When Is The Hambletonian 2019
Triple Crown race | |
Location | Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1926 |
Race type | Harness race for standardbred trotters |
Website | www.hambletonian.org/index.html |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,609 meters (1 mile) |
Surface | Dirt |
Qualification | 3yo |
Purse | $1,000,000 (2015) |
The Hambletonian is the first leg of the Trotting Triple Crown, followed by the Yonkers Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday, Aug. 31, and the Kentucky Futurity at the Red Mile on Sunday, Oct. The Hambletonian is also the longest-running live broadcast in harness racing. The Hambletonian kicks off the Trotting Triple Crown. Next up is the Yonkers Trot on Aug. 31, followed by the Kentucky Futurity on Oct. Earlier in the day, a determined Green Manalishi S pulled a 9-1 upset in the first Hambo elimination.
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- Both are setup nicely for Hambletonian Day on August 3! Heavy public choice Evident Beauty marched to the front for driver David Miller and never looked back, scoring in the first of two $124,000 divisions of the Del Miller Memorial for 3-year-old trotting fillies at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 13).
The Hambletonian Stakes is a major American harness race, named in honor of Hambletonian 10, a foundation sire of the Standardbred horse breed, also known as the 'Father of the American Trotter.' The Hambletonian is held annually for three-year-old trotting Standardbreds. It is the first event in the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters. The Hambletonian is run at Meadowlands Racetrack (New Jersey) on the first Saturday in August.[1]
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The Hambletonian first took place at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, NY in 1926. The race switched from Syracuse to Lexington, KY for the 1927 and 1929 races, however, because of rainouts. Starting in 1930, Good Time Park in Goshen, NY hosted the race until 1956 with the exception of 1943. That year, The Hambletonian was raced at Empire City Race Track, which became Yonkers Raceway in 1950, because of wartime gas rationing. The Du Quoin State Fair in Du Quoin, IL gained the rights to host the race in 1957 and held on to it until 1980. Since 1981, the race has been at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, NJ
Records[edit]
- Most wins by a driver
- 6 – John Campbell (1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1998, 2006)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 5 – Billy Haughton (1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982)
Ben White (1927, 1933, 1936, 1942, 1943)
Stanley Dancer (1965, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1983)
- Stakes record
- 1:50 1/5 – Muscle Hill (2009)
Hambletonian Stakes winners[edit]
Year | Winner | Driver | Trainer | Owner | Time | Purse |
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2020 | Ramona Hill | Andy McCarthy | Tony Alagna | Brad Grant, Crawford Farms, Robert Leblanc & In The Gym Partners | 1:50 1/5 | $1,000,000 |
2019 | Forbidden Trade | Bob McClure | Luc Blais | Serge Godin & Distinction Capital | 1:51 0/5 | $1,000,000 |
2018 | Atlanta | Scott Zeron | Rick Zeron | Rick Zeron, Crawford Fms, Holland | 1:50 4/5 | $1,000,000 |
