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How many participants in harness racing can say that they have owned a national award winner and were hands-on with the horse's maintenance while still in their teens? That's so much more than many in the sport could hope or dream.

The Living Horse Hall of Fame nominating committee of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame has announced the results of recent balloting to determine the 2022 inductees into the Harness Racing Living Horse Hall of Fame.

When David McDuffee and Mel Hartman's Poof Shes Gone cracked the million-dollar threshold as a rookie trotter in 2009, she became just the second trotting filly in harness racing history to boast a seven-figure bankroll. Twelve years later, Hartman and McDuffee are also partners on the third squaregaiter to reach that elusive plateau.

Last week, Let It Ride N was pushed to post taxing fractions of :53.1 to the half and 1:20.1 to three-quarters before weakening late to finish fourth as the 6-5 favourite in the weekly featured pace. So this time around, driver Dexter Dunn decided to try it another way.

Todd McCarthy was the man at The Meadowlands Friday night, guiding five winners on the program, including 30-1 longshot Annabelle Hanover in the featured $28,000 TrackMaster rating pace for fillies and mares.

With so much awesomeness at the Minnesota State Fair, how can anyone decide who's got the best stuff going on? Well, the State Fair does every year.

The Hideaway Speakeasy Minnesota Wine Country You can also use the map below of the fairgrounds to navigate your way around while you are there, so you can give some of these new beverages a try over the 12 day run of the Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota State Fair runs August 26 - Labor Day. Home in Minnesotas #1 Small Town Has Awesome Views of Area State Park According to Realtor.com the number one small town in the country where people actually want to live happens to be in southern Minne...

17 Foods Andrew Zimmern Says You Have to Try at the State Fair Celebrity Chef Andrew Zimmern is known for eating crazy food all over the world, but when he is home in Minnesota at the State Fair he considers himself a traditionalist: Every year there’s a list of new food booths, serving every type of novelty deep-fried and on-a-stick creations, but when it comes down to it, half of the food sales comes from top 10 classic items. I am a traditionalist when it comes to state fair foods, so I do...

Wed, 06/16/2021 - 6:00pm sarahp HAROLD NOYES PATCH SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. — Harold Noyes Patch, a.k.a. Dan Patch, died on June 6, 2021, in Sun City Center, Fla., at the age of 94. He was born in Proctor, Vt., in 1926, and lived with his family in Pittsford, Vt. After a year in the U.S. Navy, serving at the end of WWII, he attended Bryant College in Rhode Island. His first teaching job was at Middlebury High School, where he taught business for ten years and met his w...

Trotting sophomores will be in the spotlight this weekend at the eastern Pennsylvania tracks, with the fillies in PA Sire Stakes and Stallion Series action at Harrah’s Philly on Friday (May 21), and the colts and geldings at Pocono Saturday (May 22) for Pennsylvania All-Stars events. This is the first coming-together for the state-sired fillies, and most of last year’s top-rated misses will be on hand along with one noted newcomer: Bella Bellini. Bella Bellini is in probably the toughest of...