilot Drew Campbell manning the cockpit. The win, timed in 2:00.2, was the first of the season
Maine’s three-year-old pacing colts and geldings got away from the fairgrounds and invaded historic Bass Park in Bangor for two $14,000-plus divisions of the Sire Stakes and when the dust settled, it was the Tardif Taskforce that came away with the lion’s share of the hardware after sweeping both events—but not without significant effort.
"All good things must come to an end.” English poet Geoffrey Chaucer is credited with the original use of this idiom in the 1300s, which is commonly used as a proverb to remind us that nothing great will last forever. This aptly describes the 2023 winning streak of Marc Tardif’s Luke McGook.