2017 | Perfect Spirit | Åke Svanstedt | Åke Svanstedt | Srf Stable,Delray Beach,FL | 1:50 3/5 | $1,000,000 |
2016 | Marion Marauder | Scott Zeron | Paula Wellwood | Jean Wellwood, Devin Keeler | 1:51 4/5 | $1,000,000 |
2015 | Pinkman | Brian Sears | Jimmy Takter | Christina Takter, John & Jim Fielding, Joyce McClelland, Herb Liverman | 1:51 0/5 | $1,000,000 |
2014 | Trixton | Jimmy Takter | Jimmy Takter | Brixton Medical Ab (Bengt Agerup) & Christina Takter | 1:50 3/5 | $1,006,125 |
2013 | Royalty For Life | Brian Sears | George Ducharme | Al Ross, Chip Campbell, Jr., Paul Fountaine | 1:52 1/5 | $1,000,000 |
2012 | Market Share | Tim Tetrick | Linda Toscano | Richard S. Gutnick, T L P Stable, William J. Augustine | 1:52 1/5 | $1,500,000 |
2011 | Broad Bahn | George Brennan | Noel Daley | Fam Alber Horse Racing LLC (Leif Alber) | 1:53 0/0 | $1,500,000 |
2010 | Muscle Massive | Ronald Pierce | Jimmy Takter | Brixton Medical Ab (Bengt Agerup), Order By Stable (Stefan Balazsi), et al. | 1:51 0/0 | $1,500,000 |
2009 | Muscle Hill | Brian Sears | Gregory B. Peck | TLP Stable, Jerry Silva, Southwind Farm, Muscle Hill Racing LLC | 1:50 1/5 | $1,520,333 |
2008 | Deweycheatumnhowe | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker | Schnittker, Iannazzo, Gewertz, Baldassare & Deweycheatumnhowe Stable | 1:52 0/0 | $1,500,000 |
2007 | Donato Hanover | Ronald Pierce | Steve Elliott | (Lessees) Steve Arnold, David Scharf, Golden Touch Stables | 1:53 2/5 | $1,500,000 |
2006 | Glidemaster | John Campbell | Blair Burgess | Robert Burgess, Karin-Olsson Burgess, Marsha Cohen, Brittany Farms | 1:51 1/5 | $1,500,000 |
2005 | Vivid Photo | Roger Hammer | Roger Hammer | Roger Hammer, Todd Schadel | 1:52 3/5 | $1,500,000 |
2004 | Windsong's Legacy | Trond Smedshammer | Trond Smedshammer | Ann Brannvoll, Ted Gewertz, Patricia Spinelli | 1:54 1/5 | $1,000,000 |
2003 | Amigo Hall | Michel Lachance | Blair Burgess | Walnut Hall Limited (Alan J. Leavitt), Robert Burgess, Karin Olsson-Burgess | 1:54 0/0 | $1,000,000 |
2002 | Chip Chip Hooray | Eric Ledford | Charles Sylvester | C. Sylvester, M. Prakas, Wingedfoot Farms, N. Goldman | 1:53 3/5 | $1,000,000 |
2001 | Scarlet Knight | Stefan Melander | Stefan Melander | Stefan Melander | 1:53 4/5 | $1,000,000 |
2000 | Yankee Paco | Trevor Ritchie | Douglas McIntosh | Harry Ivey & Dr. Tom Ivey | 1:53 2/5 | $1,000,000 |
1999 | Self Possessed | Michel Lachance | Ron Gurfein | Self Possessed Stable (D. Scharf, J. Silva, L. Domiano, G. Segal) | 1:51 3/5 | $1,000,000 |
1998 | Muscles Yankee | John Campbell | Charles Sylvester | Perretti Farms Inc, Irving G. Liverman & David French | 1:52 2/5 | $1,000,000 |
1997 | Malabar Man | Malvern C. Burroughs | Jimmy Takter | Malvern C. Burroughs | 1:55 0/0 | $1,000,000 |
1996 | Continentalvictory | Michel Lachance | Ron Gurfein | Continentalvictory Stable | 1:52 1/5 | $1,200,000 |
1995 | Tagliabue | John Campbell | Jim Campbell | Arlene & Jules J. Siegel | 1:54 4/5 | $1,200,000 |
1994 | Victory Dream | Michel Lachance | Ron Gurfein | FA Stable (Frank Antonacci) & Victory Dream Stable (Alan J. Leavitt, et al.) | 1:54 1/5 | $1,200,000 |
1993 | American Winner | Ronald Pierce | Milton Smith | Robert Key, John Glesmann | 1:53 1/5 | $1,200,000 |
1992 | Alf Palema | Mickey McNichol | Per Eriksson | Karl-Erik Bender, Per Eriksson | 1:56 2/5 | $1,288,000 |
