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CUMBERLAND, ME – The Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) was back in action on Sunday (Nov. 24) at Cumberland Raceway, with former national champ ‘Too Tough’ Todd Whitney blasting to a wire-to-wire harness racing victory with the odds-on favorite Nagle (Dali). Under bright sunny skies with a brisk breeze the 1-2 public choice left swiftly […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – George Fenno III’s Instant Replay (Lazarus N) doubled-down on last week’s effort to earn his second seasonal harness racing win in a row on Saturday (May 25) at Cumberland Raceway. Leaving from post four in the $5,500 featured pace, catch driver Dave Ingraham let a few horses go and was content to […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – The Pine Tree State’s best harness racing trotters just got a pay increase this week, as the ‘winners over’ class of over-achievers will go for $7,000 this Friday (May 10) at First Tracks Cumberland. New arrival Kilauea (Kadabra) leads a group of Maine’s fastest diagonally gaited set to go postward for the […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Just before the college band played the iconic song My Old Kentucky Home at Churchill Downs Saturday (May 4), So Rock N’ Roll (Western Maverick) played a familiar harness racing tune of his own: winning another race at First Tracks Cumberland. Sent off as the 3-5 favorite, perennial leading driver Bruce Ranger […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Former National Amateur Driver of the Year Todd Whitney showed he still has ‘what it takes’ when he guided All It Takes to a wire-to-wire harness racing victory in Saturday’s (April 27) $5,000 Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) race at Fist Tracks Cumberland. Scoring from post six, the veteran reinsman had to […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Motto, a 5-year-old gelding by Creatine, has spent most of his harness racing career battling the better trotters in his native Buckeye State. Unraced at 2, Motto earned $139,096 at 3, primarily in the Ohio Sire Stakes, but also in overnights from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic. Last year at 4 he did not […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Up-and-coming harness racing driver Hunter Lofthus provided Polyester (Dude’s The Man) with a patient steer to capture the meet’s second $5,000 Maine Amateur Driving event by half the length of the stretch at Cumberland on Saturday (April 20). When the wings folded Benson Merrill pushed the 8-5 favorite Southwind Terror out to […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Apex trotter Broadway Giant (Broadway Hall) made his third appearance in the First Tracks Cumberland winners circle in as many weeks, taking Maine’s top $5,500 conditioned harness racing trot once again on Sunday (Nov. 26) by open lengths. Driven by veteran reinsman Bruce Ranger, the 9-year-old coasted to the top from post […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Harness racing driver Aaron Hall grabbed both trotting race features at Cumberland on Sunday (Nov. 19), one for his dad Craig Hall and the other from his own stable. Hall began his victorious afternoon in the $4,400 fourth race sending his own charge Namesmuscle (Muscle Mass) out to secure the lead from […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Ron Patoine’s Broadway Giant (Broadway Hall) added another harness racing victory to his ever-growing win column on Sunday (Nov. 12) at Cumberland, scoring for the second time in as many weeks. Driven by Bruce Ranger, the 9-year-old left from pylon position with several speedy trotters leaving swiftly for position outside of him. […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – With harness racing in full swing at First Tracks Cumberland one of Maine’s top trotters, Broadway Giant (Broadway Hall), will be looking for his second win a row. The action starts on Saturday (Nov. 11) and continues on Sunday (Nov. 12) with many of the top classes spread across the full weekend […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Harness racing resumes at the iconic Cumberland Raceway on Sunday (Nov. 5) for the first of 19 Southern Maine racing dates, knows as the “Winter Festival,” with some of the Pine Tree State’s top pacers kicking off the ten-race card. The featured $6,000 conditioned pace includes former track record holder Rocksapatriot (Rockincam) […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Often referred to as the ‘Greatest Side Show’ in harness racing, amateur harness driving clubs compete everywhere from the Meadowlands and Yonkers, to Oak Grove and the Meadows; and, of course, Cumberland, Maine. Participants in this Saturday’s (July 8) Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) race have done particularly well in the annual Tim Fouts […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – David Zuckerman, a 67-year-old lifetime harness racing participant, won the Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) race at Cumberland on Saturday (Jul. 1), which was his first trip back to the winners circle in over 40 previous attempts. A Massachusetts native, Zuckerman was a licensed teamster in 1977 at age 21, where he […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – The impatience of youth is not lost on Jason Bertolini, as the 26-year-old reinsman took the overland route to capture the harness racing season’s first Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) Race at Cumberland on Saturday (May 6) with Bailey’s Legacy (Western Maverick). As the seven-horse field entered the first turn, Bertolini got […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – While temperatures soared across the country this weekend, the tempo was hot on Saturday’s (July 23) final day of the Spring-Summer meet at First Tracks Cumberland with leading harness racing driver Bruce Ranger steering Vesuvio Bi (Manofmanymissions) to back-to-back Open Trot victories and breaking a track record in the process. When the […]
CUMBERLAND, ME — Following a two-week hiatus, the Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) returns to Cumberland on Saturday (April 30) for two legs of the popular season-long harness racing series. Dubbed ‘The Greatest Side Show in Maine Harness Racing,’ the MADC enjoys robust participation and also helps convert horse owners into aspiring teamsters. Nationally, this […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Harness racing leading conditioner Benson Merrill is also establishing himself as a powerful force on the Amateur circuit, winning both of the Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) races on Monday (Dec. 13) at Cumberland. The Saturday (Dec. 11) card was postponed due to weather conditions, pushing the program ahead a few days […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Harness racing continues at the iconic Cumberland Raceway on Saturday (Nov. 6) with two divisions of the Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) as well as a $5,500 conditioned trot that marks the return of several fan favorites over the eleven race card. Cherry Crown Jewel returns to her preferred oval where she […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – The eighth and final week of the regular Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) harness racing series has two divisions this Saturday (July 17), sponsored by Blue Seal Feeds, with ten drivers looking to add chips to their kitty for a chance to compete in the $7,500 final next Saturday, July 24. The […]
