Odds On Racing - Harness Racing

Former Pro Football Player Fares Well in the Sulky

July 23, 2008

A former pro football player was the big winner in a full card of Illinois harness racing Wednesday at the Edgar County Fair.

Antonious “Tony” Kimbrough drove three winners to victory in the program that ran about five hours in warm, pleasant conditions before a good crowd in the grandstands.

Kimbrough was in the bike for 3-year-old pacers SP Muskoka No Two and Acesdiamond, winning back-to-back events, and for 7-year-old pacer Mac’s Emily Flash. Kimbrough is the trainer for all three horses and owns Acesdiamond and Mac’s Emily Flash.

He lives in Mississippi and played college football at Jackson State. He was a seventh-round draft pick by the Denver Broncos and was a wide receiver with the team when John Elway was quarterback. He says he has been involved in harness racing for about eight years.

Asked to compare winning in racing to catching a touchdown pass, he told track announcer Carl Becker, “I don’t have to worry about being hit by anyone.”