Under sunny skies and high temperatures, Maine’s sophomore pacing fillies scored some fast miles on Monday’s (Sept. 4) final day of racing at Windsor Fair.
Team Tardif’s Two Fold Cold has provided his owner/trainer with an emotional rollercoaster this season. Winning the fastest $14,487 division of the Maine Sire Stakes for two-year-old pacing colts on Saturday, Sept. 2 at Windsor is only part of the story.
The freshman filly pacers kicked off a long, four-day holiday weekend at historic Windsor Fair on Friday, Sept. 1 with two $14,000-plus divisions of the 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.