1991 | Giant Victory | Jack Moiseyev | Per Eriksson | Jacqueline & Theodore Gewertz, Robins Racing Stable | 1:54 4/5 | $1,238,000 |
1990 | Harmonious | John Campbell | Osvaldo Formia | Lindy Racing Stable, Sal Garofalo | 1:54 1/5 | $1,346,000 |
1989 | Park Avenue Joe (DH) | Ron Waples | Charles Sylvester | Park Avenue Stable | 2:00 2/5 | $1,131,000 |
1989 | Probe (DH) | William Fahy | Osvaldo Formia | Lindy Farms | 2:00 2/5 | |
1988 | Armbro Goal | John Campbell | Jan Johnson | James R. Plate, Paul H. Ryan, Michael V. Caggiano | 1:54 3/5 | $1,156,800 |
1987 | Mack Lobell | John Campbell | Charles Sylvester | One More Time Stable (Louis P. Guida, et al.) & Fair Winds Farm (E. Mullen) | 1:53 3/5 | $1,046,300 |
1986 | Nuclear Kosmos | Ulf Thoresen | Per Henriksen | Lilla Henriksen, Geo. & Gary Hoffman, Stephen Sullivan | 1:55 2/5 | $1,172,082 |
1985 | Prakas | Bill O'Donnell | Per Eriksson | Hans G. Enggren, Iain L. Mackenzie, Carl J. Vizzi | 1:54 3/5 | $1,272,000 |
1984 | Historic Freight | Ben Webster | Samuel 'Skip' Lewis | ABC Stables, Inc. | 1:56 2/5 | $1,219,000 |
1983 | Duenna | Stanley Dancer | Stanley Dancer | Clearview Stable | 1:57 2/5 | $1,000,000 |
1982 | Speed Bowl | Tommy Haughton | Billy Haughton | Pony Stable (B. Haughton, D. Miller, P. Soldner, F. Miller, M. Hempt, B. Brown) | 1:56 4/5 | $875,750 |
1981 | Shiaway St. Pat | Ray Remmen | Ray Remmen | Shiawassee Farm, Inc. | 2:01 1/5 | $838,000 |
1980 | Burgomeister | Billy Haughton | Billy Haughton | Peter Haughton | 1:56 3/5 | $293,570 |
1979 | Legend Hanover | George Sholty | Ray Tripp | Messenger Stable (Raymond Galt) | 1:56 1/5 | $300,000 |
1978 | Speedy Somolli | Howard Beissinger | Howard Beissinger | Ann Beissinger, Barbara Mumma, Alan J. Leavitt, William Rosenberg | 1:55 0/0 | $241,280 |
1977 | Green Speed | Billy Haughton | Billy Haughton | Beverly Lloyds | 1:55 3/5 | $284,310 |
1976 | Steve Lobell | Billy Haughton | Billy Haughton | Mill Island Stable (Richard Herman & Murray Siegel) | 1:56 2/5 | $263,524 |
1975 | Bonefish | Stanley Dancer | Stanley Dancer | Stanley F. & Rachel L. Dancer & A. M. Cuddy Stable | 1:59 0/0 | $232,192 |
1974 | Christopher T. | Billy Haughton | Billy Haughton | John L. Thro | 1:58 3/5 | $160,150 |
1973 | Flirth | Ralph N. Baldwin | Ralph N. Baldwin | Arden Homestead Stable (E. Roland Harriman & Elbridge T. Gerry, Sr.) | 1:57 1/5 | $144,710 |
1972 | Super Bowl | Stanley Dancer | Stanley Dancer | Rachel L. Dancer, Rose Hild Breeding Farm | 1:56 2/5 | $119,090 |
1971 | Speedy Crown | Howard Beissinger | Howard Beissinger | Crown Stable, Inc. (Frank & Thomas Antonacci) | 1:57 2/5 | $129,770 |
1970 | Timothy T. | John F. Simpson, Jr. | John F. Simpson, Sr. | John F. Simpson, Sr. | 1:58 2/5 | $143,630 |
1969 | Lindy's Pride | Howard Beissinger | Howard Beissinger | Lindy Farm, Inc. | 1:57 3/5 | $124,910 |
1968 | Nevele Pride | Stanley Dancer | Stanley Dancer | Nevele Acres, Louis Resnick | 1:59 2/5 | $116,190 |
1967 | Speedy Streak | Del Cameron | Frank Ervin | Clarence F. Gaines, John R. Gaines, Kenneth D. Owen | 2:00 0/0 | $122,650 |
1966 | Kerry Way | Frank Ervin | Frank Ervin | Gainesway Farm | 1:58 4/5 | $122,540 |
1965 | Egyptian Candor | Del Cameron | Stanley Dancer | Rachel L. Dancer | 2:03 4/5 | $122,245 |
1964 | Ayres | John F. Simpson, Sr. | John F. Simpson, Sr. | Charlotte Sheppard | 1:56 4/5 | $115,281 |
