MOUNT VERNON - Bruce Inch, 83, passed away peacefully Saturday April 20, 2024, with his loving wife at his side, in his Mount Vernon home after a brief illness. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 2, 1940, he was the son of Elizabeth and George Inch, Jr. After graduating high school, Bruce was proud to
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.
A foggy winter morning made it impossible for fans and racing officials to see the backstretch; however, that didn’t slow down amateur reinsman Hunter Lofthus from getting his first pari-mutuel victory aboard Martaritaondarocks on Sunday, Dec. 10 at First Tracks Cumberland.
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.
Normally leaving the gate fast to cut the mile, Torrid Saint A raced from off the pace on Thursday (Oct. 26) at Plainridge Park and scored the best win of his career in the $22,000 upper-level conditioned pace.