Harness Happenings for the Week of November 1-14
November 2004


November 1, 1996 – Michelle's Jackpot, driven by Luc Ouellette, wins the Three Diamonds in 1:54.4 at Garden State Park in New Jersey.

November 2, 1990 – Peace Corps, driven by Stig Johansson, sets the world record for four-year-old trotters on a five-eighths of a mile track by winning the Breeders Crown for mare trotters in 1:54.2 at Pompano Park in Florida.


November 2, 1990
– No Sex Please, driven by Ron Waples, sets the world record for five-year-old trotting geldings on a five-eighths of a mile track by winning the Breeders Crown for older male trotters in 1:55 at Pompano Park.


November 3, 1990
– Die Laughing wins the Presidential in 1:54 at Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland.


November 4, 1989
– Beach Towel wins the Presidential in 1:53.3 at Rosecroft Raceway.


November 5, 1994
– Electric Slide, driven by Bill Fahy, wins the Nadia Lobell in 1:52.4 at Garden State Park in New Jersey.


November 6, 1992
– Kingsbridge and So Fresh win Breeders Crown titles for three-year-old pacers at Northfield Park in Ohio.


November 7, 1970
– Most Happy Fella, driven by Stanley Dancer, wins the Pacing Triple Crown by capturing the final jewel, the Messenger Stakes, in 2:00.3 at Roosevelt Raceway in New York.


November 7, 1982
– Fan Hanover, driven by Glen Garnsey, sets the world record for four-year-old mares pacing on a half-mile track by winning in 1:56 at Maywood Park in Illinois.

November 8, 1985 – Armbro Devona, driven by Jeff Fout, equals the world record for fillies or mares trotting on a five-eighths of a mile track, winning in 1:57.2 at Pompano Park in Florida.


November 9, 1984
– Fancy Crown, driven by Bill O’Donnell, sets the world record for fillies or mares trotting on a five-eighths of a mile track by winning in 1:57.4 at Pompano Park in Florida.


November 10, 1969
– Dover Downs in Delaware opens.


November 10, 1978
– Mostest Yankee, driven by Carmine Abbatiello, equals the world record for two-year-old colts by winning in 1:58.4 at Roosevelt Raceway in New York.


November 11, 1976
– Fulla Strikes, driven by Joe O’Brien, equals the world record for two-year-old pacers by finishing a time trial in 1:54.1 at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California.


November 12, 1994
– Village Jiffy, driven by Paul MacDonell, wins the W.R. Haughton Memorial in 1:54.2 at Yonkers Raceway in New York.


November 13, 1987
– Mack Lobell, driven by John Campbell, sets the world record for trotting on a five-eighths of a mile track by winning the Breeders Crown in 1:54.1 at Pompano Park.


November 14, 1998
– Badlands Hanover, driven by Ron Pierce, sets the world record for two-year-old pacers by winning the Breeders Crown in 1:50 at Colonial Downs in Virginia. Muscles Yankee, Lassie's Goal, CR Commando, Musical Victory, Galleria, and Juliet's Fate also set records that day at Colonial.