1963 | Speedy Scott | Ralph N. Baldwin | Ralph N. Baldwin | Castleton Farm | 1:57 3/5 | $115,549 |
1962 | A. C.'s Viking | Sanders Russell | Sanders Russell | Mr. & Mrs. Andrew C. Petersen | 1:59 3/5 | $116,612 |
1961 | Harlan Dean | Jimmy Arthur | Delvin Miller | Max C. Hempt, Delvin Miller, Ray Cleveland | 1:58 2/5 | $131,573 |
1960 | Blaze Hanover | Joe O'Brien | Joe O'Brien | S. A. Camp Farms | 1:59 3/5 | $147,481 |
1959 | Diller Hanover | Frank Ervin | Ralph N. Baldwin | Hall Stables (Howard M. Hall) | 2:01 1/5 | $125,283 |
1958 | Emily's Pride | Flave Nipe | Fred Egan | Castleton Farm & Walnut Hall Farm | 1:59 4/5 | $106,719 |
1957 | Hickory Smoke | John F. Simpson, Sr. | John F. Simpson, Sr. | Lawrence B. Sheppard & Archie Mudge | 2:00 1/5 | $111,126 |
1956 | The Intruder | Ned Bower | Ned Bower | Allwood Stable | 2:01 2/5 | $100,603 |
1955 | Scott Frost | Joe O'Brien | Joe O'Brien | S. A. Camp Farms | 2:00 3/5 | $86,863 |
1954 | Newport Dream | Del Cameron | Del Cameron | Octave Blake | 2:02 4/5 | $106,830 |
1953 | Helicopter | Harry M. Harvey | Delvin Miller | Armstrong Bros. | 2:01 3/5 | $117,117 |
1952 | Sharp Note | Bion Shively | Bion Shively | Clyde W. Clark | 2:02 3/5 | $87,637 |
1951 | Mainliner | Guy Crippen | Guy Crippen | Ralph H. Kroening | 2:02 3/5 | $95,263 |
1950 | Lusty Song | Delvin Miller | Fay Fitzpatrick | Hayes Fair Acres | 2:02 0/0 | $75,209 |
1949 | Miss Tilly | Fred Egan | Fred Egan | Charles W. Phellis | 2:01 2/5 | $69,791 |
1948 | Demon Hanover | Harrison R. Hoyt | Harrison R. Hoyt | Mr. & Mrs. Harrison R. Hoyt | 2:02 0/0 | $59,941 |
1947 | Hoot Mon | Scepter F. Palin | Scepter F. Palin | Castleton Farm | 2:00 0/0 | $46,267 |
1946 | Chestertown | Thomas S. Berry | Harry P. Whitney | Walter E. Smith | 2:02 1/2 | $50,995 |
1945 | Titan Hanover | Harry E. Pownall, Sr. | Harry E. Pownall, Sr. | Arden Homestead Stable (E. R. Harriman & E. T. Gerry, Sr.) | 2:04 0/0 | $50,196 |
1944 | Yankee Maid | Henry Thomas | Henry Thomas | Arch L. Derby | 2:04 0/0 | $33,577 |
1943 | Volo Song | Benjamin White | Benjamin White | William H. Strang, Jr. | 2:02 1/2 | $42,298 |
1942 | The Ambassador | Benjamin White | Benjamin White | William H. Strang, Jr. | 2:04 0/0 | $38,954 |
1941 | Bill Gallon | Lee Smith | Lee Smith | R. Horace Johnston | 2:05 0/0 | $38,729 |
1940 | Spencer Scott | Fred Egan | Fred Egan | Charles W. Phellis | 2:02 0/0 | $43,658 |
1939 | Peter Astra | Hugh M. 'Doc' Parshall | Hugh M. 'Doc' Parshall | Dr. Lowry M. Guilinger | 2:04 1/4 | $40,502 |
1938 | Mc Lin | Henry Thomas | Henry Thomas | Hanover Shoe Farms | 2:02 1/4 | $37,962 |
1937 | Shirley Hanover | Henry Thomas | Henry Thomas | Hanover Shoe Farms | 2:01 1/2 | $37,912 |
1936 | Rosalind | Benjamin White | Benjamin White | Gib White | 2:01 3/4 | $35,643 |
1935 | Greyhound | Scepter F. Palin | Scepter F. Palin | Edward J. Baker | 2:02 1/4 | $33,321 |
1934 | Lord Jim | Hugh M. 'Doc' Parshall | Hugh M. 'Doc' Parshall | Earl L. Mefford | 2:02 3/4 | $25,845 |
1933 | Mary Reynolds | Benjamin White | Benjamin White | William N. Reynolds | 2:03 3/4 | $40,459 |
1932 | The Marchioness | William Caton | William Caton | Mrs. Ralph Keeler | 2:01 1/4 | $49,489 |
1931 | Calumet Butler | Richard D. McMahon | Richard D. McMahon | Calumet Farm | 2:03 1/4 | $50,921 |
