Peggy Thyng felt like she had lost everything including her direction, until she met a filly without a purpose. The two underdogs found purpose on the race track.
The Maine faithful were out in force on Saturday, Sept. 30 when the Pine Tree State-bred freshmen battled for bragging rights in the $200,000-plus Maine Sire Stakes finals for two-year-olds on the closing day of the iconic Cumberland Fair.
For the second Sunday in a row, all divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for trotters went postward at Windsor Fair on Sunday, Sept. 3, with several fan favorites increasing their seasonal win totals and three victors taking new lifetime marks.
On Sunday’s (Aug. 27) opening day of the historic Windsor Fair, a quartet of $14,000-plus divisions of Maine Sire Stakes for trotters set the stage for a full week of New England harness racing action.
A quartet of $14,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for trotters opened the 205th year of the Skowhegan State Fair on Sunday (Aug. 13), with several of the divisional leaders cushioning their point totals at the historic venue.