Hollywood Casino Hotel and Raceway at historic Bass Park welcomes the $280,000-plus Maine Sire Stakes for three-year-old Pine Tree State-bred harness horses on Saturday, Oct. 14 in Bangor, Maine.
Two $15,000-plus divisions of Pine Tree State-sired sophomore pacers highlighted the Friday, Sept. 29 program at Cumberland Fair, with the speedy side-steppers performing in their penultimate legs of the rich Maine Sire Stakes.
"All good things must come to an end.” English poet Geoffrey Chaucer is credited with the original use of this idiom in the 1300s, which is commonly used as a proverb to remind us that nothing great will last forever. This aptly describes the 2023 winning streak of Marc Tardif’s Luke McGook.
With the Maine Sire Stakes rolling full steam ahead at Windsor Fair, the Monday, Aug. 28 pari-mutuel card was previewed with two $14,000-plus divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies, both of which being captured by Monday’s ‘King of the Fair’ Kevin Switzer Jr.