1930 | Hanover's Bertha | Tom Berry | Tom Berry | Hanover Shoe Farms | 2:03 0/0 | $56,859 |
1929 | Walter Dear | Walter Cox | Walter Cox | William H. Cane | 2:02 3/4 | $60,309 |
1928 | Spencer | William H. Leese | William H. Leese | David M. Look | 2:02 1/2 | $66,226 |
1927 | Iosola's Worthy | Marvin Childs | Benjamin White | E. J. Merkle | 2:03 3/4 | $54,694 |
1926 | Guy McKinney | Nathaniel D. Ray | Nathaniel D. Ray | Henry B. Rea | 2:04 3/4 | $73,451 |
References[edit]
- ^'The Hambletonian (and Hambletonian Oaks Filly Division)'. hambletonian.org. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
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EAST RUTHERFORD — “So, you ready?”
This is the question posed to me by Ken Warkentin, the silky-voiced announcer at Meadowlands Racetrack and Freehold Raceway who has called, by his account, 200,000 horse races of both the harness and thoroughbred variety all over the world, including in his native Canada.
By my account, I have called all of zero of them, and I’ve spent about 45 minutes with Warkentin, attempting to learn what it takes to call a race like the Hambletonian, the most prestigious harness race of all, which happens to be coming up on Saturday (his call will be on CBS Sports Network at 4 p.m. ET).
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So, no, I’m not ready.
Luckily, I’m standing in front of a monitor in a Meadowlands hallway instead of in Warkentin’s booth a few stories above the track. Nobody, really, is listening.
Yet I’m still nervous all the same. I’ve always been fascinated with race callers because it looks impossible. How do you announce a race when there are so many names to remember — from horse to jockey to trainer to owner — while also keeping an eye on a full field and keeping it creative and exciting? And then how do you do that a dozen or more times in one day, or sometimes 50 races in 36 hours, as Warkentin estimated?
It never looks or sounds easy, and as I learned, it’s actually harder than you expect.
Pre-race
Warkentin grew up in Toronto with dreams of doing hockey play-by-play for his beloved Canadiens despite living in Maple Leafs country. So he figured if he started calling horse races, he might have an in to do hockey. While working toward a degree in broadcasting from Seneca College in Ontario, he began announcing races wherever he could, eventually landing at Flamboro Downs. When his neighbor got a satellite dish to watch races at the Meadowlands, he asked her to tape them on VHS so he could study the legendary voice of Tom Durkin.
He found he had a knack and a passion for the sport, and he put in the work — thousands upon thousands of races — to eventually land at the Meadowlands.
Warkentin handed me a packet he uses for a course when non-pros like myself want to try their hand (voice?) at his job. There’s the obvious: You want to be accurate and you want to speak with clarity. But he also emphasizes style.
“Are you smarmy, slick, cool, nervous?” he asks. “Be yourself. Define your style.”
Then, it’s all about coloring in around the information you’re providing. Yes, a horse is in the lead, but is it going too fast when it’s known for coming from behind? Is it a 99-to-1 longshot that’s shocking the world? How many different words can you use to describe the incredible action in front of you (“Dazzling! Astounding! Amazing!”)?
