The Down East faithful will transition from Farmington to the 152nd annual Cumberland Fair on Sunday (Sept. 22) with 11 harness races programmed at the iconic Southern Maine oval.
Category: Fairs
Valerie Grondin boogies with Chipper Dale
While winning races is nothing new for veteran conditioner Valerie Grondin, driving the 3-year-old male trotter Chipper Dale to victory on Friday (Sept. 20) at the Farmington Fair is also familiar territory.
Female trainers dominate at Farmington Fair
In a sport whose major stars and branded leaders are generally men, the accomplishments of harness racing’s female participants often fly well under the radar. But on Friday (Sept. 20) at the Farmington Fair, the afternoon program was so completely commanded by horses harnessed by women trainers that their accolades demanded to be sung.
Massive Speed motors to ninth straight win
Massive Speed got his ninth career victory at the Farmington Fair on Thursday (Sept. 19) in the Maine Sire Stakes for 2-year-old male pacers, which was also his ninth consecutive score.
Winter Asher-Stalbaum rocks on at Farmington Fair
On an unusually hot late summer afternoon in the foothills of western Maine on Thursday (Sept. 19), a guy named Winter took center stage.
Nelsonbriteagle NO coasts to Miss Versatility triumph
Norwegian-bred Nelsonbriteagle NO and driver Dexter Dunn benefited from early breaks in stride by HP Mama B (Louis Roy) and Tipsy Money (Yannick Gingras) and coasted to a 7-3/4-length, 1:52.3 romp in the $90,000 Miss Versatility final, for trotting mares, on the Thursday (Sept. 19) undercard at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fair. Adare Castle (James MacDonald) was second; Tactical Mounds (Scott Zeron) was third.
Captain Albano wins Little Brown Jug
There were no shaky moments for Captain Albano and driver Todd McCarthy on Thursday as they swept their elimination and the final of the 79th edition of the Little Brown Jug for 3-year-old pacers at the Delaware County Fairgrounds. Not on the racetrack, anyway. The winner’s circle was another story.
McGwire Sowers and Sarah’s Lilly double up at Farmington Fair
McGwire Sowers held the hot hand at the Farmington Fair on Wednesday (Sept. 18) teaming a pair of winners down the western-Maine fairgrounds’ Victory Lane, including the second win earned by Sarah’s Lilly at Farmington this week.
Nine is fine for Tardif’s Two Fold Cold
Marc Tardif’s heart may have skipped a beat when his here-to-fore undefeated pacer Two Fold Cold made an uncharacteristic miscue in the first turn at the Farmington Fair on Wednesday (Sept. 18) in the Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-old male pacers, but when the dust settled his seasonally unblemished record remained intact.
Connections take a shot with Soft Shot, win Jugette
Soft Shot, a supplemental entry, equaled a divisional world record in her elimination and used a gate-to-wire effort in the final to win the $310,000 Jugette, for 3-year-old filly pacers, on Wednesday (Sept. 18) at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fair.