Matchmaker Series News Today

Things didn’t look good for Heavens Pic in the feature race at The Meadowlands on Friday night (April 14).

A dozen years ago, Marcus Miller began driving a female pacer named Mystical Victress, who provided Miller with some of the biggest wins of his early career. As the 32-year-old Miller approaches 4,000 lifetime victories in the sulky, he is now picking up triumphs with one of Mystical Victress’ daughters, Mystical Carrie.

It’s not every day the phone rings and the person on the other end wants to send a stakes-caliber mare to your stable. But that’s exactly what happened a few weeks before the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series first leg when Todd Buter answered Bill Bercury’s call. Then the trainer of Blue Ivy, who he was pointing to the Matchmaker Series at Yonkers Raceway, the western Pennsylvania-based Bercury asked New York-based Buter to take the mare on the recommendation of Todd’s son, Tyler. “Mr. Ber...