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.
Driver Aaron Hall swept all three of the $6,000 divisions of the Jack Frost Trotting Series at First Tracks Cumberland on Sunday, Dec. 17 two of which were from his own stable and one from his dad Craig’s barn.
Five-year-old pacer Art Of Endurance has been on a winning streak that started U.S. Thanksgiving weekend, and could very well continue through Christmas. Picking up his fourth win in a row on Saturday, Dec. 16 at First Tracks Cumberland, the Benson Merrill trainee is prospering in the colder climate of wintertime racing in Southern Maine.