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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...

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Luke McGook Scores At Cumberland Saturday

November 18, 2023

Driver Kevin Switzer Jr. was reunited with Maine’s 2023 sophomore pacing champion Luke McGook, with the pair easily capturing Saturday’s (Nov. 18) featured $5,000 conditioned pace at First Tracks Cumb...

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Maine Sires Stakes For Sophomores Complete

October 15, 2023

Luke McGook, the fast horse with the funny name, provided for a mild upset while capturing the $71,134 Maine Sire Stakes for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings, highlighting the rich $280,000-pl...

Colt Bennet winning at Farmington Fair

Maine Sophomore Colts Close Out Farmington Meet

September 21, 2023

Two $14,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for three-year-old male pacers closed out the harness racing meet at the Farmington Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 20, with a couple of the usual suspects...

Luke McGook winning at Skowhegan

Luke McGook Streaks To Seventh Victory

August 16, 2023

Marc Tardiff’s Luke McGook continued to display his dominance in the Maine Sire Stakes, winning Tuesday’s (Aug. 15) $14,917 division for three-year-old colt and gelding pacers at the Skowhegan State F...

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Maine Pacers Pop At Topsham

August 11, 2023

Four $14,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for two- and three-year-old pacers went postward at Topsham Fair on Wednesday (Aug. 9) and Thursday (Aug. 10), with the popular attraction acting a...

Luke McGook winning at Bangor Raceway

Luke McGook Maintains Perfect Sophomore Record

Three-year-old pacing gelding Luke McGook earned another victory at Bangor Raceway on Wednesday, July 26, giving the Marc Tardif-trained seasonal star an unblemished record of five-for-five in the gla...

Tardif Sweeps Maine Sire Stakes

The Tardif Taskforce swept the glamour boy divisions at Cumberland Saturday (July 1), winning both $15,209 divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for three-year-old colt and gelding pacers.

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Luke McGook Cops Another Sire Stake Win

Although Luke McGook scored his second Maine Sire Stake of the fledgling season on Wednesday (June 21) at Bangor, he was not the only sophomore pacer from the Mark Tardif stable to find victory lane

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Luke McGook Takes Fastest Maine Stakes

Maine’s leading money-winning freshman pacer of 2022, Luke McGook, returned to his winning ways at Bangor on Wednesday (June 14), taking the fastest of two $15,376 divisions of the season’s opening ro...

Third Leg Of MASS Contested

October 16, 2022

With perfect fall weather and a lightning fast track greeting the contestants at Plainridge Park on Sunday (Oct. 16), stakes and track records along with lifetime marks were the order of the day as th...

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Maine's Wolverina Continues Her Ferocity

September 21, 2022

The Maine-bred sophomore pacing filly, Wolverina, has yet to be tested since June. Having won every race that she has been entered since Independence Day, the three-year-old daughter of Cheyenne Holly...

Luke McGook winning at Windsor Fair

Maine Freshmen Frolic At Windsor Fair

August 30, 2022

Luke McGook, the handy Maine-sired freshman pacer with the funny name got some redemption on Monday (Aug. 29) at Windsor Fair, reasserting himself as the top dog in the division with a victory and pla...