When Race Secretary Rob Pennington and his assistant Andrew Topham opened the ‘virtual’ box for First Tracks Cumberland’s opening weekend, they were pleased to find 160 horses had been dropped in for the double draw for Saturday and Sunday (April 13 & 14).
A 54-year-old Whitingham, Vt., man who pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material will spend more than 11 years in prison after he was sentenced in a federal
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.
Veteran pacer Lucan Hanover showed why he was the heavy favourite in his division of the Gingerbred Series on Friday, Dec. 15, picking up his second consecutive victory at First Tracks Cumberland.
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 10-race card.