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billrock
07-08-2007, 03:06 AM
On this date in 1994 Beat The Wheel, driven by Cat Manzi, won in 1:51.4 over Pine Chip at The Meadowlands, breaking Mack Lobell's seven-year-old trotting world record.

On this date in 1995 CR Kay Suzie, driven by Rod Allen, won the Yonkers Trot in 1:56, equalling Peace Corps' world record for 3-year-old filly trotters on a half-mile track.

On this date in 2000 General Express set a world record when he went five furlongs on the turf in 54.60 in the Decathlon Stakes at Monmouth Park. General Express eclipsed the mark of 54.97 set by Klassy Briefcase in a Monmouth allowance race on June 8, 1991.