Yankee Paco wins Hambletonian

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: August 6, 2000 | Copyright information

Yankee Paco wins Hambletonian

From Journal Sentinel wire reports

Sunday, August 6, 2000

Yankee Paco took the lead in the stretch and scored a three- quarter length victory over Credit Winner in the $1 million Hambletonian, trotting's biggest race, at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, N.J.

Yankee Paco, driven by Trevor Ritchie, trotted the mile in a career-best 1 minute 53.2 seconds. The 3-year-old won his sixth straight start and earned $500,000 for owne...

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