Monticello Raceway
Something that you don t see very often is two dead-heats on the same day, this unique harness racing oddity occurred Tuesday afternoon at Monticello Raceway.
The first dead heat was in race 6, Blue Line (Bruce Aldrich Jr.) and Rockin In The Hills (Greg Merton) tripped the time in tandem in 1:58.3, Chip For Real (Bruce Aldrich Jr.) and See You Friday duplicated the feat five races later as they crossed the wire in unison in 1:58.4.
Also on the card James Taggart Jr. drove four winners, Greg Merton had three winners, James Devaux Michael Merton and Bruce Aldrich Jr each had two winners on the afternoon, both of Aldrich s win came in each dead heat race.
A harness racing rarity occurred Tuesday afternoon (Dec. 22) at Monticello Raceway when, not one but two dead heats happened on the same card.
The first dead heat was in Race 6, where Blue Line and Rockin In The Hills tripped the timer in tandem in 1:58.3. Chip For Real and See You Friday duplicated the feat five races later as they crossed the wire in unison in 1:58.4.
Also on the card James Taggart Jr. drove four winners, Greg Merton had three winners, James Devaux Michael Merton and Bruce Aldrich Jr each had two winners on the afternoon, both of Aldrich’s win came in each dead heat race. Trainer Dan Gill had two winners from his barn, Gill is currently in fourth place for leading trainers with 34 wins this season.
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Monticello, NY - Bliss And Luck notched her 6th consecutive harness racing victory at Monticello Raceway on Monday December 21.
Her first start at the Mighty M was November 16, at the time the 7 year old
Rockin Image mare was trained by Andrew Adamczyk, while under Andrews care the aged mare won 4 races before being claimed by Jim Doherty Jr. on December 7th.
While in the barn of Jim Doherty Jr. Bliss And Luck has won back to back races.
True to her past performances the mare went wire to wire from the rail to score in 2:00.1.
Bliss And Luck
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