Once again, First Tracks Cumberland welcomes the $200,000-plus Maine Sire Stakes for two-year-old Pine Tree State-bred harness horses on Saturday, Sept. 30, being held on the final day of the 151st Cumberland Fair.
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.
CUMBERLAND, ME – Saturday’s (August 5) $25,000 Pine Tree Invitational headlines the richest overnight harness racing program in the history of First Tracks Cumberland. Coupled with nine additional $10,000 Pop-Ups, the total non-stakes race purses equal $115,000, the most ever for an overnight card. Add in four Maine Sire Stakes events and the total purses for the
When assistant race secretary Andrew Topham was sweeping up old tote tickets on the apron following the opening day of First Tracks Cumberland’s inaugural meet in May 2021, he had no idea that he would be an integral part of the facility’s daily operations just 24 months later.