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AUBURN, ME – The New England Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association is proud to announce the 2024 inductees to the New England Harness Writers Hall of Fame. The esteemed group includes Walter Case Jr. and Kevin Switzer Sr., as well as posthumous honorees Mike Andrew and Bill Varney. The four harness racing […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Walter Case Jr. drove Hoosier Shark (Tellitlikeitis) to a front-end harness racing victory in First Tracks Cumberland’s $5,500 feature on Sunday (Nov. 3), winning in 1:57.2 by a scant half a length, while Drew Campbell pushed his weekend win total to nine. Leaving from post three Case never saw the back of […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Walter Case Jr., who ranks 9th on the all-time dash wins list among active harness racing drivers, added six victories to his lifetime total of 11,395 on Friday (July 5) at Cumberland Raceway. ‘Casey’ started his six pack by taking both $15,986 divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing colts and […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – With his popularity rising with each and every harness racing start, George Fenno III’s Instant Replay (Lazarus N) returned to his winning ways on Saturday (June 8) and captured the $6,000 featured pace at Cumberland Raceway. While taking a new 1:55.1 lifetime mark in the redemptive victory, the disabled veteran’s stable star […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Keystone Phoenix (Well Said) and Walter Case Jr. paced away from the field en route to a benchmark lowering 1:54.1 romp in the $6,000 harness racing feature at Cumberland Raceway on Saturday (June 1). Scoring from the track’s ‘sweet spot’ post 4, Case put his charge right on the lead and played […]
Bangor, Maine … Everything old was brand new again on Wednesday (5-15) at Bangor Raceway as Instant Replay (Lazarus N) scored in 1:58.2 and won handily in his first start of the season while harness racing driver Walter Case, Jr. overpowered the young guns while engineering a driving triple on the late afternoon program. Instant […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Warrawee Preferred (Federal Flex) won the $7,500 Jack Frost Preferred Trot at First Tracks Cumberland on Saturday (April 13), which was his second win of the week. Driven to victory by Walter Case Jr. for trainer McKenzie Sowers, the 13-year-old had just won a $7,500 NAADA amateur event at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday. […]
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 […]
Farmington, Maine … Everything old seemed new again on Friday (Sept. 22) as veteran reinsmen, Walter Case, Jr and Bruce Ranger, hooked up in an epic display of skill, grit, and determination in the opening harness racing event at the Farmington Fair. Case, with 11,303 career wins, and Ranger, with 10,190 top tallies, have long […]
Bangor, Maine … Walter Case, Jr, the dean of state-of-Maine harness racing, held the hot hand at Bangor Raceway on Friday (Jul. 21), teaming three winners down Victory Lane. In classic Case fashion, the winner of 11,264 races lifetime, began his day by creating speed behind Velocity Sub Z (1:59.3-$4.60). Sprinting toward an early advantage […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, First Tracks Cumberland’s weekly Winter Festival schedule excluded ‘Black Friday’ (Nov. 26) and restarts on Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 27 & 28) with two, full-card harness racing dates. Saturday’s (Nov. 26) program has ten races, with the featured $6,000 Open 3-4 Pace headlined by Ry’s Red Rocket […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – First Tracks Cumberland’s top harness racing pacers engaged in another showdown Saturday (Nov. 19) with a new face emerging victorious in the featured $6,500 Open 2 Pace. Star Speaker (Artspeak) won his last two starts, most recently the Open 3 Pace a week ago, and came back to capture the next level […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – First Tracks Cumberland is poised to present a three-day, thirty-four-race long weekend of harness racing, complete with full fields and competitive matchups to entice the most discerning punter. The action starts with Friday’s (Nov. 11) card, an ‘all pace’ day with half of the day’s events dedicated to the fairer set, otherwise […]
Farmington, Maine – Harness racing driver Walter Case, Jr held the hot hand on a chilly afternoon as the legendary driver paraded three winners in front of the historic stands at Farmington Fair on Friday (September 2). Included in Case’s tally was the fastest split of the weeklong fairground meeting as he piloted Dakota Jackson’s […]
Farmington, Maine – The members of the Farmington Fair track crew were the heroes of the day on Monday (September 19) as the guys with drag trucks and shovels turned what could have been a complete washout into a productive day of harness racing at the western Maine agricultural exhibition. Maine, like many parts of […]
Bangor, Maine — Sweltering state-of-Maine afternoons provide ample opportunities for a wide variety of recreational choices as the dog days of summer begin to envelop the Pine Tree State. Backyard barbecues, island lobster bakes, and trips to the beach are all part of the quintessential Down East summer experience, but shrewd “Mainahs” know that some […]
Bangor, Maine – The harness racing gods smiled kindly on harness racing driver Andrew Harrington on Sunday (July 10) as the man in blue and red colors dazzled the largest crowd of the season at Bangor Raceway. The 32-year-old catch driver twice paraded victoriously over the course of a ten-race program while factoring in the […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Harness racing driver Kevin Switzer Jr. won three of four consecutive races on Saturday’s (April 16) program at First Tracks Cumberland, which culminated in a 1:56.4 score in the $6,500 Open I-II Pace with Deetzy. “Switz” started the day off with a romp in the third race with Meetmeatthedance, cruising to victory […]
CUMBERLAND, ME –Making his return to the sulky in two races Saturday at First Tracks Cumberland, following a three year absence, is none other than Walter Case Jr. A popular driver during the 1980s through the early 2000s, ‘Casey’ has won over 11,000 races and $43 million in purse earnings. Currently tenth on the all-time […]
