New Jersey Classic Pace
Location | East Rutherford, New Jersey |
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Inaugurated | 1980 |
Race type | Harness race for Standardbred pacers |
Website | Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres or 8 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt, 1 mile oval |
Track | Meadowlands Racetrack |
Purse | $150,000 (2016) |
The New Jersey Classic is a race for Standardbred racehorses run annually since 1980 at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Open to New Jersey-sired 3-Year-Old Colt & Gelding pacers, it is run over a distance of one mile.[1]
Historical race events[]
1981 Classic winner Caramore was bred and owned by Father Thomas J. O'Connor, pastor at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church in Freehold Township, New Jersey who owned and bred more than eighty horses.[2]
Records[]
- Most wins by a driver
- 5 – John Campbell (1980, 1989, 1994, 2006, 2007) & Michel Lachance (1990, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 3 – William G. Robinson (1983, 1993, 1994) & (1998, 1999, 2005) & James Dean (2011, 2012, 2015)
- Stakes record
- 1:47 2/5 – Panther Hanover (2012)
New Jersey Classic Pace winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Driver |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
Purse |
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2016 | Dontcallmefrancis | Yannick Gingras | Burke Racing Stable LLC, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Phillip Collura | 1:51 0/0 | $150,000 | |
2015 | Split The House | James Dean | James Dean, Scott Horner, Peter Milligan | 1:48 3/5 | $200,000 | |
2014 | Sweet Rock | Brett Miller | Wayne Givens | Legacy Racing of DE Inc, Reginald Hazzard II, Gary Calloway | 1:49 4/5 | $225,000 |
2013 | Lucan Hanover | David Miller | West Wins Stable (Ross Warriner), Christine Calhoun | 1:48 3/5 | $250,000 | |
2012 | Panther Hanover | James Dean | James Carr | 1:47 2/5 | $275,000 | |
2011 | Phil Hudon | James Dean | James Carr | 1:51 0/0 | $400,000 | |
2010 | Bg's Folly | Brian Sears | George Berkner | Ginny Berkner, Martin Goldman, Chad Aaron, William Salmeri | 1:49 1/5 | $500,000 |
2009 | Passmaster Hanover | Tim Tetrick | & | 1:50 2/5 | $500,000 | |
2008 | McCedes | Catello Manzi | Christopher J. Ryder | Christopher J. Ryder & Jerry Silva | 1:49 4/5 | $500,000 |
2007 | Fresh Deck | John Campbell | Joe Holloway | Val D'or Farms, Ted Gewertz, Schoor-Racing Stable | 1:49 4/5 | $500,000 |
2006 | Feelin Friskie | John Campbell | Scott Bell | Wayne Whebby | 1:49 1/5 | $500,000 |
2005 | Brian Sears | Jeffrey S. Snyder, Lothlorien Equestrian Center (Phyllis A. Campbell) | 1:51 0/0 | $500,000 | ||
2004 | Modern Art | David Miller | Joe Holloway | Val D’Or Farms, Milton & Martha Frank, & Ted Gewertz | 1:50 2/5 | $500,000 |
2003 | Artesian | Michel Lachance | Cosmo De Pinto | Cosmo De Pinto | 1:50 4/5 | $500,000 |
2002 | Catello Manzi | Christopher J. Ryder | Norman & Gerald Smiley, Tip Stables, Sampson Street Stables | 1:50 1/5 | $500,000 | |
2001 | Bettor's Delight | Michel Lachance | Scott McEneny | John B. Grant | 1:50 0/0 | $500,000 |
2000 | Riverboat King | Jim Morrill, Jr. | Steve Elliott | Paul L. Bordogna | 1:50 1/5 | $500,000 |
1999 | Art's Conquest | Michel Lachance | Brett Pelling | 1:50 0/0 | $500,000 | |
1998 | Shady Character | Michel Lachance | Brett Pelling | Sanford & Corinne Goldfarb | 1:51 1/5 | $500,000 |
1997 | Arturo | Luc Ouellette | Steven LeBlanc | 1:51 2/5 | $500,000 | |
1996 | Falcons Scooter | Larry Remmen | Leonard Kolschowsky | 1:52 0/0 | $500,000 | |
1995 | William Fahy | L&L DeVisser Partnership | 1:50 4/5 | $500,000 | ||
1994 | Cam's Card Shark | John Campbell | William G. Robinson | Jeffrey S. Snyder | 1:51 0/0 | $500,000 |
1993 | Ron Waples | William G. Robinson | Antonio Chiaravalle | 1:51 4/5 | $500,000 | |
1992 | William Fahy | Gene Riegle | George Segal | 1:50 4/5 | $500,000 | |
1991 | Richard Silverman | Roger Goldstein | Alnoff Stable & Val D'Or Farms | 1:51 4/5 | $500,000 | |
1990 | Too Good | Michel Lachance | Ronald Knigge | Ronald & Constance Knigge | 1:52 0/0 | $421,970 |
1989 | Dexter Nukes | John Campbell | George Gilmour | Thomas A. Dexter | 1:53 2/5 | $500,000 |
1988 | Matt's Scooter | Gordon & Illa Rumpel, Charles Juravinski | 1:52 0/0 | $500,000 | ||
1987 | Mark O'Mara | Mark O'Mara | Joe McCluskey & Kentuckiana Farms | 1:51 2/5 | $500,000 | |
1986 | Awesome Almahurst | Michael Gagliardi | Michael Gagliardi | Backcourt Stables, Art Phillips, Larry McAllister, Bob Vinecomb | 1:53 3/5 | $470,785 |
1985 | Markim's Pride | Bill O'Donnell | Fred Grant | Harold Housman | 1:54 0/0 | $500,000 |
1984 | William "Buddy" Gilmour | Harry J. Poulton | Gordon & Illa Rumpel | 1:53 3/5 | $460,000 | |
1983 | Allwin Steady | Bill O'Donnell | William G. Robinson | 1:54 4/5 | $537,000 | |
1982 | Pitt Boy | Frank Giangrande | Frank & Judy Giangrande | 1:54 4/5 | $519,000 | |
1981 | Caramore | Catello Manzi | Howard B. Camden | Rev. Fr. Thomas J. O'Connor | 1:57 0/0 | $265,000 |
1980 | Bold Rush | John Campbell | Fern Paquet | Dr. J. Richard Feldman, et al. | 1:55 4/5 | $300,000 |
References[]
Categories:
- Recurring sporting events established in 1980
- Harness races for three-year-old pacers
- Harness racing in the United States
- Horse races in New Jersey
- Sports in East Rutherford, New Jersey
- 1980 establishments in New Jersey