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Racetrack Triple Threat Friday, M ay 6, 2016 Racetrack Triple Threat Nearly 12 years after being the victim of a brutal attack by her estranged husband, Nadine Habke is healthy and happy being Northfield Park?s outrider and competing both as an amateur driver and in Racing Under Saddle events. by Bob Roberts In today?s HRU What harness racing must learn from the Kentucky Derby page 4 Andrew Cohen: Derby news picks page 6 Breaking down the Mack Lobell Elitlopp Playoff card page 7 Horse of the Year showdown Saturday at Mohawk page 8 Henriksen records milestone page 9 Jeffrey Zamaiko Northfield Park outrider Nadine Habk e is a survivor. Harness Racing Update | 1 | May 6, 2016 NOMINATIONS CLOSE MAY 16, 2016! SUMMER SERIES YEARLING NOMINATIONS Dream Maker 2017 Champlain Stakes Two-year-old open pace. To race as two-year-old pacers Define The World and trotters in 2017. Two-year-old open trot. 2017 Champlain Filly Stakes To race as two-year-old filly pacers Pure Ivory and trotters in 2017. Two-year-old filly trot. 2018 Simcoe Stakes Whenuwishuponastar To race as three-year-old pacers Two-year-old filly pace. and trotters in 2018. Summertime 2018 Simcoe Filly Stakes Three-year-old pacing colts and geldings. To race as three-year-old filly pacers Town Pro and trotters in 2018. Three-year-old filly pacers. WEG 2018 Standardbred Breeders of Ontario Association Stakes To race as Ontario-Sired three-year-old filly pacers and filly trotters in 2018. 2016 Upcoming Events Mohawk Raceway Maple Leaf Trot & Open April 7 till November 7 Canadian Trotting Classic Fireworks & Family Fun Night Saturday, September 17 Saturday, May 21 OSS Grassroots Championship Pepsi North America Cup Saturday, September 24 Saturday, June 18 OSS Super Finals Canadian Pacing Derby & Saturday, October 15 Metro Pace “Fall Four” Finals Saturday, September 3 Saturday, November 19 Triple Threat continued Some days she rides. weeks. The lung was slow to recover and she lost 30 to 40 Some days she drives. pounds. It?s her call. ?It was very scary,? she said. ?I even had a policeman on my door for several days.? But every day, every single day, whether it?s bathing or showering, or changing for bed, there is part of her life where But she eventually recovered and today is perhaps the there are no choices. Whenever she peers into a mirror and most passionate outrider in pari-mutuel history. Being a looks over her shoulder, there are reminders of the darkest lifeguard on horseback means everything to her. So much so day of her life. that Habke is becoming a regular on the Billings circuit. Nadine Habke, 38, is an outrider at Northfield Park, a driver ?As a driver, I like the shoe being on the other foot because on the CKG Billings Championship circuit and, more I want to know what a professional driver experiences. I need importantly, a survivor. to know where they are coming from. My No. 1 priority is being an outrider, but this (the Billings) is a change of pace I This summer (June 22) will mark 12 years since Habke, near needed. Plus, I always wanted to be a jockey, but I?m too tall.? the end of a crumbling marriage, was chased down by her She?s 6?1?. husband outside their apartment in suburban Cleveland and repeatedly stabbed in the back with a steak knife. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Habke fell in love with horses at an early age (a neighbor farmer had stock), The husband, now her former husband, was Walter Case Jr., and took riding lessons at age 11. Her parents bought her a one of the most successful drivers in harness racing history. horse for her 14th birthday. ?Had he twisted the knife just a half-inch, I?d be paralyzed,? Soon after graduating from high school, Nadine moved to said Habke. California. Her love for horses landed her on the backstretch Case was found guilty of felonious assault and was at Del Mar where she became a groom and a hot walker. sentenced to five years in prison. He served four-and-a-half From the San Diego track, she headed for Santa Anita years at the Belmont Correctional Institution in southeastern where he eventually met David Stratton, who just happened Ohio, resumed his sulky career briefly, but has been to be an Ohio harness horseman. Habke accepted a job with unlicensed the last 10 years. Stratton and went to work at Northfield Park in 1998. She ?I still can?t fathom I did what I did. I feel terrible for what eventually took a position with Ohio kingpin owner/trainer happened to (Nadine),? Case told the Cleveland Plain Dealer Virgil Morgan who sent her to the New Jersey to work with in 2006 