First Tracks Cumberland

Humor Me does not need a lot of luck to win races, because she has been blessed with perhaps a more consistent and beneficial trait: Toughness. Or so says her owner Pete Haskell.

The two point leaders in the Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC), Dakota Jackson and Benson Merrill, battled for bragging rights in Saturday’s (Nov. 20) dual divisions of the "Greatest Side Show in Main...

Grey-haired Putnams Storm, a 12-year-old gelding by Force Of Life, started his harness racing journey in the province of Nova Scotia, in the Canadian Maritimes. His current owner, Bob Nadeau, an 83-y...

Driver Andy Harrington won half of the dashes on the 10-race card Tuesday (Nov. 16) at First Tracks Cumberland, the most by any reinsman on a single card this season at the Southern Maine facility.

Punters who were both brave and bold excelled on Cumberland’s Saturday (Nov. 13) card as only two favourites found the Blue Seal winner's circle, with six races paying double-digit win tickets.

When Cumberland Fairgrounds-based trainer Chris Lefebvre first acquired Airspinder in late winter from Monticello, the five-year-old son of No Spin Zone would have been considered an average raceway h...

Captain Nash, a five-year-old Standardbred from the first crop of Captaintreacherous, broke the track record at Cumberland on Tuesday (Nov. 9) for aged pacing horses.

Up-and-coming horseman Dakota Jackson made a bold, three-wide move down the backside with his own Rockaholic to win the $4,500 Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) race on Saturday (Nov. 6) at Cumberland...

The warmth of the sun was shining down upon the horses and fans for the opening day of Cumberland’s Winter Festival on Wednesday (Nov. 3) when a full card of 10 races had robust wagering and competiti...