Odds On Racing - Harness Racing

What Happened This week in Harness Racing History
For the week of October 24-October 31, 2004

October 25, 1991 – King Conch, driven by Bill Gale, sets the world record for two-year-olds trotting on a five-eighths of a mile track by winning the Breeders Crown in 1:56.2 at Pompano Park in Florida.

October 26, 1968 – Rum Customer, driven by Bill Haughton, claims the Pacing Triple Crown by winning the Messenger Stakes in 2:01.4 over Tropic Song at Roosevelt Raceway in New York.

October 27, 1984 – Mr. Escort, driven by Ray Remmen, sets the world record for three-year-old pacers on a half-mile track by winning in 1:56.4 at Roosevelt Raceway.

October 28, 1994 – Jenna's Beach Boy, driven by Bill Fahy, equals the world record for two-year-old colt pacers by winning the Breeders Crown in 1:51.4 at Woodbine Racetrack near Toronto.

October 29, 1966 – Romeo Hanover, driven by George Sholty, wins the Messenger Stakes in 2:01 over Good Time Boy and becomes the third pacer to capture the Triple Crown.

October 29, 1993 – Expressway Hanover, driven by Per Henriksen, sets the world record for three-year-old trotting fillies on a five-eighths of a mile track by winning the Breeders Crown in 1:55.4 at Pompano Park in Florida.

October 30, 1994 – Village Jiffy, driven by Paul MacDonell, wins the Stewart Fraser Memorial Pace in 1:53.2 at Northlands Park in Edmonton.

October 31, 1986 – Halcyon, driven by Ray Remmen, wins the Breeders Crown for two-year-old filly pacers in 1:58 at Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland.