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Originally constructed in 1934, Northfield Park racetrack was originally known as Sportsman Park, with a focus on midget car racing.After 20 years as a successful car racing facility, interest began to wane and in 1956, Sportsman Park was demolished to make way for what would eventually become one of the nation's premier harness racing tracks under the leadership of Carl Milstein, a well known ...
The Breeders Crown is an annual series of harness races in the United States and Canada covering each of the sport's twelve traditional categories of age, gait and gender. The series was initiated by the Hambletonian Society, promoters of the Hambletonian Stakes, in 1984 to enhance the Standardbred breeding industry and to promote the sport of harness racing by providing a lucrative high ...
Walter Case Jr. has held several driving records, including the all-time record for most driving wins in one calendar year (1998) with 1,077. (This record was broken on November 27, 2007, by Tim Tetrick). He has won driving titles at many racetracks such as Yonkers Raceway and Northfield Park. He was voted the Harness Tracks of America Driver ...
Pompano Harness 2YO Filly Trot: Winky's Goal: Catello Manzi: Charles Sylvester: 1:59.2: Pompano Harness 3YO Colt & Gelding Pace: Kingsbridge: Roger Mayotte: Roger Mayotte: 1:54.4: Northfield Park 3YO Colt & Gelding Trot: Baltic Striker: Michel Lachance: Ron Gurfein: 1:55.4: Pompano Harness 3YO Filly Pace: So Fresh: John Campbell: Robert ...
4-year-olds-and-up. Purse. $600,000 (2023) The Breeders Crown Open Pace is a harness racing event for Standardbred pacers. It is one part of the Breeders Crown annual series of twelve races for both Standardbred pacers and trotters. The Open Pace for horses age four and older was first run in 1985. It is contested over a distance of one mile.
Combat Time. Batman. Kentucky. Fast Clip. Follow my Star. Miss Easy. Park Avenue Kathy. Bruce Nickells (born July 5, 1928) is an American harness racing driver and trainer. Nickells was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame on July 4, 2016.
Bret Hanover (May 19, 1962 – November 21, 1992) was an outstanding American Standardbred racehorse. He was one of only nine pacers to win harness racing's Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers and won 62 of 68 starts. [1] He was the first horse to be voted United States Harness Horse of the Year three times and remains the only pacer to ...
horse, sulky, horse harness. Venue. dirt racetrack. Presence. Country or region. Worldwide. Harness racing. Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, spider, or chariot occupied by a driver.