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The name of the 2019 Horse of the Year will be announced Sunday night, Feb. 23, at the annual U.S. Harness Writers Association’s (USHWA) Dan Patch Awards dinner at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Fla. But even if you aren’t among the attendees you will be able to watch the announcement live via USHWA’s Facebook page. After a one-hour cocktail party, the awards ceremony will get underway at 6:30 p.m., and will be available via the Facebook page. At approximately 9:30 p.m., emcees Roger Huston and Jason Settlemoir will announce the winner of the E. Roland Harriman Horse of the Year trophy, which fol- lows the revealing of the names of the Pacer of the Year and Trotter of the Year. To access USHWA’s Facebook page, please click here. The entire video will also be available on the U.S. Trotting Asso- ciation’s YouTube page the following day, Monday, Feb. 24, by clicking here. Post time for the evening is 5:30 p.m., with a one-hour Red Carpet cocktail reception sponsored by Shartin N. Also star- ring on the Red Carpet will be Heather Vitale and Heather Wilder, with the two Heathers broadcasting live on their in- dividual Facebook pages. It’s your guarantee to see who’s wearing what and what the attendees have to say about the festivities. Continues on page 2 ››››

— DAN PATCH AWARDS ORDER — 2FT ...... RAMONA HILL PROXIMITY ...... JOE FARALDO HERVEY ...... DERICK GIWNER RISING STAR ...... BOB MCCLURE 2FP ...... LYONS SENTINEL PROXIMITY ...... LIBFELD & KATZ SMALLSREED . . . . .CHRIS GOODEN BREAKTHROUGH . .DAWNELLE MOCK 2CP ...... TALL DARK STRANGER CCHOF ...... PHIL PIKELNY MCKEE . . .WOODBINE ENT. GROUP 3CT ...... GREENSHOE 2CT ...... REAL COOL SAM CCHOF ...... KEN WEINGARTNER HERVEY ...... MELISSA KEITH 3FT ...... WHEN DOVESCRY OWNER ...... ANDERS STROM HOF ...... TOM CHARTERS SMALLSREED ...... MARK HALL OHP ...... MCWICKED USHWA DRIVER . . . .DEXTER DUNN HOF ...... JEFF GURAL PRESIDENT’S ...... DON MAREAN OMT ...... ATLANTA DASH DRIVER . . .AARON MERRIMAN HOF ...... BILL POPFINGER PRESIDENT’S . .ADRIANO SORELLA BROODMARE . . . . .SECRET MAGIC TRAINER . . . . .MARCUS MELANDER HOF ...... TIM TETRICK USHWAn ...... DERICK GIWNER BREEDER ...... BRITTANY FARMS 3FP ...... WARRAWEE UBEAUT DINNER BREAK UNSUNG HERO .WANDA POLISSENI BROODMARE . .PRECOCIOUS BEAUTY 3CP ...... BETTOR’S WISH HHYF ...... ROBERT LASKY GOOD GUY ...... JIM KING JR. TOY ...... TBA OHT ...... SIX PACK GRAND CIRCUIT ...... AMATEUR DRIVER . .JAZMIN ARNOLD POY ...... TBA OMP ...... SHARTIN N ...... TETRICK, BURKE, STROM CARETAKER . . .COURTNEY POLAN HOY ...... TBA

WHAT’S INSIDE . . . Macomber has two in Miami Valley final—pg. 4 Breeding Banter—pg. 8 Roy proud of success with young horses—pg. 4 Class relief for Captain Mulzac—pg. 9 New stalls for Red Mile barn area—pg. 5 Shartin N wins qualifier in 2020 debut—pg. 9 Amanda Harris dies at 34—pg. 5 Hall of Famer Bob Quigley dies—pg. 10 Gabapentin positives not resolved—pg. 6 HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 15 February 21, 2020 www.harnessracing.com Heather Vitale’s Facebook page can be found by clicking here. Heather Wilder’s Facebook page can be found by click- FREE THIS WEEKEND’S ing here. Program This is the third year in a row the Dan Patch Awards dinner Pages FEATURED RACES will be held at Rosen Shingle Creek. Last year’s dinner was All times listed are local. highlighted by the appearance of the Bergstein Promixity Friday, February 21 Award winner Foiled Again, who surprised the crowd when 9:45p YR9 F&M Open Pace Trackmaster PPs he was brought into the room from behind the stage to “ac- cept” the trophy. Click here to download all Friday PPs The names of all the 2019 winners have been an- Saturday, February 22 nounced in advance, except for Trotter of the Year, Pacer 7:25p M2 Cond. Pace Trackmaster PPs of the Year and Horse of the Year. This has been the case Trackmaster PPs since the 2017 dinner at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas 8:25p MVR8 Dailey Mem. Pace final when Always B Miki was announced in advance as the 8:32p M5 Leap Year Pace final Trackmaster PPs 2016 Pacer and Horse of the Year. In 2018 it was revealed 9:05p MVR10 Open Pace Trackmaster PPs at the first dinner at Rosen Shingle Creek that Hannelore 10:05p YR10 Open Pace Trackmaster PPs Hanover was the 2017 Trotter and Horse of the Year, while last year’s dinner revealed that McWicked was the 2018 10:24p M10 Preferred Pace Trackmaster PPs Pacer and Horse of the Year. Click here to download all Saturday PPs USHWA also holds its annual meeting during the weekend. The Board of Directors meet on Saturday afternoon, Visit www.trackmaster.com while the general membership meets on Sunday morn- and subscribe to download ing. The open meeting begins at 9 a.m. in room St. full cards from your favorite tracks! Johns 28/29. Congratulations To all of the Award Winners being honored tonight!

