Julie Miller (harness racing)

Julie E. Miller
Julie E. Miller
Occupation	Harness racing driver and trainer
Born	November 21, 1972 (age 46); Iowa City, Iowa
Nationality	American
Major racing wins
	Breeders Crown Open Trot (2009)
Significant horses
	Lucky Jim; Perfect Alliance

Last updated April 29, 2019

Julie E Miller (born November 21, 1972) is an American harness racing driver and trainer.

Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait. They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, occupied by a driver, although in Europe, jockeys riding directly on saddled trotters is also conducted.

Biography

Miller, who was born in Iowa City, Iowa, drove her first winner at Quad City Downs in 1993.^[1] She has a bachelor's degree in science from Southern Illinois University.^[2]

Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 75,798 in 2017, making it the state's fifth-largest city. Iowa City is the county seat of Johnson County. The metropolitan area, which encompasses Johnson and Washington counties, has a population of over 171,000.

Quad City Downs was a horse race track in East Moline. The track ran live harness races from the mid 1970s through the early 1990s. The track originally opened under the name "East Moline Downs" (EMD). After financial difficulties in the first few years of operation, the track reorganized under the name Quad City Downs (QCD). The track ran simulcasts live Thoroughbred and Harness racing from tracks across the country until January 31, 2015 when the track was permanently closed.

A bachelor's degree or baccalaureate is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years. In some institutions and educational systems, some bachelor's degrees can only be taken as graduate or postgraduate degrees after a first degree has been completed. In countries with qualifications frameworks, bachelor's degrees are normally one of the major levels in the framework, although some qualifications titled bachelor's degrees may be at other levels and some qualifications with non-bachelor's titles may be classified as bachelor's degrees.

Julie Miller was elected to the board of trustees for the Harness Horse Youth Foundation in 2008.^[3]

Miller trained 2009 Dan Patch award winner Lucky Jim.^[4]

In February 2016, Miller along with another harness driver were charged with allowing horses to race with the drug Glaucine in their system.^[5] Miller denied the accusations.^[6] Less than two years earlier Miller had said in an interview that it was disappointing that drugs was one of the major things talked about in harness racing.^[7]

Glaucine is an alkaloid found in several different plant species in the Papaveraceae family such as Glaucium flavum, Glaucium oxylobum and Corydalis yanhusuo, and in other plants like Croton lechleri in the family Euphorbiaceae.

Family

Miller, along with her husband Andy who is a harness racing driver,^[8] live in Millstone Township, New Jersey.^[9] They have two children.^[10] Harness racing trainer Erv Miller is her brother-in-law.^[2]

Andy Ray Miller is an American harness racing driver. Miller's nickname is "The Orange Crush."

Millstone Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is located in the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 10,566, reflecting an increase of 1,596 (+17.8%) from the 8,970 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 3,901 (+77.0%) from the 5,069 counted in the 1990 Census.

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References

External links

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[1] Julie Miller profile at Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment

[Millerfam-2] 1 2 The Miller Family to likely celebrate the Snow Angel Final

[3] HHYF adds Morone, Julie Miller

[4] Dan Patch award winner headlines Invitational

[5] Burke & Julie Miller hit with drug violations

[6] Jeff Gural issues statement on glaucine positives Archived 2016-08-16 at the Wayback Machine

[7] One-On-One with trainer Julie Miller

[8] Andy Miller Profile

[9] Awards dinner a big hit in New Jersey

[10] Harness-Racing Trainer Julia Miller