1,000 For Terry Cullipher

Published: June 27, 2010 05:19 pm EDT

Terry Cullipher of Calvert City, Kentucky earned his 1,000th driving win on Saturday at Thunder Ridge Raceway, guiding his three-year-old filly Haileysheartdesire

to a maiden-breaking victory in 2:03.1.

In addition to his 1,000 driving wins, Cullipher has earned $2,446,663 in purse earnings and also has 440 training wins with $1,212,241 in purse earnings.

His first career driving win was on June 8, 1986 at the age of 16 at the Livingston County Fair in Smithland, KY aboard a three-year-old filly named Exciting Bell by French Winter. Cullipher drove in his first pari-mutuel race on February 24, 1988 at Louisville Downs, one day after his 18th birthday, and he began his training career in 1991.

(with files from USTA)

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