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Box 1488, Middlebury, IN 46540 SALE COMPANY LLC Phone 574-825-4610, Email [email protected] Dean Gillette photo HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 4 of 15 February 21, 2020 www.harnessracing.com Macomber Stable Has Two Contenders Roy Proud Of His Success With Young Horses In Miami Valley Final Louis-Philippe Roy recently received his second straight The parade of winter late-closing series continues at Miami Canadian Driver of the Year Award, but it was his success with Valley Gaming and Racing this weekend and on Saturday night two other 2019 O’Brien Award winners that most pleased him. a couple of invaders from Indiana are strong contenders to The 30-year-old Roy was the regular driver of 2-year-old take home the winner’s share of the biggest purse of the night. filly pacer Alicorn and 2-year-old male trotter HP Royal The Jamie Macomber-trained Just N Ace and Uncmprmis- Theo, who each captured divisional O’Brien honors ear- ing Z Tam finished on the wire together in a division of last lier this month. week’s second leg of the Bill Dailey Memorial Medley and “I’m proud of my season with the young horses,” said Roy, they each drew decent who was a standout in Quebec before moving to Ontario’s post positions for the Woodbine-Mohawk circuit in 2017. “I never raced on a big final. track until I came here, so that was the first adaptation for Conrad Photo The Dailey Memorial me. Then after, driving a lot of young horses in the summer, (Race 8), with a purse of stakes horses, 2 year olds. That was something I didn’t do a $25,000 on the line and lot in my early years. “I learned a lot of it by mov- Just N Ace and Uncmprmising Z Tam finish to be raced at a distance one-two in the second leg of the Bill Dailey of 1 ¼ miles, is named ing here when I started driving “Any type of com- Memorial on Feb. 15 at Miami Valley. for the late horseman more 2 year olds and 3 year petitive guy would who won many Ohio Sires Stakes championships before his olds and teaching them how to tell you that he death at age 57 in May 2018. race. I feel like I’ve learned a lot wants to compete Just N Ace will start from post 3 while Uncmprmising Z and improved a lot in my last at the highest Tam drew post 6. Ricky Macomber, Jamie’s husband, will two years with stakes horses. level. That’s for drive Uncmprmising Z Tam. I’m proud of that.” sure something I In the second leg of the series last Saturday, Just N Ace Roy has driven four O’Brien would like to do.” posted a neck win over his stablemate in 1:51.1. winners in the past two sea- –Louis-Philippe Roy When asked who she gives the edge to, Jamie offered the sons, with female pacer following analysis. Shower Play and male pacer Jimmy Freight both receiving “I think as far as which horse is the classiest, that’s Uncm- honors in 2018 at age 3. He was the leading driver on the prmising,” said Jamie, “but ‘Ace’ really showed up last week. Ontario Sires Stakes circuit in 2018. “Ace likes to get involved early; then it’s just a matter of if “You need to get those special horses to drive to step up he can last,” continued Jamie. “Ricky chose Uncmprmising to the Grand Circuit,” Roy said. “Any type of competitive because he’s so classy and he can handle any kind of trip.” guy would tell you that he wants to compete at the highest Uncmprmising Z Tam was an Indiana Sires Stakes Super level. That’s for sure something I would like to do. To get Final winner at age three and now, at age seven, has career there, you need the opportunities. I just want to keep doing earnings of $451,998. Just N Ace has a strong career re- good and take any of the opportunities I can get.” sume as well, having finished third to Always A Prince as a Roy finished second in purses among Canadian drivers 3 year old in 2018. Last fall Always A Prince captured the and third in wins. In 2018, Roy led both categories. TVG Open Pace at the Meadowlands. Roy is a graduate of the University of Quebec at Rimouski. Although the Macomber Stable is mostly comprised of 2 and For the first two years of his driving career, he also worked 3 year olds, they have two more older horses in the barn who as a financial analyst for a telecommunications company. generally get noticed: Beckhams Z Tam and Rocky Got Framed. For the past three seasons, he has donated a full card’s Beckhams Z Tam pulled off a mild upset when he defeated earnings to a food bank in his hometown. Downbytheseaside in the 2017 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old For his career, Roy has won 1,467 races and $16.4 million Colt Pace at his home track, Hoosier Park. Rockie Got Framed, in purses. He is the fourth driver this century to receive a 4-year-old son of Rockin Image, earned $195,630 last season. Canada’s Driver of the Year Award in consecutive years, “Beckhams in training and I might qualify him at Miami joining Chris Christoforou, Mark MacDonald, and Sylvain Valley, but the main thing is I don’t want to go with him on Filion (who did it twice). frozen tracks, because his front ankles bother him,” shared “It’s something I didn’t expect to achieve yet but I’m very Jamie about the 6-year-old career winner of $778,279. “Our happy with it,” Roy said. “I feel like I realize it more on those plan is to keep him local this year. The only big races we’ll kinds of nights, when the awards happen, because in your ship for are the Dayton Pacing Derby and the Ewart. everyday life you don’t realize all the roads you’ve traveled “Rockie Got Framed just came in,” she continued. “He got to get where you’re at now. When I look back to where I was bigger and looks really good. My goal is to have him ready five years ago, I’m pretty proud of all the traveling I did.” for the Graduate.”—By Kathy Parker (Ken Weingartner) HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 5 of 15 February 21, 2020 www.harnessracing.com Horseman Photo

New Stalls For Red Mile Barn Area On Monday morning, Feb. 17, as a tractor hauled away old wood from the barns at The Red Mile, a truck loaded with lumber to be used to construct new stalls arrived. Work is underway to refurbish 17 barns, with five barns already gutted as of Monday morning.

