Saturday’s (July 15) $6,000 featured pace at Cumberland looks to be a clash of the region’s top pacers fighting against one another, with the successful perpetrator looking for a summons to the $25,000 Pine Tree Invitational Pace on August 5.
The $10,000 for 10,000 Bruce Ranger Open Pace turned out to be a battle of the Pine Tree State’s pacing stars as The Bird Dance N defeated some of the area’s swiftest sidesteppers on Friday (May 26) at Cumberland.
The $10,000 Bruce Ranger Open Pace is the centerpiece of a fun-filled weekend (May 26 & 27) at First Tracks Cumberland, which is dedicated to one of Maine’s favourite sons who recently went over the 10,000 win threshold. Just the 19th driver in harness racing history to reach that lofty total, the Cumberland County native hails from a long line of harness racing legends that helped put the historic Norton Farm on the map.
With three straight days of periodic heavy rains invading Pompano Park, track superintendent Dan Roberts and his crew had the famed five-eighths oval manicured top perfection on Sunday night (Nov. 21) resulting in three sub-1:50 performances a first in Pompano Park's 58-year history.