Horse Racing - This Week In Harness Racing History - July 5-11

This Week In Harness Racing History - July 5-11

July 7, 2004
Courtesy Harness Racing Communications - www.ustrotting.com

July 5, 1913 - Delvin Miller is born in Woodland, California. Harness racing experts name Miller the sport's most influential person of the 20th century. July 5, 1986 Flying Rich, driven by Buddy Gilmour, sets the world record for pacers 5 and older on a half-mile track, winning in 1:55 at Yonkers Raceway in New York.

July 6, 1996 - Continentalvictory, driven by Mike Lachance, wins the Yonkers Trot by two lengths over Kramer Boy in 1:56.2 at Yonkers Raceway in Yonkers, New York.

July 7, 1978 - Dudate Windswept, driven by Stephen Guy, sets the all-age world record for geldings trotting on a five-eighths of a mile track by winning in 1:58 at Laurel, Maryland.

July 8, 1995 - CR Kay Suzie, driven by Rod Allen, wins the Yonkers Trot by seven lengths over Abundance in 1:56 at Yonkers Raceway in Yonkers, New York. The time equals Peace Corps world record for 3-year-old filly trotters on a half-mile track.

July 9, 1999 - Lovelytobehold, driven by Jim Doherty, wins the Delvin Miller Memorial Trot by one-and-a-half lengths over Dream Valley OM in 1:54.3 at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

July 10, 1992 - Carlsbad Cam, driven by Rod Allen, wins the Meadowlands Pace by a length over Driven By Design in 1:51 at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey. "