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The rash of positive tests in Ohio for the drug gabapentin Racing regulators have adopted zero tolerance that peaked last summer are far from resolved. policies for many drugs, which means that these Trainers of both large and small stables, racing at pari- drugs should never be in a horse and the penalty mutuel tracks and county fairs, had horses test positive for will reflect that fact. “Zero tolerance” is used be- the drug which a May 2019 New York Times story cited as cause thresholds have not been set for many drugs. one of the top 10 most commonly prescribed drugs for pain Establishing a “threshold” for at what level a drug in the U.S. affects performance requires a research study, and From May 25 to Sept. 21, a total of 18 Standardbred studies cost money. horses that raced in Ohio tested positive for gabapentin. A recent study re-evaluating a threshold for xy- Nine positives came from horses that raced at six different lazine—used as a sedative and/or a muscle relax- county fairs. Of the remainder, horses testing positive raced ant—cost $250,000 alone. Following the cobalt at Northfield and Scioto. scandal, studies were quickly conducted to deter- The sport’s leading trainer, Ron Burke, had two horses test mine appropriate thresholds. positive for gabapentin—McBoogity from a July 18 race at The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium Scioto and in 2018, Rock N Tony. (RMTC), of which the Hambletonian Society is a On Sept. 6, 2019, trainer Nancy Takter shipped her top member, has funded studies to establish thresholds mare Manchego from Canada to Scioto for a $50,000 Open for drugs. Its budget has declined, so it has less on Sept. 7, which she was using as a prep for the Dayton money to fund studies. Trotting Derby. Manchego tested positive for gabapentin on Using research results, the RMTC’s Scientific Advisory Sept. 7, but won the Dayton race 20 days later and tested Committee has established thresholds for many drugs clean. She went on to win the Allerage Mare Trot at the Red and explains the methodology on its website. Mile and the Breeders Crown Mare Trot at Woodbine Mo- hawk, passing her tests with no positives. When rulings were written for the Ohio gabapentin posi- year.) Thus far the only one to take the deal is Burke, tives, trainers were given a combination of fines and/or sus- who had to pay a higher fine because he had a second pensions, and the purse was required to be returned by the positive within 12 months. owner and redistributed. Some penalties were as small as “Until this past week, I think the Ohio commission thought no suspension, but with a $500 fine and loss of purse. The this might go away,” said Taylor on Friday, Feb. 14. trainers with the gabapentin positives have claimed they “Ronnie (Burke) took the deal because he has such a big were innocent and did not give gabapentin to their horses, stable, he has too much to lose if he has to take days. But and appealed the rulings. Nancy (Takter) can’t take the penalty because she has too The levels of gabapentin in the positive tests is believed to much to lose. They hope to race Manchego in the Elitlopp be small, but because it is classified by racing regulators as and they want her record cleared. a drug not permitted to be in a horse’s system—a zero toler- “And there are others who feel that they didn’t do any- ance drug—the Ohio State Racing Commission told trainers thing and they don’t want this on their record so they’re that the rulings would stand. going to fight it.” The outcry of innocence, however, did prompt the “I’m not going to take the deal because I didn’t do any- commission to send out questionnaires to the trainers thing wrong,” said Takter. “I didn’t give my horse anything. of the horses that tested positive, trying to determine if I’m not going to admit guilt to something I didn’t do. It’s ob- there was a feed supplement, therapeutic drug, or vious that this is contamination. I sent my split (sample) for something else that could have contained gabapentin or testing and my mare’s level is in the picograms.” been contaminated with the drug and cause the positive Taylor said he’s spoken with several trainers who have tests. Contamination from stalls was also considered, called him about handling their case, but he was told by the but ruled out because the horses that tested positive Ohio State Racing Commission that he can only represent raced at a variety of places. three people. Philadelphia attorney and well-known horse owner Howard “I’m going to try to make a motion to consolidate three Taylor was called by several trainers with gabapentin posi- cases because that means those three people can share in tives, among them Burke and Takter. the costs,” said Taylor. Within the last two weeks, the Ohio State Racing Com- “I’m confident this case can be won,” he added. “The facts mission has offered trainers the option of dropping their scream out for environmental contamination. To me, the appeals in exchange for no suspension, a $1,000 fine, only commonality among all of these positives is the lab.” and loss of purse (for trainers with no penalties within a Continues on page 7 ›››› HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 7 of 15 February 21, 2020 www.harnessracing.com Although widely prescribed as a painkiller in humans, gabapentin has not been found to help horses. In 2015, the Journal of Veterinary Medicine published the results of a study to determine the effects of gabapentin in treating chronically lame horses and found no significant improve- ment in their condition. The Association of Racing Commissioners International has classified gabapentin as a Class C drug with a Class 2 penalty. Positives can be called for any amount of gabapentin found in testing, making it a “zero tolerance” drug. In 2018, the Racing Commission Laboratory handled 20,109 samples collected from horses. Since 2004, the Ohio State Racing Commission Testing Laboratory has been housed within the Consumer Protection Laboratory at the Ohio Department of Agriculture Complex in Reynoldsburg. Only two other gabapentin positives in Standardbred racing have been reported outside of Ohio in the past year— one at the Woodstock, Va., meet last September and one at the Red Mile, also last September. Both of those regulatory agencies use Industrial Laboratories as their testing vendor. Kentucky called several positives for gabapentin in Thor- oughbred horses in 2019. 