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As two-year-old, Matt's
Scooter was given a relatively light campaign winning three of his nine races. He was not an easy horse to handle: Poulton described him as "always bucking, kicking or doing something... he wanted to do everything 100 miles an hour".
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Matt's
Scooter was named Pacer of the Year and best three-year-old in 1988. In the following year, he was again named best pacer and was awarded the title of Harness Horse of the Year. Matt's Scooter was inducted into the
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Pedigree of Matt's
Scooter (USA), bay ridgling, 1985
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United States
Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductees
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318:In Autumn 1988, he paced a mile in 1:48.2 at the
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670:"Ocala Star-Banner - Google News Archive Search"
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243:in 1989. Matt's Scooter competed as a pacer in
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768:Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductees
709:"Hall of Famer Matt's Scooter is euthanized"
638:"Hall of Famer Matt's Scooter is euthanized"
307:In 1988, despite being ineligible for the
581:"Harness Racing Champions from 1952-2000"
656:"Matt's Scooter ran the fastest mile in"
348:United States Horse Racing Hall of Fame
217:United States Horse Racing Hall of Fame
195:American Pacer of the Year (1988, 1989)
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228:(1985 – June 30, 2014) was a
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211:Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
198:Canadian Harness Horse of the Year
191:American Harness Horse of the Year
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369:at Mid-Atlantic Equine Clinic in
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118:Gordon Rumpel, Illa Rumpel &
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360:Cream Ridge, New Jersey
738:2014 racehorse deaths
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389:Direct Scooter (USA)
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289:Lake Scugog
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727:Categories
595:2009-02-27
566:2009-02-27
536:References
472:Dale Frost
367:euthanised
267:Background
168:Prix d'Été
152:Major wins
110:Max Gerson
481:Galloway
476:Hal Dale
446:Scotland
402:Volomite
350:in 2006.
309:Cane Pace
273:ridgeling
139:61:37-?-?
45:Grandsire
523:Tar Heel
377:Pedigree
346:and the
328:Niatross
320:Red Mile
311:and the
281:yearling
144:Earnings
75:Ridgling
293:Ontario
285:Calgary
279:. As a
126:Trainer
107:Breeder
89:Country
61:Damsire
219:(2006)
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205:Honors
200:(1989)
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185:Awards
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136:Record
97:Colour
81:Foaled
508:Adios
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427:1969
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391:1976
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115:Owner
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