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Horses
entered the starting gate at the Darke County fairgrounds Sunday
for the annual Darke County Harness
Horseman’s Association matinee.
Thirteen races were on the card for the event, kicking off the summer
race season.
CNO Photos by Dylan Knoop
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DCHHA gears up
for racing season
Annual matinee successful
By George Starks
GREENVILLE- The Darke County Harness Horseman’s Association (DCHHA) got
the 2012 summer racing season started Sunday with the annual spring
matinee at the Darke County fairgrounds.
Thirteen races were on the card for Sunday’s event with the biggest
winner being the association itself.
“It was a very nice crowd out here today,” said DCHHA president Kerby
Wilcox, son of trainer Kent Wilcox. “The weather was great for people
to come out and watch the racing today. I’m very happy with the way the
day went.”
On the track, Doug Rideout got wins in the first three races and six on
the afternoon while Chris Hope, son of long time driver Tom Hope,
scored two big wins in the final two races of the day behind Hollywood
Hustler and Lookout Macatoo.
Mandy Jones, daughter of horse owner Brian Jones, powered Pee Wee to a
second place finish in the 11th with Barley’s Grin winning it in a time
of 2:19, with Scott Ferguson driving.
With the passing of the legendary Gene Riegle, the final night of
harness racing at the Darke County fair this year will feature the Gene
Riegle Memorial. It will be a one mile Pace that will have no more than
eight horses running for the $10,000 dollar purse.
Harness racing at the 2012 fair will begin the opening night, Friday,
August 17, with the horses going to the post at 7 p.m. Saturday will
see two sessions at 1 and 7 p.m.
The racing will give way to Foreigner on that Sunday night and two days
of tractor pulling before resuming on Thursday with two sessions,
beginning with the afternoon session at 1 p.m. and the 7 p.m. races.
The final day of racing action will be Friday starting at 1 and 7 p.m.
As it stands now, there will be 52 races over the seven sessions,
ending with a ladies only race on Friday night.
Sunday’s Results:
Race 1 (Pace)
1. Western Gear (Rideout/2:10), 2. Henry’s Way, 3. Northwest Dreamer.
(Photo Finish)
Race 2 (Trot)
1. Binny Blister (Rideout/2:20), 2. Enchanted Della Mae, 3. Nuddy B.
Race 3 (Pace)
1. Cherokee Hunter (Rideout/2:09), 2. Wooshark, 3. Rosebud Tough Guy.
Race 4 (Trot)
1. Poppy Crock (White/2:21), 2. Jailhouse Jive, 3. Chocolate Chip.
Race 5 (Pace)
1. Redneck Alibi (Bates/2:15), 2. So Heartless, 3. Miss Friskie.
Race 6 (Trot)
1. Paulie (Rideout/2:20), 2. Speedy Strength, 3. Berry B erry Fine.
Race 7 (Pace)
1. Tumbling Dice (Rideout/2:15), 2. R Miss Sophia, 3. Jimmeny Cricket.
Race 8 (Trot)
1. Bedtime (T. Hope/2:10), 2. Enchanted Moonrise, 3. Timely Hotshot.
Race 9 (Pace)
1. CD Cadie (Young/2:07), 2. Jett Bar, 3. Positively NVUS
Race 10 (Trot)
1. Just Hush (Rideout/2:26), 2. My Boy Dooley, 3. Peaceful Spirit.
Race 11 (Pace)
1. Barley’s Grin (Ferguson/2:19), 2. Pee Wee, 3. Jo’s Ron Away
Race 12 (Pace)
1. Hollywood Hustler (C. Hope/2:02), 2. Silver Bullet Day, 3. Ideal
Sneakers.
Race 13 (Only Two Horses)
1. Lookout Macatoo (C. Hope) , 2. Aloha Kelly
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Redneck
Alibi (L) and So Heartless (R) come out of the fourth turn
Sunday in the fifth race of the day.
Redneck Alibi won the race with a
time of 2:15 as So Heartless came in second.
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