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Media Mogul On since he’s by Muscle Hill, the king of trotting, he has to Schedule; Blazin be a mogul! Britches Has New Anyway, moving to the present, Media Mogul is in the Daughter George Ducharme Stable at Spring Garden Ranch and last Thursday I checked in there to see Kathy’s boy. He’s a good- We’ve been publishing Har- looking colt, showing a little bit of a belly. His caretaker, Erin nessRacing Weekend Preview Bonno, told me—no surprise—that he loves to eat! since 2012. As they say, time Erin also said Media Mogul is an easy-going guy in the sure flies when you’re having barn. He has a ball he loves to play with and he likes to so- fun. And yes, writing about har- cialize with people, although she acknowledged that might ness racing is fun the majority be because he’s looking for a treat! of the time. Sometimes the sub- But more importantly, how is Media Mogul on the track? ject matter is disheartening, Frank Affruniti, an assistant in the Ducharme Stable, had such as the recent news about Media Mogul out for a jog on Thursday and told me he’s a the Pennsylvania budget. happy, willing horse on the track. A couple of years in the past we ran columns in Week- Ducharme told me Media Mogul had trained in 2:38 end Preview about winter training at South Florida and “He does everything great. He’s solid and his atti- tracks. We had two people write some training reviews, tude is good.” Nick Salvi and Tom Hicks. Salvi, who is well known on Ohio breeder Bruce Trogdon was also at Spring Garden social media and as a staff member at Jeff Gural’s tracks Ranch the day I stopped by. Trogdon was positioned in and at the fall Grand Circuit meet at the homestretch, with his binocu- the Red Mile, is a former horseman lars, a list of horses, and a coffee. with a knowledgeable eye for a He has babies in training with horse. Hicks is a breeder who is Shane Bowermaster and a group of also an astute observer. Ohio-sired 2 and 3 year olds with Their observations were interesting trainer Kelly O’Donnell, with both reading but as we all know, the best horsemen shouting out the names 2-year-old in training in March of their horses as they passed. shouldn’t always be anointed a Virtually all of Trogdon’s horses are future champion. homebreds, and he had a few sage I’ve been lucky enough to spend retorts about being in the breeding some time in Florida near Spring and racing business, such as, “You Garden Ranch the last few years and can’t see their breathing in February.” I’ve seen horses such as Fear The He also shared that his now 6-year- Dragon and Downbytheseaside pre- old mare Blazin Britches p,3, 1:48.4 pare for successful 3-year-old sea- ($575,911), winner of the Breeders sons. Now I’ve got another horse to Crown as a sophomore, is training tout: Media Mogul. well in her comeback from feet I’ve you read any of my stuff in problems. She made three starts Weekend Preview before last fall’s last year at Miami Valley, but failed Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, to hit the board. you should remember that I was Media Mogul “She trained in 2:08 with Smiley touting Media Mogul back then. Dragon,” Trogdon reported. “She That’s because he’s the first foal of the mare Kathy looks like the old Britches. She’s right on target. She’ll qual- Parker, a horse that was named for me by Christina and ify in mid-March and we’ll know if she can go on and race Jimmy Takter. Kathy was a very talented 2 year old, but or be retired. We’re keeping on the therapeutic shoes that Broadway Donna stole two notable spotlights from my Rood & Riddle (veterinary clinic) put her in and right now girl. Broadway Donna nosed out Kathy in the James Do- her feet are good.” herty Memorial on Hambletonian Day at the Meadow- Trogdon had other good news to report. Blazin Britches lands, and then in the Pennsylvania Sires Stakes has another offspring on the ground. She conceived to championship. Trogdon’s stallion Fear The Dragon last year and the em- Breeders Al Libfeld and Marvin Katz gave me the honor bryo was transferred. The recipient mare recently gave of naming Kathy’s first foal and I christened him Media birth to a “gorgeous black filly with a star,” shared Trog- Mogul because I work in the media field, and of course don.—By Kathy Parker HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 9 of 15 February 21, 2020 www.harnessracing.com Class Relief, Bridle Change For Captain Mulzac At Meadowlands Shartin N Wins Qualifier In 2020 Debut After a trio of off-the-board efforts to open up his 4-year-old Shartin N, arguably the favorite to be announced as campaign in 2020, Captain Mulzac finished second last time out the 2019 Pacer of the Year and Horse of the Year at on Feb. 15 at the Meadowlands. And while some class relief Sunday night’s (Feb. 23) Dan Patch Awards banquet at likely helped spur Captain Mulzac to his best effort of the new Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Fla., won a qualifier year, he again drops in class on Saturday night at the Big M. at Dover Downs on Wednesday morning in her 2020 After posting his runner-up outing in an $11,500 race for non- debut. winners of $5,000 last five starts, Captain Mulzac now will start With Tim Tetrick driving, Shartin N sat third as in a $9,000 event for non-winners of $3,500 last five starts. top-class 6-year-old pacer Highalator set fractions With just $2,875 in earnings in his last handful of attempts, of :28.2, :55.3 and 1:23.2. Down the stretch Tetrick Captain Mulzac will line up in post 5 in Race 2, with Dexter urged Shartin N to a final quarter of :27.2 to edge Dunn driving for trainer Kevin McDermott. the outstanding mare Apple Bottom Jeans by a McDermott is pleased with Captain Mulzac’s early returns neck in 1:51.3. Highalator finished 2 ½ lengths be- in 2020. In his second start on Feb. 1, Captain Mulzac fin- hind in third. ished ninth, but he paced his final quarter in :26 flat. McDer- “It went more than I was expecting; I didn’t want mott said the pacer then tied up in an eighth-place effort on to go that fast,” said Tetrick, who shares ownership Feb. 8. On Feb. 15, Captain Mulzac held a two-length lead in of the 7-year-old mare with Richard Poillucci and Jo midstretch but despite a final quarter of :26.4, had to settle Ann Looney-King, the wife of trainer Jim King Jr. “I for second, beaten a half-length. was hoping to just sit back there and get a nice “I think he’s come back pretty good this year,” said McDer- qualifier in, but they were speeding in front of me. I mott. “I believe he’s a 4-year-old open (horse). I know he’s in got to sit in there a long time and it’s the most I’ve that (lower) class this week, but he’s a good horse. I’ve ever got to follow somebody ever since I’ve had never had a driver say a bad word about him. Timmy (Tet- her. I didn’t even have to pull her, but she kind of rick) really, really enjoyed the horse last year. David Miller pulled herself and floated right by them. She was liked that horse. They said he was very smart.” very, very good.” McDermott said he will be making an equipment change Shartin N’s 15 wins last year (in 19 starts) included on Captain Mulzac for Saturday’s race. the Blue Chip Matchmaker final, Roses Are Red, Lady “Dexter (Dunn) said that if he hadn’t had a blind bridle on Liberty and Golden Girls. With earnings of $982,177, he would have won last week. He didn’t see that other horse Shartin N boosted her career total to $2,111,530. coming at him,” said McDermott. “So I’ve changed his bridle Tetrick said Shartin N is being pointed toward the this week.” upcoming Blue Chip Matchmaker Series that gets un- A $15,000 yearling purchase, Captain Mulzac is a son of Cap- derway March 13 at Yonkers Raceway. However, Tet- taintreacherous out of the Rocknroll Hanover mare But I Like It. rick said the mare’s first start of the year will likely Captain Mulzac’s second dam is Lucks Mistress, a multiple On- come in a March 3 race at Dover Downs. tario Sires Stakes winner in 2004-05 who won $493,018. “Jimmy (King) told me they were going to have a Originally purchased by Illinois connections, Captain Mulzac race at Dover on March 3 for upper-class mares,” said did not race as a 2 year old but last year at three opened up