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Yankee Paco wins Hambletonian
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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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