Andy Miller (harness racing)

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Andy Ray Miller
Occupation Harness racing driver
Born (1968-09-07) September 7, 1968 (age 51)
Mattoon, Illinois, United States
Career wins8452 wins (as at 11/22/2016)
Major racing wins

Breeders Crown wins:

Significant horses
Creamy Mimi, Lucky Jim, Perfect Alliance

Andy Ray Miller (born September 7, 1968) is an American harness racing driver. Miller's nickname is "The Orange Crush." [1]

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Biography

Miller, who was born in Mattoon, Illinois, started driving in 1985 on the Illinois fair circuit. By 1996 he had topped the $1 million mark in purses. [2] Miller, who won driving titles at Balmoral and Maywood Parks in the 1990s, [3] relocated to New Jersey along with his wife in 2006. [4] Miller won his 5,000th race that same year. [5]

Andy Miller represented the United States in the 2005 and 2007 World driving championships. [6] Miller drove trotter Creamy Mimi to victories in the 2007 American National [7] and 2008 Hambletonian Oaks. [8] Andy Miller has over 8,000 career wins and purse earnings totaling in excess of $100 million. [9]

Miller drove 2009 Dan Patch Award winner Lucky Jim. [10]

In April 2014, Miller was injured while racing at Yonkers Raceway. [11] Miller, who had suffered a pair of fractured lumbar vertebrae in his accident, returned to driving six months later. [12]

Family

Miller, along his wife Julie, who is a harness racing trainer, [13] live in Millstone Township, New Jersey. [14] They have two children. [15] Miller is the brother of harness racing trainer Erv Miller. [16]

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