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.
Race secretary Rob Pennington hit a home run with his holiday-themed winter late closing series, resulting in the presentation of over a dozen legs of four individual series being contested over the upcoming three-day (Dec. 8 – 10) weekend at First Tracks Cumberland.
Driver Mike Stevenson left alertly with Caulfield, set the tempo, and enjoyed a wire-to-wire victory in the $6,000 Winners-Over Trot, out-stepping favourite Awol Hanover to capture the feature race in 2:02 at Cumberland on Saturday (May 15) afternoon.
Bet down to 7-5 under sunny skies and temps in the mid-70s, the ultra-consistent nine-year-old son of Kadabra has only missed the board in one start this season, winning three of six with two third-place finishes in 2021. Owned by George Tzikas and trained by Bob Marston, Caulfield has amassed over $372,000 in earnings with 24 wins on his resume. The classy campaigner has hit the board in over half of his 156 starts. Caufield paid $4.80 to win.
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