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CUMBERLAND, ME – Harness racing driver Mark Athearn and trainer Gretchen Athearn swept a pair of Maine Sire Stakes trotting events on Friday (June 21) at Cumberland Raceway, recreating a similar instance last season where the same two youngsters won their stakes debuts on the same day. In the $16,208 opener for Maine-sired 3-year-old trotting […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Something Bettor A (Bettor’s Delight) didn’t let something like a broken headpole interfere with his first harness racing victory on Maine soil this season, as Ron Cushing valiantly steered his charge to triumph in the $5,500 featured conditioned pace at Cumberland on Saturday (June 10). The Aussie-bred 6-year-old had to get around […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Veteran horseman Mark Athearn donned his well-traveled harness racing driving colors on Sunday (Dec. 5) at Cumberland and won two of the top trotting classes at the iconic Southern Maine oval. Under partly sunny skies, the 55-year-old reinsman assumed all of the driving duties behind four horses trained by his wife Gretchen […]
