Two of Maine’s top-rated harness drivers dominated the action on the quickening mid-state oval on Friday (Aug. 21), combining to win 7 out of the eleven races carded at the Skowhegan State Fair.
Category: Fairs
Skowhegan hosts Maine high-steppers
Maine’s growing family of 2- and 3-year-old trotters found their way to the Skowhegan State Fair on Thursday (Aug. 20), with all the usual suspects up to their same tricks.
Baby trotters star Wednesday, rainout Thursday at Dayton (PA) Fair
If Zeus, the Greek god of the weather, visited much of Pennsylvania Thursday afternoon (Aug. 20), he was not very kind with a plentitude of showers, including enough moisture to cancel the Thursday program for Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes 3-year-olds at the Dayton (PA) Fair.
Carl Wharton IV scores first career driving win at Skowhegan State Fair
Maine’s fabled fairground circuit has long served as the proving ground for aspiring harness racing drivers, providing a bevy of first win experiences for many of the sport’s top-rated teamsters.
Snowonthepines is a filly for all seasons
Marc Tardif’s unbeaten 3-year-old pacing filly Snowonthepines continued her reign of supremacy as she put her unblemished record on the line at the Skowhegan State Fair on Wednesday (Aug. 19) during a pair of $17,000-plus divisions of Maine Sire Stakes for the fairer set.
Thursday (Aug. 20) racing canceled at Dayton (PA) Fair
The Thursday (Aug. 20) racing at the Dayton (PA) Fair, for 3-year-old Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes horses, has officially been cancelled due to rain going through much of Pennsylvania.
Jazmin Short, Jennifer Main win in Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series
Jazmin Short and Jennifer Main took this week’s Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series races. Short came home first on Monday (Aug. 17) with Text Writer at the Miami County Fair in Troy, OH and Main on Wednesday (Aug. 19) with Two Birds Onestone at the Henry County Fair in Napoleon, OH.
Long shots tussle at Skowhegan State Fair
It’s not often that a post time favorite is not involved when an early speed duel erupts at a harness track but that was exactly the scenario that played out at the Skowhegan State Fair on Tuesday (Aug. 18) when a a pair of 8-1 shots left the gate hard against each other, with neither showing any inclination toward relinquishing their desire for the front-end seat.
Glamour boys scorch Skowhegan
Maine’s glamour boys division rolled headstrong into the Skowhegan State Fair on Tuesday (Aug. 18) with the set’s swift 3-year-old male pacers enjoying a purse increase to kick off the evening program.
Still time to enter FFA Trot at Rock Springs (OH)
The FFA Trot at Rock Springs (Meigs County Fair) did not fill for Thursday (Aug. 20). The race has been carried over to Friday (Aug. 21).