Ron Cushing’s Ever Hoping A set a Cumberland Raceway track record in Saturday’s (Aug. 3) $25,000 Pine Tree Invitational, which was also the loftiest purse of the year at the iconic Southern Maine oval.
Author: by Chris Tully, for First Tracks Cumberland
Cheatin Fate defies the odds, wins Maine Sire Stakes
Marc and Peggy Tardif’s Maine-bred colt Cheatin Fate won his first Maine Sire Stakes on Saturday (Aug. 3) at Cumberland Raceway.
Hambo Day handle tops $7 million at Big M
For the sixth time in the last seven years, all-source handle on the Hambletonian Day program at the Meadowlands topped $7 million, with the 2020 COVID-19 card the only one to fail to reach that plateau.
Twin B Joe Fresh soars in Lady Liberty
Twin B Joe Fresh made a shambles of the $146,000 Lady Liberty Stakes, for older pacing mares, demolishing her rivals and scampering to a 1:48 blowout victory on the Hambletonian Day program Saturday afternoon (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands. The 4-year-old Roll With Joe mare from the Captaintreacherous dam Fresh Breeze was a winner for the sixth time in seven starts this year with the powerhouse performance, and she gave co-owner Dexter Dunn his sixth driving win on the card.
Warrawee Michelle rebounds for Hambletonian Oaks win
Last season’s Breeders Crown divisional champion Warrawee Michelle made swift amends from a tepid beginning to her sophomore season to, in her fourth start of the year, bag gold in the $525,000 Hambletonian Oaks final on Saturday (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands.
Nordic Catcher S, Champagne Problems easily win NJSS finals
Nordic Catcher S and Champagne Problems dominated in their respective $240,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes finals for 2-year-old trotters at the Meadowlands on Saturday (Aug. 3).
Karl rallies, Takter repeats in Hambletonian
Karl won the $1,050,000 Hambletonian on Saturday (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands as trainer Nancy Takter continued a family tradition and Hall of Fame driver Yannick Gingras scored his first win in the trotting classic.
Jiggy Jog S sails into record books with Cashman win
Åke Svanstedt’s generational trotting mare Jiggy Jog S took her shot in the $282,000 John Cashman Memorial and stood to the task to not only beat male competition through a sudden downpour, but to also trounce the stakes and divisional track records at the Meadowlands on Saturday (Aug. 3).
M-M’s Dream collars Special Way in Steele Memorial
M-M’s Dream rallied on the outside in deep stretch to win Saturday’s (Aug. 3) $160,000 Dr. John R. Steele Memorial, for older female trotters, by 2-1/2 lengths over Special Way in 1:50.4 at the Meadowlands. Pioneer As was third.
Rocknroll Runa A stuns at 68-1 in Sam McKee Memorial
“The Bomber” struck for a colossal upset when 68-1 shot Rocknroll Runa A emerged victorious in the $220,000 Sam McKee Memorial, for open pacers, on Saturday’s (Aug. 3) Hambletonian Day undercard at the Meadowlands.