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Andy Miller (harness racing)

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Andy Ray Miller
OccupationHarness racing driver
Born (1968-09-07) September 7, 1968 (age 56)
Mattoon, Illinois, United States
Career wins8452 wins (as at 11/22/2016) [1]
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]

Biography

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Andy 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]

Miller represented the United States in the 2005 and 2007 World driving championships.[6] He drove trotter Creamy Mimi to victories in the 2007 American National[7] and 2008 Hambletonian Oaks.[8] He 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

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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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