Harness racing dates announced

AUGUSTA – The Maine Harness Racing Commission has announced its schedule of pari-mutuel live racing dates for 2002. There will be a total of 211 events, beginning in March and ending in December.

Scarborough Downs was allotted the most races, 127, for a season stretching from March 2 to December 15. Bangor Raceway will host 27 events between May 17 and July 21.

Other venues awarded dates were the Northern Maine Fair, Topsham Fair, Skowhegan Fair, Union Fair, Windsor Fair, Farmington Fair, Cumberland Fair and Fryeburg Fair.

The complete dates are listed below.

Scarborough Downs

March: 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31; April: 5, 6 ,7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28; May: 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31; June: 1 ,2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30; July: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 28, 31; August: 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 30, 31; September: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13; October: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30; November: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30; December: 1, 7, 8, 14, 15

Bangor Raceway

May: 17, 19, 24, 26, 31; June: 2, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30; July: 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21

Maine Agricultural Fairs

Northern Maine Fair, July: 26, 28, 29, 31; August: 1, 2; Topsham Fair, August: 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10; rain date: Aug. 7; Skowhegan Fair, August: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17; Union Fair, August: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; Windsor Fair, August: 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31; September: 1, 2; Farmington Fair, September: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21; Cumberland Fair, September: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29; Fryeburg Fair, October: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6