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Rich And Miserable, the 2019 Trotter of the Year at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, moved even closer to $500,000 in career earnings with a 1:54.2 victory in the $11,200 featured event on the Sunday twilight card. Driver Tyler Buter spotted the Explosive Matter gelding third from post 7 before the :28 quarter, then brushed him to command and put up middle splits of :57 and 1:26. Blenheim made a good charge in the stretch, but the :28.2 last split put up by Rich And Miserable was enough to keep him one-and-a-half lengths ahead of that rival. The Todd Buter trainee, owned by Buter Farm Inc., L...

It looks like motherhood can wait for Pat Matters. The six-year-old mare, who is this season’s fastest trotter thanks to her track-record 1:51.2 mile at Dover Downs on Jan. 5, is being pointed toward a Grand Circuit campaign by owner Patricia Stable and trainer Nifty Norman rather than retirement and a career as a broodmare. “We were of two minds about what to do with her,” Norman said. “There was some thought of retiring her and breeding her, but she’s raced so good this year we’re going to press on and stake her. The owner kind of figured she deserved a shot against those better...