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2021 MEDIA GUIDE AUGUST 7, 2021 MEADOWLANDS RACING & E NTERTA INMENT 1 RACETRACK DRIVE • EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ • PLAYMEADOWLANDS.COM 2021 HAMBLETONIAN MEDIA GUIDE MEADOWLANDS RACING & ENTERTA INMENT 201-THE-BIGM • PLAYMEADOWLANDS.COM Jeffrey Gural - Chairman & CEO OPERATING OFFICIALS Jason M. Settlemoir.....Chief Operating Officer/General Manager Alex Figueras ............................................ Chief Financial Officer Marianne Rotella .............................Assistant General Manager Andrea Lokshin.......................Vice President Sales & Marketing Marcello Esposito ......................................... Director of Facilities John “Red” Fazekas.....................................Director of Grounds Stuart Berman ................................................ Director of Mutuels Table of Contents Jason Hall....................Regional Vice President of Sponsorships The Hambletonian Society ............................................. 3 Oz Colon ..................................................... Director of Television Past and Present Hambletonian Society Directors.......... 4 Al Venditte.....................................Senior Surveillance Manager A Hambletonian History .................................................. 6 Rachel Ryan............Director of Marketing & Event Operations Hambletonian Stake Conditions with eligibles .............. 13 James Davis.........................................Acting Security Manager Hambletonian Format .................................................... 26 Ryan Napierala...............Director of Racing Properties & Track Attendance, Handle & Records .................................... 28 Ken Warkentin .............................................................Announcer Driver Records & Facts ................................................. 31 Angelo A. Chinnici, MD ....................................Medical Director Consecutive Drives in the Hambletonian....................... 32 Lisa Photo ......................................................Track Photographer Hambletonian Driver Index ........................................... 33 American Teletimer Corporation ............... Photo Finish & Timer Leading Hambletonian Trainers..................................... 44 Leading Hambletonian Breeders & Owners ................. 45 RACING OFFICIALS Hambletonian Breeding & Pedigree Statistics ............... 46 Scott Warren ..................................................... Racing Secretary How Fillies Have Fared in the Hambletonian ............... 48 Doug DeFrancesco.............Assistant Racing Secretary & Timer Filly Starters in the Hambletonian.................................. 49 Laure Blomquist ...........Placing Judge/Racing Office Assistant Past Hambletonian Winners ......................................... 51 Andrea Caswell ........................................... Stakes Administrator Charts of Hambletonians at the Meadowlands...............54 Richard O’Donnell*................................................State Steward Year-by-Year Hambletonian Stories and Trivia ............. 87 Peter Koch .......................................................... Presiding Judge Alphabetical Index to Hambletonian Horses ...... ...........212 Larry Julien* ........................................................ Associate Judge Hambletonian Oaks Wagering Records.........................217 Mickey Peterson*................................................AssociateJudge Hambletonian Oaks Driver/Trainer/Breeder/Owner Records.218 James Kopacz ....................................................Paddock Judge Past Hambletonian Oaks Winners.............. .................. 220 Merle LaFountaine ................................................Starting Judge 2020 Hambletonian Oaks Chart .................................... 222 John De Simone Jr .............................................. Assistant Starter Hambletonian Oaks Charts............................................ 223 Pompeyo Gomez .............................................................Marshall Hambletonain Maturity Past Winners.............................256 Kelly Putaski ....................................................... Program Director Hambletonian Maturity Wagering Figures......................257 Angelo Iordan ..............Horse Identifier & Equipment Manager Hambletonian Maturity Charts........................................258 Kathy Picciano, DVM ........................... Chief State Veterinarian Barbara Greene, VMD ...................................State Veterinarian For further information, contact: Meredith A. Rhodes, DVM............Associate State Veterinarian Meadowlands Racetrack Kimberly Guyer, DVM....................Associate State Veterinarian 1 Racetrack