Pacing Triple Crown
Appearance
The Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers consists of these horse races:
- Cane Pace, held at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey[1]
- Messenger Stakes, held at Yonkers Raceway in Yonkers, New York[2]
- Little Brown Jug, held at the Delaware County Fair in Delaware, Ohio[3]
Since its inauguration in 1956, the Pacing Triple Crown has had 10 winners:
Horse | Year | Driver | Trainer | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Adios Butler | 1959 | Clint Hodgins | Paige H. West | Paige H. West and Angelo Pellillo |
2) Bret Hanover | 1965 | Frank Ervin | Frank Ervin | Richard Downing |
3) Romeo Hanover | 1966 | George Sholty | Jerry Silverman | Lucky Star Stables and Morton Finder |
4) Rum Customer | 1968 | Billy Haughton | Billy Haughton | Louis and Connie Mancuso and Kennilworth Farm |
5) Most Happy Fella | 1970 | Stanley Dancer | Stanley Dancer | Egyptian Acres Stable |
6) Niatross | 1980 | Clint Galbraith | Clint Galbraith | Clint Galbraith, Elsie Berger, Niatross Stable |
7) Ralph Hanover | 1983 | Ron Waples | Stewart Firlotte | Waples Stable, Inc., Pointsetta Stables, Inc. (Stewart Firlotte), Grants Direct Stable (Richard Dinner and Norman Keyes) |
8) Western Dreamer | 1997 | Michel Lachance | William Robinson | Matthew J., Patrick J. Jr. and Daniel J. Daly |
9) Blissful Hall | 1999 | Ronald Pierce | Benjamin Wallace | Daniel Plouffe |
10) No Pan Intended | 2003 | David Miller | Ivan Sugg | Peter Pan Stables Inc. (Robert Glazer) |
- ^ Hambletonian Society - Cane Pace Retrieved October 30, 2016
- ^ Hambletonian Society - Messenger Stakes Retrieved October 30, 2016
- ^ Little Brown Jug - official Records & Stats retrieved October 11, 2016