Tetrick. “I think that’s what the plan will be probably his career with a sweep of the three-week Phil Georgeff Series be as off that qualifier, she’s ready. He can train her at at Hawthorne Race Course. He was purchased privately in late home and she’ll be ready for that race on March 3, June by the partnership of Jim Winske, Francis Azur, Stephen and then the Matchmaker.” Michaels and 3 Fools Inc., which is comprised of Arthur Shartin N has already been announced as the 2019 Geiger, Dave Stolz and Jeff Gural’s Little E LLC. Older Pacing Mare of the Year, and Tetrick will also be It was then that McDermott took over the training, and recognized Sunday night as a 2020 inductee into har- after a fourth and third at Harrah’s Philadelphia, Captain ness racing’s Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y. He said Mulzac won in 1:52. The following week he paced to a ca- Shartin N being named the 2019 Horse of the Year reer-best 1:51 victory at the Chester five-eighths mile oval. would be icing on the cake. Captain Mulzac finished the year with seven wins in 13 “That’s what we’re hoping for as it’d be a dream starts and $53,340 in earnings. come true for all of us,” said Tetrick. “I’ve never had “An agent called me about the horse,” remembered Mc- a Horse of the Year. Almost last year and Captain- Dermott. “He’s a lovely horse. He’s perfect, he’s sound. treacherous had a good chance and I thought “I don’t think a mile track is going to be his cup of tea all maybe Chapter Seven. But they didn’t get there.”— year; I think he will do good on a five-eighths mile track.”— By Gordon Waterstone By Gordon Waterstone HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 10 of 15 February 21, 2020 www.harnessracing.com Hall of Famer Bob Quigley Dies The following was written by Kathy Parker and Dean Hoffman and published in the July 1, 2009, issue of The Harness Racing Hall of Fame member Bob Quigley, a Horseman And Fair World: highly respected retired racing executive who led the team at the Meadowlands during its opening and early glory Making It Happen days, died Monday. He was 90. Mr. Quigley was affectionately known as “Quigs” by the Bob Quigley Recalls How The Meadowlands staff of the racetracks he managed. Richard Orbann, who Rose From The New Jersey Marsh To Become served as general manager at Garden State Park while Mr. Harness Racing’s Premier Venue Quigley was that track’s president, told racing writer Bill Fin- On Wednesday Sept. 1, 1976, Meadowlands general man- ley that he spoke with Mr. Quigley Sunday and he seemed ager Bob Quigley watched with great satisfaction—and a bit to be in good spirits, but he had a setback Monday and was of amazement—as 42,133 people poured into the track for rushed to Aventura Hospital in Aventura, Fla., near Miami, its first night of racing. Later he would learn that thousands where he died. more were turned away as traffic backed up at Exit 16W on Robert Quigley was born in Atlantic City, N.J., in 1929 just the New Jersey Turnpike, an as the Great Depression was beginning to tighten its grip exit eventually paid for by the on the American economy. In high school, he excelled at Meadowlands racetrack. football enough to win a scholarship to the University of “It was not a smooth open- North Carolina where he played one season, then returned ing, let’s put it that way,” home to work as a head lifeguard at the Jersey Shore. Quigley, now 80, recalled re- In 1950 he took a part-time job at Atlantic City Racecourse cently from his home in and worked in backstretch maintenance. “I was a laborer Florida. “We had a dry run the making $1.20 an hour, union scale,” he says. previous Sunday, but it’s dif- Quigley quickly moved from the backstretch to manage- ferent with real customers. We ment positions in the mutuels, race office, and administra- were assaulted by 40,000; we tion. had been hoping to get “I did a lot of different things and learned a lot about a 25,000. The line at the turn- racetrack,” said Quigley. “Unfortunately, a lot of young fel- stiles was so long that people lows can’t do that these days.” ran over the temporary cy- In 1966, he was promoted to assistant general manager of clone fence. The second night Atlantic City Racecourse and later became general man- it rained like hell and we only ager. The track had long hosted Thoroughbred racing, but in had 9,500 people. So we got a the early 1970s it offered a harness meet for several sea- breather.” sons over a new five-eighths mile track that had lights so Betting handle for the first program was $2,446,955, a per that night racing could be offered. capita of about $58. Remarkably, the area’s appetite for live Quigley began his tenure as the general manager of racing harness racing was voracious. On the night the Meadow- at the Meadowlands on Sept. 1, 1975, before the track was lands opened Yonkers Raceway also held a 10-race program officially open, making sure the details were wrapped up to and an on-track crowd of 11,783 bet $1,488,983 with another the satisfaction of CEO Sonny Werblin and Executive Direc- $876,618 wagered via OTB. On Saturday, Sept. $, 1976, both tor Jack Krumpe. He stayed there until 1985, when he left to tracks presented 10-race cards with the Meadowlands lead reopen Garden State Park, which had burned down. He crowd of 31,608 wagering $1,893,745 and Yonkers raking in left Garden State in 1992 to oversee the new Retama Park in $2,020,895 on-track from a crowd of 18,499 with another Texas. $994,052 bet through OTB. During his years at the Meadowlands and Garden State Earlier that year Quigley had heard doubts about the new Park, Mr. Quigley served as a director and member of the track from a legend in New York racing, George Morton executive committee of Harness Tracks of America, and a di- Levy, who had turned Roosevelt Raceway into an entertain- rector of the United States Trotting Association. He was in- ment destination. “These Thoroughbred guys,” said Levy, ducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013. “they don’t know what they’re doing, putting in a mile During his retirement years Mr. Quigley mostly followed track.” Quigley chuckled to himself, but remained silent. He Thoroughbred racing, but never forgot his harness racing was confident that the old master from Long Island was days. One of the Thoroughbreds he raced was named Most about to be proven wrong. Happy Fella, a nod to the great Standardbred. Quigley was right. The New track in New Jersey revolu- Mr. Quigley is survived by his wife, Wanda; a son, Kevin; tionized harness racing, just as Levy’s “Dream Track” at Roo- daughters Kelly and Karen; and five grandchildren. sevelt Raceway had done in 1957. In fact, a dozen years after HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 11 of 15 February 21, 2020 www.harnessracing.com Levy disparaged the rival track, Roosevelt Raceway was “We had a terrific staff,” said Quigley. “Every night after closed and the Meadowlands had replaced it as the greatest the races, we’d have a drink in a lounge adjacent to my of- harness track in North America. fice. Department heads, horsemen—-anyone was welcome. Quigley had taken on a huge task when he accepted the We’d get 30 or 40 people. Everyone knew each other. The job to become the first general manager of the Meadow- people at the track were never satisfied with what we’d lands Racetrack Sept. 1, 