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CUMBERLAND, ME – Family, friends and fans of legendary Maine harness racing driver Leigh Fitch swarmed the home stretch at Cumberland Raceway on Saturday (Nov. 9) following the $7,592 eponymous memorial race at the iconic Southern oval. The Leigh Fitch Memorial, a ‘winners over’ pace, was captured by 1-5 favorite Hespoisedtopounce and driver Aaron Hall. Winning […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – First Tracks Cumberland will honor the iconic and daring Maine harness driver Leigh Fitch with a memorial race on Saturday (Nov. 9). The purse of $7,592 reflects the dash win total of his storied career, with a large contingent of family and friends expected to be on hand to pay homage to Fitch […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Leading part-time driver Hunter Lofthus grabbed another harness racing victory in the $4,700 Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) series at Cumberland Raceway on Sunday (Sep 30), showing his fellow reinsmen that patience is a virtue. Lofthus, who already had 10 wins in 34 starts and a 0.408 UDRS coming into the race, […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Once again, First Tracks Cumberland welcomes the Maine Sire Stakes for 2-year-old Pine Tree State-bred harness racing horses on Saturday (Sep 28), which is being held on the final day of the 152nd Cumberland Fair. The first final for 2-year-old pacing fillies, is probably the most completive on paper. The current point leader Chasing […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Mocha On The Rocks (A Rocknroll Dance) overpowered his harness racing foes to take the $6,000 featured pace on Tuesday (September 24) at the Cumberland (Maine) Fair. Dismissed at 10-1, the 7-year-old was rushed off the gate and dropped into the four hole by driver Heath Campbell. 9-5 favorite Forrest Blu (Kevin […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Bettors had a big day at the Cumberland (Maine) Fair on Monday (Sept. 23) with five of the eight races resulting in double-digit win ticket payouts. Wally Watson got things started with his own Terror Hall (Western Terror) and a three-wide move down the backside to score in 1:58.2. Trained and co-owned […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Harness racing at the 152nd annual Cumberland Fair kicked off on Sunday (Sept. 22) with former Maine Sire Stakes harness racing champion Wolverina (Cheyenne Hollywood) bringing all the Graffam connections together once again to pay homage to one of their own. The 5-year-old left swiftly from post five to gain command of […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – The Down East faithful will transition from Farmington to the 152nd annual Cumberland Fair on Sunday (Sept. 22) with eleven harness racing dashes programmed at the iconic Southern Maine oval. Many of Maine’s rural fairs are known for their tractor pulls and draft horse demonstrations, however the Cumberland fair was first held […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Two $15,000-plus harness racing divisions of Pine Tree State-sired sophomore pacers highlighted the Friday (Sept. 29) program at Cumberland Fair, with the speedy side-steppers performing in their penultimate legs of the rich Maine Sire Stakes. Once again, the Tardif Taskforce showed that they are indeed a force to be reckoned with. In […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Maine-sired sophomore trotters got their day in the spotlight on Wednesday (Sept. 27) at Cumberland Fair, with the diagonally gaited set giving harness racing fans and bettors some thrilling finishes to cheer about. The Tardif Taskforce sent Outlawofthevalley (Pembroke Slugger) into the $14,941 Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings, […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Up-and-coming harness racing reinsman Winter Asher-Stalbaum won the swiftest race of the day with Zack Vickerson’s Beach Fire K (Somebeachsomewhere) in 1:55.1 on Tuesday (Sept. 26) at Cumberland Fair. The 6-year-old Beach Fire K, driven by the 19-year-old Asher Stalbaum, made every call a winning one. While setting fractions of :27, 56.2 and […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Walter Case Jr. and Drew Campbell each won three races on Monday (Sept. 25) during the second day of harness racing at the Cumberland Fair, giving the veteran reinsmen victories in two-thirds of the racing card. ‘Casey’ started things off in the opener with Showme Some Muscle (Muscle Mass) in a wire-to-wire […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – The 151st annual Cumberland Fair opened Sunday (Sept. 24) with teamster Ron Cushing taking a pair of the Coastline pop-up splits with horses trained by Dakota Jackson. Jackson began last week with a decisive victory in the prestigious Tim Fouts Memorial Amateur Driving Championship at the Delaware County Fair on Sunday (Sept. 17) […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – The Down East faithful will transition from Farmington to the 151st annual Cumberland Fair on Sunday (Sept. 24) with ten harness racing contests programmed at the iconic Southern Maine oval. Many of Maine’s rural fairs are known for their tractor pulls and draft horse demonstrations, however the Cumberland fair was first held […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – The Monsters of the Midway series finals put an exclamation point on the penultimate harness racing card of the eight-day Cumberland Fair meet, with a host of five-figure dashes complimenting the $240,000-plus Maine freshmen finals Saturday, October 1. It was the richest day in Maine harness racing history as every race carried […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Three-year-old Maine-bred harness racing pacers invade the Cumberland Fair on Wednesday (Sep. 28) for the penultimate $18,000-plus legs of the Maine Breeders Stakes (MSBS). With the 150th Cumberland Fair in full swing, the colts and the fillies each have their own division at the iconic Southern Maine oval, with both events being raced […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – A large crowd and clear skies greeted the opening of the 150th annual Cumberland Fair on Sunday (Sept. 25) with ten exciting harness racing contests marking the first of eight days of action. The featured events for the opening day card were the first legs of two individual Monsters of the Midway […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – The Down East faithful will transition from Farmington to the 150th annual Cumberland Fair on Sunday (Sept. 25) with ten harness races programmed at the iconic Southern Maine oval. Many of Maine’s rural fairs are known for their tractor pulls and draft horse demonstrations, however the Cumberland fair was first held in 1868 […]