from prison. ?I?m mad at myself for being that weak.? For the most part, Habke has shooed away her demons, but those reminders in the mirror ? three healed-over puncture wounds and the remnants of the 25 stitches needed to close the cuts ? are regretful souvenirs from a marriage that went bad in a hurry. Despite the fact that she could have been killed or confined to a wheelchair for life, Habke doesn?t speak ill of Case, whom she says she hasn?t spoken to since the incident. ?He had all the talent in the world, but couldn?t handle life off the track, ? she said. ?Walter would have been fine if he could have driven horses 24 hours a day, seven days a week.? Married in Las Vegas, in 2003, the union lasted a little more than a year before unraveling. ?When it started to go down, when the drugs and alcohol took over, I knew I had to save myself,? said Habke. She missed her opportunity by at least a day. Estranged from her husband, Habke returned to their apartment to bring Case a check for horses and a saddle but before long, all hell broke loose. ?He just lost it and began hitting me. I ran outside and he chased after and tripped me. I didn?t know I was stabbed. It felt like somebody punching me with brass knuckles.? Habke ended up in Robinson Memorial Hospital in nearby Ravenna in critical condition. In addition to the stab wounds, she suffered a collapsed lung. She was on morphine for three Harness Racing Update | 2 | May 6, 2016 Triple Threat continued his Meadowlands string. As for her driving career, Habke acquired her ?P? It was at the Big M where Habke met Case Jr. (provisional) license last year and had a handful of drives as a warm-up for this season?s C.K.G. Billings Series. ?Walter got me my first job,? she said, referring to her outriding duties at Pocono Downs, which lasted just one ?I drove in my first Billings race at Miami Valley (Apr. 24) season. Her stay was shortened when she learned that and finished third,? said Habke. ?I was happy with my Northfield Park, due to an Ohio State Racing Commission performance and I?m thankful that (trainer) Frank Harris is rule that mandated all four state harness tracks employ an giving me the opportunity to drive his horses. Frank and his outrider, was in need of her services. wife Stacey are my family, my adopted family.? She started at Northfield in 2001 and has spent the better Habke is a racetrack triple threat. In addition to outriding part of her career impressing horsemen with her outrider at Northfield and driving on the Billings circuit, she prowess. competes in racing under saddle races and has two official RUS victories, both scored on Ohio?s extensive county fair ?She is completely awesome. I cannot say enough good calendar. things about her,? said Aaron Merriman, North America?s champion dash rider and a regular at Northfield. ?I?m shooting for a big race at Flamboro Downs in mid-May,? said Habke. ?I?m already qualified for it on a Frank Habke is a self-taught outrider. ?I never really had someone Harris horse.? teach me the job.a I think I have developed and earned the trust of the horsemen. I love the work. It?s my life.? In the meantime, Habke will continue to patrol and keep the peace on Northfield?s half-mile oval while picking out Northfield races year-round and Habke is often tested in her Billings driving dates. northeast Ohio?s harsh winters that usually include several blasts of lake effect snow. ?I?m happy and I?m healthy,? she said. ?I can?t ask for much more.? ?There have been nights when I haven?t been able to feel my toes until two hours afterwards,? she said. ?I have winter clothing, but you can only protect yourself so much. I have to be able to maneuver. It?s like the mail, I?m out there come rain, sleet or snow.? Harness Racing Update | 3 | May 6, 2016 YEARLING & STALLION NOMINATIONS DUE MAY 15, 2016 A) BLUEGRASS SERIES #43 (Foals of 2015) Eligible to race as two year olds in 2017 & three year olds in 2018 Yearling Payment: $35 Due May 15, 2016 B) 126th KENTUCKY FUTURITY & FILLY FUTURITY (Foals of 2015) Eligible to race as three year olds in 2018 Yearling Payment: $50 Due May 15, 2016 C) THE TATTERSALLS PACE 2018 (Foals of 2015) Eligible to race as three year olds in 2018 Yearling Payment: $50 Due May 15, 2016 D) THE INTERNATIONAL STALLION SERIES #116 A Stallion nomination to provide eligibility for 2016 foals of the nominated Stallion to race as two year olds in 2018 Stallion Nomination Payment: $1,000 Due May 15, 2016 (See USTA Yearling Nomination Booklet for Conditions and Future Payments on All Stakes) Checks (U.S.
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