The final day of the First Tracks Cumberland’s Winter Festival extended pari-mutuel meet included an appearance by Santa Claus in the first race, along with a thrilling dead heat in the $10,000 Holly Late Closer Series final on Christmas Eve Sunday, Dec. 24.
Retiring pacer Ira Chief made his final official start as a 14-year-old a winning one, conquering his peers in the $6,000 Auld Lang Syne race at Cumberland on Saturday (Dec. 23), which was part of the track’s third annual Au Revoir Retirement Showcase.
Two of Maine harness racing’s favourite elder statesmen, 85-year-old Bob Nadeau and his trusty 14-year-old grey steed Putnams Storm, made quick work of the $7,000 Frosty final at Cumberland on Friday, Dec. 22, winning the pop-up series final in 2:02.1 and putting an exclamation point on a poignant career.
CUMBERLAND, ME – Two of Maine harness racing’s favorite elder statesmen, 85-year-old Bob Nadeau and his trusty 14-year-old gray steed Putnams Storm (Force Of Life) made quick work of the $7,000 Frost Final at Cumberland on Friday (Dec. 22), winning the pop-up series final in 2:02.1, and putting an exclamation point on a poignant career.
First Tracks Cumberland has a host of lucrative series finals as well as the third annual Au Revoir Retirement Showcase slated for closing weekend, which runs from Friday (Dec. 22) through Christmas Eve Sunday (Dec. 24).