New Jersey Classic Pace

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New Jersey Classic Pace
Location East Rutherford, New Jersey
Inaugurated1980
Race type Harness race for Standardbred pacers
Website Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment
Race information
Distance1 mile
(1,609 metres or 8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt, 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]

Contents

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
Most wins by a trainer
Stakes record

New Jersey Classic Pace winners

Year
Winner
Driver
Trainer
Owner
Time
Purse
2016Dontcallmefrancis Yannick Gingras Ron Burke Burke Racing Stable LLC, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Phillip Collura1:51 0/0$150,000
2015Split The House Randy Waples James DeanJames Dean, Scott Horner, Peter Milligan1:48 3/5$200,000
2014Sweet RockBrett MillerWayne GivensLegacy Racing of DE Inc, Reginald Hazzard II, Gary Calloway1:49 4/5$225,000
2013Lucan Hanover David Miller Casie Coleman West Wins Stable (Ross Warriner), Christine Calhoun1:48 3/5$250,000
2012Panther Hanover Sylvain Filion James DeanJames Carr1:47 2/5$275,000
2011 Big Jim Phil HudonJames DeanJames Carr1:51 0/0$400,000
2010Bg's Folly Brian Sears George BerknerGinny Berkner, Martin Goldman, Chad Aaron, William Salmeri1:49 1/5$500,000
2009Passmaster Hanover Tim Tetrick Blair Burgess Brittany Farms & Jeffrey S. Snyder 1:50 2/5$500,000
2008McCedes Catello Manzi Christopher J. RyderChristopher J. Ryder & Jerry Silva1:49 4/5$500,000
2007Fresh Deck John Campbell Joe HollowayVal D'or Farms, Ted Gewertz, Schoor-Racing Stable1:49 4/5$500,000
2006Feelin FriskieJohn CampbellScott BellWayne Whebby1:49 1/5$500,000
2005 Rocknroll Hanover Brian Sears Brett Pelling Jeffrey S. Snyder, Lothlorien Equestrian Center (Phyllis A. Campbell)1:51 0/0$500,000
2004Modern ArtDavid MillerJoe HollowayVal D’Or Farms, Milton & Martha Frank, & Ted Gewertz1:50 2/5$500,000
2003Artesian Michel Lachance Cosmo De PintoCosmo De Pinto1:50 4/5$500,000
2002 McArdle Catello Manzi Christopher J. RyderNorman & Gerald Smiley, Tip Stables, Sampson Street Stables1:50 1/5$500,000
2001 Bettor's Delight Michel LachanceScott McEnenyJohn B. Grant1:50 0/0$500,000
2000Riverboat KingJim Morrill, Jr.Steve ElliottPaul L. Bordogna1:50 1/5$500,000
1999Art's ConquestMichel LachanceBrett Pelling1:50 0/0$500,000
1998 Shady Character Michel LachanceBrett PellingSanford & Corinne Goldfarb1:51 1/5$500,000
1997ArturoLuc OuelletteSteven LeBlanc1:51 2/5$500,000
1996Falcons Scooter Ray Remmen Larry RemmenLeonard Kolschowsky1:52 0/0$500,000
1995 Jenna's Beach Boy William Fahy Joe Holloway L&L DeVisser Partnership1:50 4/5$500,000
1994 Cam's Card Shark John CampbellWilliam G. RobinsonJeffrey S. Snyder1:51 0/0$500,000
1993 Presidential Ball Ron Waples William G. RobinsonAntonio Chiaravalle1:51 4/5$500,000
1992 Western Hanover William Fahy Gene Riegle George Segal1:50 4/5$500,000
1991 Die Laughing Richard SilvermanRoger GoldsteinAlnoff Stable & Val D'Or Farms1:51 4/5$500,000
1990Too GoodMichel LachanceRonald KniggeRonald & Constance Knigge1:52 0/0$421,970
1989Dexter NukesJohn CampbellGeorge GilmourThomas A. Dexter1:53 2/5$500,000
1988 Matt's Scooter William "Buddy" Gilmour Harry J. Poulton Gordon & Illa Rumpel, Charles Juravinski 1:52 0/0$500,000
1987 Jate Lobell Mark O'MaraMark O'MaraJoe McCluskey & Kentuckiana Farms1:51 2/5$500,000
1986Awesome AlmahurstMichael GagliardiMichael GagliardiBackcourt Stables, Art Phillips, Larry McAllister, Bob Vinecomb1:53 3/5$470,785
1985Markim's Pride Bill O'Donnell Fred GrantHarold Housman1:54 0/0$500,000
1984 On The Road Again William "Buddy" GilmourHarry J. PoultonGordon & Illa Rumpel1:53 3/5$460,000
1983Allwin SteadyBill O'DonnellWilliam G. Robinson1:54 4/5$537,000
1982Pitt Boy Jim Doherty Frank GiangrandeFrank & Judy Giangrande1:54 4/5$519,000
1981CaramoreCatello ManziHoward B. CamdenRev. Fr. Thomas J. O'Connor1:57 0/0$265,000
1980Bold RushJohn CampbellFern PaquetDr. J. Richard Feldman, et al.1:55 4/5$300,000

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