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RUTHERFORD, N.J. _ Royalty For Life won $1 million Hambletonian final for
3-year-old trotters on Saturday afternoon at The Meadowlands Racetrack.
The
winner of the first elimination heat in 1:52 earlier in the day, Royalty For
Life came back to capture the final in 1:52 1/5 for his fourth straight win.
It
was the first Hambo win for trainer George Ducharme.
Driver
Brian Sears had a banner day, winning both the Hambletonian and the $500,000
Hambletonian Oaks with Bee A Magician. He also pulled off the same double in
2009, winning the Hambo with Muscle Hill and the Oaks with Broadway Schooner.
Royalty
For Life beat Smilin Eli by 3 1-4 lengths with Corky third.
