First Tracks Cumberland

Polyester winning at First Tracks Cumberland

Lofthus Guides Polyester To Blowout Amateur Club Win

Up-and-coming driver Hunter Lofthus provided Polyester with a patient steer to capture the meet’s second $6,849 Maine Amateur Driving Club pacing event by half the length of the stretch at First Track...

McStoned Again winning at First Tracks Cumberland last year

McStoned Again Headlines Feature In His Maine Return

Two dozen races comprise the second full weekend of racing at First Tracks Cumberland in southern Maine, with full and competitive fields providing horsepeople and bettors alike something to cheer abo...

The Bird Dance N winning at First Tracks Cumberland

The Bird Dance N Flies Home In Cumberland Return

Top Maine pacer The Bird Dance N showed his heels to the field as he overpowered a strong group of top class side-steppers to take First Tracks Cumberland’s $9,589 Winners Over feature on Sunday, Apri...

Warrawee Preferred winning at First Tracks Cumberland

Warrawee Preferred Wins Cumberland Opening Feature

Warrawee Preferred won the $10,274 Jack Frost Preferred Trot at First Tracks Cumberland on Saturday, April 13, which was his second win of the week.

First Tracks Cumberland

Robust Cards For Cumberland Opening Weekend

When Race Secretary Rob Pennington and his assistant Andrew Topham opened the ‘virtual’ box for First Tracks Cumberland’s opening weekend, they were pleased to find 160 horses had been dropped in for ...

Qualifying action at First Tracks Cumberland

Deslandes Dominates Maine Qualifiers

Driver Dan Deslandes took five of the eight qualifying races that went postward at First Tracks Cumberland in Maine on Tuesday, April 9, with four of the victories coming from his dad’s stable, Jeff D...

Putnams Storm

First Tracks Cumberland Qualifiers Set For Tuesday

Eight qualifying races are carded and ready to roll at First Tracks Cumberland in Maine on Tuesday, April 9.

Horses behind the starting gate at First Tracks Cumberland

Snow Modifies Cumberland Schedule

First Tracks Cumberland management has announced that due to the Nor’easter that blanketed the area with a foot of snow and left several hundred thousand Maine residents without power, the opening qua...

Harness racing at First Tracks Cumberland

First Tracks Cumberland Qualifiers Rescheduled

First Tracks Cumberland has announced that its initial qualifying races of the season will be moved to Sunday, April 7 due to the impending snowstorm.

Quick Fun N winning at First Tracks Cumberland

Santa And Series Finals On Cumberland Closing Day

December 24, 2023

The final day of the First Tracks Cumberland’s Winter Festival extended pari-mutuel meet included an appearance by Santa Claus in the first race, along with a thrilling dead heat in the $10,000 Holly ...

Ira Chief

Cumberland's Auld Lang Syne To Ira Chief

December 23, 2023

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 ...

Putnams Storm

Gray Elder Statesmen Grab Cumberland Frosty Final

December 22, 2023

Two of Maine harness racing’s favourite elder statesmen, 85-year-old Bob Nadeau and his trusty 14-year-old grey steed Putnams Storm, made quick work of the $7,000 Frosty final at Cumberland on Friday,...

Horses behind the starting gate at First Tracks Cumberland

Au Revoir And Winter Finals Set For Cumberland

December 21, 2023

First Tracks Cumberland has a host of lucrative series finals as well as the third annual Au Revoir Retirement Showcase slated for closing weekend, which runs from Friday, Dec. 22 through Christmas Ev...