1975, just one year before the track done that night. If we had 30,000 people that night, some- opened. Although construction was underway when he one would say, ‘You know, if we’d done such-and-such, I came on board, only foundations of the grandstand and think we could’ve had a few more people.’” barns had been built, and the one-mile racing oval had yet One of the ideas conceived during the post-race gather- to be carved out of the New Jersey marshland. ings was the Pegasus dining area on the top floor. Quigley, who had been managing Atlantic City Race- “Pegasus probably didn’t get opened until the third year,” course, put together a team that brough the track to life and said Quigley. “It was on the plans as a storage area, and quickly made it a cash cow for the one night someone said what a great NJSEA. Literally billions of dollars Bob Quigley and view it had.” have since passed through the Mead- Joe De Frank at Quigley led by example. He walked Goshen, N.Y. owlands’ mutuel windows. “When I the facility, greeting customers and started in September 1975, it was all employees, and getting a first-hand sand, “Quigley remembers. “When I look at everything from the menus in came on board the sand had been the track’s restaurants to the condition pumped in to bring the elevation up. of the men’s rooms. The Meadowlands is built below sea “One of the requirements of the staff level, and that was quite a challenge. was that once the customers walked in The site was all water, just meadows. the door, I didn’t want everyone sitting at When I first got there you couldn’t their desk,” adds Quigley. “I wanted man- even drive a passenger car on the site. agement walking the floor. And we’d I don’t know how many million cubic have a staff meeting every week and the yards of sand were brought in during department heads were responsible for the construction process.” telling their people what was happening Quigley said the architectural firm of at the track so that everyone knew.” Ewing Cole had a lead architect on site Quigley’s first hire was Phil Dunn, a daily, along with a person who worked veteran racing executive. with unionized crews. But left him, in- “He was my number one guy to hire cluding trying out grandstand seats. as my assistant,” said Quigley. “Phil “I was the point person and there came from New York. He had left was issues every day,” he said. “The NYRA (New York Racing Association) architects were good, but they didn’t really know the impor- for Bay Meadows, but his wife didn’t like the Pacific North- tance of the sight lines for a racetrack or what kind of space west, so he was on his way back to NYRA, but first we a horse needed in a stall. And the racing surface was a huge talked. He had a considerable amount of racing experience.” deal since it had to be converted. There is literally a dike (Dunn, incidentally, was not the first from NYRA to join the built around the racetrack itself so that underground cur- NJSEA. Earlier Jack Krumpe, a NYRA president, had been rents didn’t erode the track,” hired by David “Sonny” Werblin, the first chairman of the Quigley, who was 46 at the time he took the job at the NJSEA, to serve as his executive director.) Meadowlands, put in long days, which he says only got Quigley had plenty of jobs to fill, but asked top horsemen longer when the track finally opened. In addition to keeping Delvin Miller, Billy Haughton and John Simpson Sr. to give abreast of construction, he was also putting together a staff him some names for a race secretary. and lining up the vendors who would supply the track’s var- “The only name on all the lists was Joe DeFrank,” says ious needs. Quigley. By opening night, about 1,700 people had been hired to So he called DeFrank, who was then working at Windsor work at the track. Since the tote system at the time required Raceway in Ontario, introduced himself, and said that he windows for both “Sellers” and “Cashiers,” the track hired was the head of a new track in New Jersey. 700 mutuel clerks, the majority of them rookies because Quigley told DeFrank that the track would be called the several other tracks in the area were racing at the time. Meadowlands. He later flew to Windsor to meet DeFrank Quigley says he tried to instill a team spirit among the key and shared with him the purse projections. department heads at the Meadowlands, who he believes “You’re serious?” DeFrank asked, then added, “You could were responsible for the track’s early success. put together a good stakes program with that kind of money.” HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 12 of 15 February 21, 2020 www.harnessracing.com Quigley liked DeFrank’s aggressive nature and DeFrank “He was a gentleman and a horseman’s person; by that I liked the prospect of offering jackpot purses to horsemen. mean he understood the problems of both the horseman He made plans to move to New Jersey. and the owners and he tried to resolve them fairly by sitting “Joe is the best race secretary I’ve ever been around in ei- down with the parties and talking.” explained Abbatiello. ther harness racing or flat racing,” says Quigley. “He is a “He didn’t let things ever reach a boiling point. That earned very creative guy and could have been a great marketer in- him respect.” stead of a racing secretary.” Quigley said it took him and Abbatiello about 40 minutes to DeFrank relished the idea of aggressively going after hash out the first contract between the track and horsemen. horses and putting on a first-class program, and he quickly “One of the things Bob always knew how to do was to came to Quigley with ideas that would change harness rac- make the owners feel valuable,” added Abbatiello. “That was ing. DeFrank conceived of the Meadowlands Pace, something he learned from Sonny Werblin. The owner was Woodrow Wilson and other stakes that became signature the gentleman putting on the show, he put up the money so events in harness racing, and on the New Jersey sports cal- the rest of us could play our roles, we were like the actors, endar as well. but he was the producer that made it all happen.” Quigley doesn’t remember much discussion about the mer- Werblin was known as a great promoter, and Quigley put its of DeFrank’s ideas. Like the idea of building a racetrack plenty of effort into that aspect of racetrack management as within 10 miles of Manhattan, they seemed like a no-brainer. well. As it turned out, he didn’t have to do any scouting to “We didn’t spend a lot of time laboring over good ideas. I find the track’s publicity director. wasn’t sure, but I thought those types of races would be “I got Sam Anzalone and Allan Gutterman out of Yonkers. media catchers, and of course, we were in the media capital Sam actually applied for the job. I don’t remember asking of the world,” Quigley recalled. “And we had to do some- him why he wanted to leave Yonkers,” Quigley recalled. thing better than anyone else. We looked at what we could “They were crackerjacks in their positions.” do financially and what was possible.” Anzalone later succeeded Quigley in the top post at the Quigley laughs, however, as he recalls that early in their Meadowlands and Gutterman headed the track’s media de- working relationship DeFrank would often say, “Now, Bob, partment before moving on to Hollywood Park. in your sport….” “Quigley led by example and was one of the very prime