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CUMBERLAND, ME – Harness racing trainer Valerie Grondin made a clean sweep of both Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotters at Cumberland Raceway on Friday (June 28), the second trainer to do so in as many weeks. In the pair of $16,000-plus divisions of Pine Tree State-bred harness horses, the Bangor-based conditioner, along with her […]
Bangor, Maine … Life’s milestones are best enjoyed in familiar surroundings and shared with family and friends. So even the best script writer in Hollywood couldn’t have conjured up a more perfect setting when Valerie Grondin recorded her 500th harness racing career driving win at Bangor Raceway on Friday (Sept. 15). On the very same […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – With nearly 500 driving wins to her credit, it’s perhaps a stretch to refer to Valerie Grondin as an amateur. But she has not driven third-party horses professionally, and recorded her last win in 2013 in a Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) event. Fast forward to Saturday (June 12) at Cumberland, and […]
