Thursday's Fast on the Mile

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Muscle Hill's arrival at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds Thursday afternoon was the main attraction of many despite the fact nine of the 11 scheduled races taking place on the "Magic Mile" track were won in less than two minutes.

Best time of the session was turned in by Andi's Sister who captured the County Fair Challenge race for 2-year-old filly pacers in 1:55.

Other winners included:

Morning Glory in 2:00.1, Redhot's Memory (1:56.1), Git-Er-Done-Girl (:59), Earls Beauty Queen (2:02.3), Queen Creek (1:58.1), Blazin' Fanny (1:58.1), Crossword (1:57.2), Right Right (1:58), Lady Nicole (1:58.1) and Nice Big Star (1:55.4).

Friday afternoon's racing card includes several Grand Circuit events as well as the filly division of the World Trotting Derby. Action gets underway at 12 noon. Admission is free.

1st Race--Trot, non-winners of two or $5,000 lifetime.

Winning time: 2:00.1 Purse $2,000

1--Morning Gloria (M. Finn); 2--Miss Alina K (K. Husted); 3--Abby Alabama (D. Magee).

2nd Race--2-year-old fillies

non-winners $2,500 lifetime.

Winning time: 1:56.1. Purse $2,000

1--Redhot's Memory (M. Miller); 2--Whistle A Tune (B. Carpenter); 3--Briefly (J.D. Finn).

3rd Race--2-year-old fillies

non-winners of $2,500 lifetime.

Winning time: 1:59. Purse $2,000

1--Git-er-done-girl (M. Cox); 2--Fox Valley Prism (B. Simpson); 3--Beech Bluff Tiny (Buddy Simpson).

4th Race--Topline Stakes

2-year-old trotters

Winning time: 2:02.3. Purse $5,000

1--Earls Beauty Queen (M. Miller); 2--Fort Worth (J. Patton); 3--Street Dancingstar (R. Schrock).

5th Race--County Fair Challenge

3-year-old filly trotters (ICF)

Winning time: 1:58.1. Purse $6,000

1--Queen Creek (C. Willis); 2--My Last Valley (D. Magee); 3--Soaring Sadie (Jared Finn).

6th Race--County Fair Challenge

2-year-old filly pacers

Winning time: 1:55. Purse $6,000

1--Andi's Sister (R. Schrock); 2--Rolldownthehighway (B. Simpson); 3--Emission Control (T. Simmons).

7th Race--filly pacers

non-winners $5,000 lifetime

Winning time: 1:58.1. Purse $2,000

1--Blazin' Fanny (D. Magee); 2--All Dressed Up (M. Miller); 3--Apache Glitter (M. Johnson).

8th Race--Topline Stakes

3-year-olds & up trotters

Winning time: 1:57.2. Purse $5,000

1--Crossword (D. Martin); 2--Winsome Wyoming (L. Burns); 3--Jimmy Go Boy (M. Brink).

9th Race--filly & mare pacers

non-winners of $7,500 or

$800 per start in 2009

Winning time: 1:58. Purse $2,000

1--Right Right (B. Simpson); 2--Windy City Brandie (B. Carpenter); 3--Ali's Buttercup (C. Simpson).

10th Race--County Fair Championship

3-year-old filly trotters

Winning time: 1:58.1. Purse $12,500

1--Lady Nicole (T. Insko); 2--Lil Miss Angel (F. Patton); 3--Tropical Trixie (M. Miller).

11th Race--County Fair Championship

2-year-old filly pacers

Winning time: 1:55.4. Purse $12,500

1--Nice Big Star (M. Cox); 2--Ellamakailey (L. Hostetler); 3--Miss Johnson (A. Love).