The Tardif Taskforce swept the glamour boy divisions at Cumberland Saturday (July 1), winning both $15,209 divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for three-year-old colt and gelding pacers.
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Despite being in the twilight of their respective careers, owner, trainer and driver Bob Nadeau steered his own veteran pacer Putnams Storm to victory in Saturday’s Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) event at Cumberland Raceway.
Despite an early miscue Outlawofthevalley overcame his inaugural round jitters to grab the lone $14,491 division of the Maine Sire Stakes for three-year-old male trotters on Friday (June 23) at Cumberland Raceway.
On a track listed as "good," the Maine faithful waited patiently in inclement weather for one of their favourite sons, Kevin Switzer Jr., to snag his 3,000th victory. It finally arrived in Race 7, where his sister, Candace Brandstatter, harnessed the horse El Jacko N and provided the well-known New England driver with his career benchmark.