rea- Quigley would interrupt by noting, “Joe, we’re in the busi- sons the Meadowlands was a great success,” said Gutterman. ness of horse racing. The fans are the same. The tickets are “He let you do your job and he was a wonderful mentor.” sold the same way. In one sport the jockeys are on the The press conference held prior to the track’s opening horse and in the other sport drivers sit behind the horses. stole an idea that had been used to promote such a notable It’s pari-mutuel wagering. It’s the same game.” harness races as the International Trot: a horse was present! Like many people, Quigley believes the reason the Mead- “Stanley (Dancer) brought a horse—I think he had been owlands became a premier harness track is because its first the 2-year-old of the year—-up the elevator and we had built meet was a harness meet. a fancy white stall for him,” Quigley recalled. “I do think opening with a harness meet had a large Although epicenters of the nation’s advertising agencies amount to do with the fact that harness racing has domi- were located just across the Hudson River, Quigley nated there,” he said. “We had an audience that was ex- arranged for a small local Jersey firm to handle the track’s posed to the best harness racing ever. They ran a hell of a needs. The agency played up the track’s big money races lot of numbers (before the track opened). If you look at the and location and came up with such ideas as having Escort, original estimates, they had the numbers reversed. They the winner of the first Meadowlands Pace, pose with had us doing $1 million a day on harness and $2 million on $425,000 in cash—the purse amount for the race. the Thoroughbreds. It turned out to be the opposite.” Getting the money to the winner’s circle took some mus- Quigley remembers that a couple of things helped put har- cle, but otherwise wasn’t a problem. ness racing in line to be the first breed to race at the new “We had the money in the money room,” explained track. There was plenty of Thoroughbred racing at the time Quigley. “Back then we used to routinely have $1.5 million and, since the meet would continue into the fall and through in the money room, and sometimes more on weekends.” the winter, harness racing seemed a better choice. Anthony Quigley believes favorable publicity and media attention Abbatiello was the president of the Standardbred Breeders helped guarantee the Meadowlands’ early success. and Owners Association of New Jersey when Quigley began “Willie Klein was the sports editor of the Newark Star- the process of preparing to open the Meadowlands. Ledger and he immediately decided to assign two people to There were battles as to which breed would race first,” Ab- the racetrack—two reporters for the harness meet and two batiello recalled. for the Thoroughbred meet. One of them was Carol Hodes. Abbatiello said one of the things that helped entice horse- We got a lot of good media attention because of that.” men to put their faith in the new venture was Quigley’s per- After eight years at the Meadowlands, Quigley moved on to sonal effort. build another Jersey track, this time Garden State Park, which HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 13 of 15 February 21, 2020 www.harnessracing.com had burned down in 1977. While Quigley waited until the “Listening to the radio that morning, I remember hearing money started pouring in before terrazzo floors were laid at reports that motorists might encounters delays on Route 3 the Meadowlands, such luxury materials were all a part of the that day,” says Quigley. initial plans at Garden State Park. But the times had changed Quigley also knew that the Hambletonian’s heat racing for- by the time Garden State Park reopened in 1985, and the rac- mat would perplex New Jersey bettors, so he didn’t want ing renaissance predicted to take place there never happened. the Hambletonian and the Oaks for fillies on the same card. The track closed May 2001 and Quigley moved on to build Re- “That would be just too confusing for people,” he says. tama Park in Texas before eventually retiring. “The purists wanted them both on the same day, but the average horseplayer didn’t know what the hell was THE MILE TRACK going on with heat racing. In fact, half of our employees Putting harness racing on a mile track wasn’t a novel didn’t know what was going on even though we’d tried idea—it was taking place at Hollywood Park and the state to explain it.” fairground ovals in Illinois and Indiana. But in the New York Quigley saw virtue in having the elimination heats a week metropolitan area, Roosevelt and Yonkers were all racing before the final, even though that format was not imple- fans knew. So the Meadowlands mile changed harness rac- mented until long after he left the Meadowlands in 1983. ing for thousands of fans in a huge way. “That way you create two good weekends of racing,” he says. For starters, with the width of the track at the Meadow- lands being 90 feet, the field size increased from eight NIATROSS & $4 MILLON NIGHT horses to 10. Combined with the sweeping turns, the Mead- Looking back on his eight-year tenure at the Big M, owlands oval revolutionized racing. Quigley says his proudest moment was on Meadowlands “I simply wanted to get 10 betting interests,” said Quigley. Pace night in 1980, when Niatross won and the track han- “For instance, if you really love a horse, you’re going to dled more than $4 million. Niatross had been beaten in his wheel it, and with 10 horses, that’s considerably more elimination heat the week before and barely qualified for money over 10 races. the final. Excitement and anticipation filled the air as 42,600 “But with the track much wider and the sweeping turns, people filled the track to see if the horse some had believed that eliminated the Indian-file racing,” Quigley added. to be invincible could redeem himself from the defeat of the previous week. THE HAMBLETONIAN AT At post time for the Meadowlands Pace—the 10th and last THE MEADOWLANDS race of the night—neared, Quigley was in the packed press Quigley was an integral part of the lobbying effort to bring box with Joe DeFrank and John Simpson Sr. when his the Hambletonian to the Meadowlands. He notes that a big phone rang. Jack Hall, the assistant mutuel manager, was part of the sales pitch for the track was the publicity bonanza on the line. “Bob, give me one minute and we can break of contesting the race in the media capital of America. four million,” Hall told Quigley. While Quigley was proud to welcome the Hambletonian to Quigley then called Pete Wagar, the Meadowlands starter. the Meadowlands in 1981, that’s a day in track history he’d “I said, `Pete, tell the boys to take another turn. If they com- prefer to forget. plain, tell them they’re about to make history.’” “I’d promised the Hambletonian Society that the race Quigley’s phone rang again and Hall told him, `Send them would be the most important thing that day, but some on their way. We’ve got $4,004,000.’” [Sports Authority] commissioners went ahead and sched- The final handle for the 10-race card was $4,004,246. uled other events at the stadium and the area,” he recalls. “That was all live betting, no simulcasting,” Quigley em- Quigley’s mood wasn’t brightened by a steady rain that phasizes. “That handle consisted of guys walking up to the fell through that first Hambo day. windows with $20 bills.”