I decided I would to be on brand and try to crack a few dad jokes with the horse names, which seems easy enough.
(Narrator voice: It was not).
Warkentin also showed me his race program that he marks up and puts on a music stand in front of his window. He gets the proofs of the program days before races and does his research, scrawling driver silks and notes, such as winning streaks horses might be on, records they might set if they win, and so on.
It obviously helps that he knows the sport and can recite facts off the top of his head when he needs to. That’s where I ran into a considerable amount of trouble. Yes, I’ve watched Triple Crown thoroughbred races since I was a kid and got chills every time I heard Dave Johnson scream, “And DOWN the stretch they come!” (Johnson, as it happens, worked at the Meadowlands with Durkin.)
But as you’ll see, the lack of horse racing knowledge hindered me, along with — I don’t know — zero days of race-calling experience.
It’s post time
The monitor Warkentin put me in front of a monitor connected to a database with replays of recent races from tracks around the country. Sadly, he couldn’t give me the full experience he gets every week of calling a live race using binoculars, since races only happen twice a week — Fridays and Saturdays — at the Meadowlands. He would stand with me and point out what to call if I was tripped up, which I was extremely thankful for.
There was one advantage I thought I had: Harness racing is slower than thoroughbreds, and with the standardbreds pulling sulkeys (carts with drivers on them), maybe it wouldn’t be as hard as the 16 or 17 horses running in a pack at the Kentucky Derby. Races like the Hambletonian also start behind a moving gate on a truck, with the horses starting at a jog.
Warkentin pulled up race No. 2 from last Saturday’s action at the Meadowlands, hit “watch replay” and up popped a field of eight, ready to trot and pace.
And they’re off!
The process: Name all the horses in the field as they settle in. Keep an eye on who’s in the lead, but then mention who’s making moves. Then, announce the splits if you can at various points, like the quarter pole, half-mile and three-quarters pole to see what the pace is. Then it’s all about the finish, where Warkentin advised me to mention the top-four finishers for those bettors who put money on a superfecta.
As you could have guessed, it was a disaster. I couldn’t see the numbers on the horses well at all and I had to look at Warkentin’s marked lineup to see which drivers were contending. I missed a racer in back making a move, and Warkentin interrupted my call filled with dead air and lots of “ummmm” by pointing out one standardbred was boxed in. I mis-named horses. I forgot that a 60-to-1 longshot was in contention, something I should have noted. At least I successfully described a “three-wide” situation — that’s three horses side-by-side — as it developed.
The second race he gave me had a shorter field of seven and included a horse named McThriller (who was “McThriller in the night,” of course), Highalator, who was in “high gear,” annd Dealt A Winner, who I mentioned would not be a winner since he was at the back of the pack.
But because I concentrated on the humor, I didn’t talk about the timing during the race or where the horses were on the track.
“The thing you seem to be struggling with is the vernacular,” Warkentin told me. “It’s the back stretch, the far turn, three-eighths to go. That’s something you have to get down over the years and then you don’t think about that.”
He set up a replay of a third race from last week — a race of 3-year-old Fillies (so don’t give the horses male pronouns!) with nine horses. The result? You can watch for yourself below. Although I can’t show you the actual race, all you need to know is Millies Possession and Evident Beauty crossed the line together in a photo finish.
Yes, it’s still really bad. I still struggled to see which horse was which for most of the race. Despite the fact that the fillies weren’t, in fact, going at a “blistering pace” (oops!), I finally felt a little more comfortable as they came down the stretch.
The finish
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There’s an X-factor that Warkentin pointed out after our lesson: Gravitas, especially in the face of a sport that isn’t as big as it once was. He remembered the days when there would be five or six days of races per week instead of the two at the Meadowlands now. His thrilling calls, he hopes, are a part of keeping the excitement going.
Although that doesn’t mean you turn the call of each and every race into the greatest moment in sports history, it’s something to keep in the back of your mind when you step to the mic.
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“You are the spokesperson for the sport,” he said. “This is it. The sport of harness racing, the Meadowlands is it. That’s pretty big. That’s important.”