Drive Lyndsy Castano, DVM ..................Associate State Veterinarian East Rutherford, NJ 07073 Diane C. Simoncini, DVM .............Associate State Veterinarian www.PlayMeadowlands.com Stacey Romano, VMD ..................Associate State Veterinarian e-mail: [email protected] NEW JERSEY STATE RACING COMMISSION phone: 201-THE-BIGM Judith Nason....................................................Executive Director or Stephen Swalsky ...............................................Assistant Director Moira Fanning Michael J. Arnone, D.D.S. ��������������������������������������Commissioner The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown Pamela J. Clyne ............................................................Chairman 109 South Main St., Suite 18, Cranbury, NJ 08512 Francis X. Keegan, Jr. ���������������������������������������������Commissioner 609-371-2211/Fax 609-371-8890 Glen Vetrano..........................................................Commissioner www.hambletonian.com Charles Tomaro.......................................................Commissioner e-mail: [email protected] Lawrence DeMarzo................................................Commissioner This racecourse is licensed for 2021 by the NJRC *ROAP Senior Accredited Steward 2 Supporting and encouraging the breeding of Standardbred horses for more than 90 years The Hambletonian Society, Inc. 109 South Main St., Suite 18 • Cranbury, New Jersey 08512-3174 Phone: (609) 371-2211 • Fax: (609) 371-8890 Web Site: www.hambletonian.com Officers & Directors John Campbell PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Westwood, N.J James W. Simpson Frank Antonacci Fred Hertrich III CHAIRMAN OF THE 3rdVICE PRESIDENT TREASURER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Somersville, CT Seaford, DE Hanover, PA Seth Rosenfeld George I. Segal th Michael G. Kimelman 4 VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY Chicago, IL 1st VICE PRESIDENT Pasadena, CA New York, NY Tom Charters Moira E. Fanning Ted Gewertz Executive Vice President ASSISTANT SECRETARY nd 2 VICE PRESIDENT Cranbury, NJ Jackson, NJ New York, NY Directors David H. Anderson Max J. Hempt Dr. John Mossbarger Aurora, Ont. Camp Hill, PA Washington Courthouse, OH Adam Bowden Steve Jones Anthony Perretti Georgetown, KY Montgomery, NY Asbury Park, NJ David Reid Malvern C. Burroughs Marvin Katz Huntington Bay, NY Briarcliff Manor, NY Toronto, Ont. Dr. John Egloff Paul F. Spears Gettysburg, PA Margareta Wallenius-Kleberg Hanover, PA Ekerö, Sweden Ernest M. Gaskin Anne V. Straatman Anderson, IN Alan J. Leavitt Lucan, Ont. Lexington, KY Thomas R. Grossman Joe M. Thomson New York, NY David H. McDuffee Paoli, PA Delray Beach, FL Linda J. Toscano Freehold, NJ Directors Emeriti P. J. Baugh Dr. J Glen Brown E.T. Gerry Jr. Mrs. David R. Johnston Charles E. Keller III Nicholasville, KY Brampton, Ont. Locust Valley, NY Charlotte, NC Frederick, MD Staff Moira Fanning David Janes Anna Svensson Mary McDermott Chief Operating Officer Stakes Manager Office Manager/ Event Staff Staking Assistant Ryan Macedonio Polly Hartzell Barry Lefkowitz Assistant to the Regional Manager Accounts Payable Editor 3 DIRECTORS & OTHER OFFICERS OF THE HAMBLETONIAN SOCIETY (1924 – PRESENT) Mr. George Alexander, Sugar Grove, IL (1968-1988) Mr. David R. Johnston, Charlotte, NC (1953-1982) Mr. Roy Amos, Edinburg, IN (1956-1965) Mrs. David R. Johnston, Charlotte, NC (1983-2000) Mr. Bob M. Anderson, St. Thomas, ONT (2007-2010) Mr. Steve Jones, Montgomery, NY, (2013-present) Mr. David H. Anderson, Aurora, ONT (2021- present) Mr. Marvin Katz, Toronto, ONT (2016-present) Mr. Frank Antonacci, Somersville, CT (1994-present) Mr. Charles E. Keller III, Frederick, MD (2000-2021) Mr. H. Charles Armstrong, Inglewood, ONT (1986-2001) Mr. John E. Kelley, Bangor, ME (1941-1942) Mr. J. Elgin Armstrong, Brampton, ONT (1969-1978) Mr. Michael G. Kimelman, New York, NY (1987-present) Mr. Thomas Ashworth (1933-1936) Mrs. Margareta Wallenius-Kleberg, Ekero, Sweden (1997-present) Mr. P. J. Baugh, Lexington, KY (1971-1997) Mr. Henry H. Knight, Nicholasville, KY (1933-1956) Mrs. Gladys Bell, Lexington, KY (1970-1995) Mr. Paul Kuhn, Terre Haute, IN (1924-1928) Mr. Homer D. Biery, Butler, PA (1936-1943) Mr. Rex C. Larkin, Chicago, IL (1946-1965) Mr. Octave Blake, South Plainfield, NJ (1945-1969) Mr. C. W. Lasell, Whitinsville, MA (1924-1933) Mr. Dunbar W. Bostwick, Shelburne, VT (1936-1971) Mr. Alan J. Leavitt, Lexington, KY (1983-present) Mr. Adam Bowden, Georgetown, KY, (2013-present) Mr. C. W. Leonard, Boston, MA (1924-1925) Dr. J. Glen Brown, Inglewood, ONT (1993-2020) Mr. David M. Look, New York, NY (1929-1945) Mr. Leonard J. Buck, Far Hills, NJ (1957-1974) Mr. Samuel M. Look, New York, NY (1934-1945) Mr. Harry Burgoyne, Donerail, KY (1924-1934) Mr. Claude Ludington, Rochester, NY (1933-1934) Mr. Malvern Burroughs,