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Harness Racing Leaders Leading Breeders Compiled by the USTA—through February 18, 2020 (week difference Feb. 12-18). Breeder Starters Winners Wins Earnings Hanover Shoe Farms Inc. 405 141 178 $2,054,014 Leading North American-Based Money-Winning Horses Winbak Farm 398 140 186 1,601,273 Sts. W P S Earnings Seelster Farms Inc. 103 40 61 590,577 Swansea (5tg) 5 3 1 1 $74,800 Brittany Farms LLC 89 33 50 579,510 Bettor Memories (7pg) 5 3 0 1 60,240 Steve Stewart 87 34 55 504,064 Keystone Phoenix (6pg) 6 3 1 1 58,750 Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc. 87 39 59 392,318 Midland Acres Inc. 69 22 31 339,731 Moments Of Joy (6pm) 6 3 1 0 58,050 Diamond Creek Farm LLC 53 16 24 320,619 Sintra (7pg) 4 4 0 0 55,260 Frederick Hertrich III 57 23 33 318,370 Windsong Leo (8pg) 6 4 1 1 55,045 White Birch Farm 61 18 22 284,690 Pappy Go Go (6tg) 3 3 0 0 50,000 Robert J. Key 75 18 28 276,877 Endeavor (7pg) 4 2 2 0 50,000 Robert McIntosh Stables Inc. 58 22 33 276,871 So Much More (4pm) 6 3 1 1 49,075 Victory Hill Farm Inc. 52 22 33 252,021 Proper One (6pg) 6 3 0 0 48,240 Bulletproof Enterprises 43 17 30 233,140 Ostro Hanover (5pg) 3 2 1 0 47,500 Spring Haven Farm 52 23 26 222,637 Street Boy (5pg) 7 4 1 0 46,825 Fixed Idea (4pg) 7 3 2 1 45,425 Leading Money-Winning Sires The Dark Shadow (6pg) 5 3 0 1 45,025 USTA statistics through February 18, 2020 Twin B Speed Dial (6pg) 6 4 0 1 44,492 All Age Pacers Sire Name Foals Starters Earnings Leading Money-Winning Drivers BETTOR'S DELIGHT ...... 1634 ...... 354 ...... $2,068,964 SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE ..1056 ...... 232 ...... 1,553,848 Sts. W-P-S UDR Earnings (wk. diff) MACH THREE ...... 1221 ...... 279 ...... 1,331,528 Jason Bartlett 321 75-66-35 .384 $1,084,181 ($115,510) AMERICAN IDEAL ...... 1141 ...... 216 ...... 1,137,186 Aaron Merriman 553 148-103-78 .418 940,542 (62,450) ART MAJOR ...... 1354 ...... 183 ...... 973,482 George Brennan 316 60-47-28 .302 873,317 (165,075) ROCK N ROLL HEAVEN ...... 509 ...... 124 ...... 768,172 Corey Callahan 427 68-54-60 .276 866,767 (147,023) SHADOW PLAY ...... 699 ...... 133 ...... 712,273 ALWAYS A VIRGIN ...... 793 ...... 133 ...... 702,017 Tim Tetrick 320 89-51-42 .410 820,081 (116,933) WELL SAID ...... 752 ...... 147 ...... 679,957 Dexter Dunn 291 63-49-39 .355 773,285 (102,205) SPORTSWRITER ...... 851 ...... 182 ...... 615,596 Jim Marohn Jr. 297 41-41-46 .266 710,453 (84,025) WESTERN TERROR ...... 1074 ...... 122 ...... 582,058 Jordan Stratton 312 29-49-44 .227 676,987 (93,395) DRAGON AGAIN ...... 1142 ...... 140 ...... 570,693 BIG JIM ...... 339 ...... 87 ...... 569,810 Trace Tetrick 383 64-41-46 .267 669,510 (55,385) WESTERN IDEAL ...... 918 ...... 119 ...... 513,004 Joe Bongiorno 302 47-43-49 .289 642,712 (106,193) ROCKIN IMAGE ...... 673 ...... 108 ...... 488,467 Austin Siegelman 382 42-38-43 .203 618,529 (126,576) ROCKNROLL HANOVER ...... 1047 ...... 94 ...... 468,719 Brett Miller 406 63-32-58 .247 607,345 (110,830) PET ROCK ...... 348 ...... 75 ...... 447,556 Chris Page 378 49-47-39 .233 588,909 (99,943) MCARDLE ...... 770 ...... 105 ...... 446,407 JEREME'S JET ...... 571 ...... 80 ...... 444,797 Tyler Smith 356 43-50-49 .245 558,722 (57,000) BETTERTHANCHEDDAR ...... 286 ...... 74 ...... 418,255 Mike Wilder 324 65-47-51 .334 558,422 (76,750) All Age Trotters Leading Money-Winning Trainers Sire Name Foals Starters Earnings KADABRA ...... 1099 ...... 90 ...... $512,133 Sts. W-P-S UTR Earnings (wk. diff) CANTAB HALL ...... 1178 ...... 93 ...... 460,654 Ron Burke 485 109-75-58 .351 $1,347,828 ($197,523) EXPLOSIVE MATTER ...... 620 ...... 79 ...... 376,693 Rene Allard 174 41-29-23 .372 632,553 (125,521) SWAN FOR ALL ...... 636 ...... 56 ...... 365,148 Andrew Harris 153 38-21-24 .377 493,279 (90,675) MUSCLE MASS ...... 732 ...... 77 ...... 340,903 MUSCLE HILL ...... 773 ...... 48 ...... 340,251 Scott Di Domenico 179 35-20-22 .299 475,351 (64,013) CHAPTER SEVEN ...... 365 ...... 43 ...... 312,766 Richard Moreau 263 39-46-38 .294 473,670 (83,298) CRAZED ...... 524 ...... 50 ...... 307,103 Richard Banca 117 27-28-11 .395 451,837 (84,815) DONATO HANOVER ...... 997 ...... 71 ...... 291,254 Carmen Auciello 250 29-37-29 .237 445,371 (52,117) YANKEE GLIDE ...... 919 ...... 60 ...... 285,415 Nick Surick 296 57-48-44 .332 423,328 (77,553) CREDIT WINNER ...... 984 ...... 52 ...... 272,737 ANGUS HALL ...... 1098 ...... 53 ...... 255,954 Virgil Morgan Jr. 127 36-9-18 .370 304,878 (46,228) MUSCLE MASSIVE ...... 462 ...... 59 ...... 237,039 Jim King Jr. 76 22-17-8 .449 299,339 (37,185) ANDOVER HALL ...... 951 ...... 42 ...... 191,440 Joseph Columbo 204 21-19-37 .215 270,354 (36,978) CONWAY HALL ...... 993 ...... 40 ...... 167,801 William Rhoades 140 44-26-23 .472 256,640 (23,973) MAJESTIC SON ...... 291 ...... 27 ...... 166,154 MANOFMANYMISSIONS ...... 281 ...... 42 ...... 160,284 Jeff Cullipher 113 12-16-13 .223 254,688 (43,070) ROYALTY FOR LIFE ...... 179 ...... 28 ...... 151,969 Peter Redder 103 14-19-12 .277 240,005 (20,625) JUSTICE HALL ...... 295 ...... 27 ...... 146,741 Jennifer Bongiorno 81 14-11-15 .310 231,134 (43,492) DEWEYCHEATUMNHOWE ...562 ...... 29 ...... 131,216