Jimmy Nickerson’s Saint Stephens used a cover trip on Friday (Nov. 13) to capture the $6,100 featured trot at First Tracks Cumberland as the iconic Southern Maine oval opened its first three-day weekend of the winter meet.
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Switzer Jr. wins six at First Tracks Cumberland
Driver Kevin Switzer Jr. picked right up where he left off when racing resumed at Maine’s Cumberland Raceway on Sunday (Nov. 8), piloting six winners on the opening 12-race card.
Winter Festival begins Sunday at First Tracks Cumberland
Racing resumes at the iconic Cumberland Raceway on Sunday (Nov. 8) for the first of 15 Southern Maine racing dates, knows as the “Winter Festival,” with some of the Pine Tree State’s top trotters and pacers kicking off the 12-race card.
Poocham Luck takes Maine Frosh consolation
Due to a bumper crop of 2024 foals in the Pine Tree State, the Maine Sire Stakes was pleased to host a $25,000 consolation for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Sunday (Oct. 4) at the Cumberland Fair, the final day of racing at the iconic Downeast oval.
Maine freshman finals set for Cumberland Saturday
The fields have been drawn and the connections await the $320,000-plus Maine Sire Stakes freshman finals on Saturday (Oct. 3) at the Cumberland Fair, with all four divisions vying for over $80,000 in purse money.
Twenty wins for Snowonthepines
The unstoppable filly phenom Snowonthepines added a 20th notch to her belt on Wednesday (Sept. 30) at the Cumberland Fair during the Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-old filly pacers.
Harrington delivers five wins at Cumberland Fair
Fans on hand for day two of harness racing at the 154th annual Cumberland Fair on Monday (Sept. 28) saw local reinsman Andy Harrington win half of the races on the muddy program, not letting wind, nor rain, nor outside post positions stay him from swift completion of his appointed rounds.
Dryden Hanover splashes to victory at Cumberland Fair opener
Harness racing at the 154th annual Cumberland Fair kicked off on Sunday (Sept. 27) with Jimmy Nickerson’s Dryden Hanover overcoming the muddy conditions to win the $7,050 featured conditioned trot.
‘Art’ and ‘Al’ take Pine Tree Opens at Cumberland
The final program for the Spring-Summer meet at First Tracks Cumberland on Sunday (Aug. 2) saw Arts Flight and Big Al M take their respective $12,000 Pine Tree Opens with records falling as the curtain closed on another successful harness racing season.
Three in a row for No Small Wonder at Cumberland
During the penultimate program for the Spring-Summer meet at First Tracks Cumberland on Saturday (Aug. 1) the story grew for No Small Wonder as the precocious filly took her third consecutive Maine Sire Stakes event for 2-year-old pacing fillies.