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Members
of the Riegle family stood in the winners circle
during the first ever Gene Riegle
Memorial. The race carried a 10,000
purse. This year, the purse has doubled. CNO file photo
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Field set for the second annual Riegle
Memorial
submitted by Tim Harless
GREENVILLE- The second annual Gene Riegle Memorial will be contested
Friday night at the Great Darke County Fair in the final racing session
of the fair.
A year ago, in the inaugural race, Mark Winters Jr. took Lucky Me to
the winners circle, in a much anticipated race that carried a 10,000
dollar purse.
Thursday night running will see a 20,000 dollar purse and will feature
a full field of eight horses in the one mile pace.
Take It Back Terry headlines the quality field of pacers.
Take it Back Terry is coming into the race, fresh off a victory in The
Meadows and has earned 227,867 dollars in hi career.
Driving the horse Friday will be Pennsylvania native, Dave Palone who
has over 16,000 career races under his belt and has earned more than
113 million dollars in that time span.
The chief competition for Terry will be Lookinforanadventure, the son
of RocknRoll Hanover and is trained by Jim Arledge Jr.
The pacing track record is 1:54.0, owned by Jimmy Whissman who drove
Prince Sheldon to the victory and that time could be in jeopardy Friday.
The undercard for the Riegle pace will be the Parshall Futurity for 2
year old pacers with a purse of 13,450 dollars.
The card for Friday night will feature 10 races with the Riegle being
the ninth race of the night.
The horses will go to the post Friday at 7 p.m.
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