Hambletonian Stakes

For other uses, see Hambletonian (disambiguation).
Hambletonian Stakes
Triple Crown race
Location Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, New Jersey,
 United States
Inaugurated 1926
Race type Harness race for standardbred trotters
Website www.hambletonian.org/index.html
Race information
Distance 1,609 meters (1 mile)
Surface Dirt
Qualification 3yo
Purse $1,000,000 (2015)

The Hambletonian Stakes is a major American harness race, named in honor of Hambletonian 10, a foundation sire of the Standardbred horse breed, also known as the "Father of the American Trotter." The Hambletonian is held annually for three-year-old trotting Standardbreds. It is the first event in the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters. The Hambletonian is run at Meadowlands Racetrack on the first Saturday in August.[1]

Sites

The Hambletonian first took place at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, NY in 1926. The race switched from Syracuse to Lexington, KY for the 1927 and 1929 races, however, because of rainouts. Starting in 1930, Good Time Park in Goshen, NY hosted the race until 1956 with the exception of 1943. That year, The Hambletonian was raced at Empire City Race Track, which became Yonkers Raceway in 1950, because of wartime gas rationing. The Du Quoin State Fair in Du Quoin, IL gained the rights to host the race in 1957 and held on to it until 1980. Since 1981, the race has been at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, NJ

Winners of the Hambletonian Stakes

Year Horse Driver
2015 Pinkman Brian Sears
2014 Trixton Jimmy Takter
2013 Royalty For Life Brian Sears
2012 Market ShareTim Tetrick
2011 Broad BahnGeorge Brennan
2010 Muscle MassiveRon Pierce
2009 Muscle HillBrian Sears
2008 DeweycheatumnhoweRay Schnittker
2007 Donato HanoverRon Pierce
2006 GlidemasterJohn Campbell
2005 Vivid PhotoRoger Hammer
2004 Windsong's LegacyTrond Smedshammer
2003 Amigo HallMike LaChance
2002 Chip Chip HoorayEric Ledford
2001 Scarlet KnightStefan Melander
2000 Yankee PacoTrevor Ritchie
1999 Self PossessedMike LaChance
1998 Muscles YankeeJohn Campbell
1997 Malabar ManMal Burroughs
1996 ContinentalvictoryMike LaChance
1995 TagliabueJohn Campbell
1994 Victory DreamMike LaChance
1993 American WinnerRon Pierce
1992 Alf PalemaMickey McNichol
1991 Giant VictoryJack Moiseyev
1990 HarmoniousJohn Campbell
1989 Park Avenue Joe
Probe		Ron Waples
William Fahy
1988 Armbro GoalJohn Campbell
1987 Mack LobellJohn Campbell
1986 Nuclear KosmosUlf Thoresen
1985 PrakasBill O'Donnell
1984 Historic FreightBen Webster
1983 DuennaStanley Dancer
1982 Speed BowlTommy Haughton
1981 Shiaway St. PatRay Remmen
1980 BurgomeisterBilly Haughton
1979 Legend HanoverGeorge Sholty
1978 Speedy SomolliHoward Beissinger
1977 Green SpeedBilly Haughton
1976 Steve LobellBilly Haughton
1975 BonefishStanley Dancer
1974 Christopher T.Billy Haughton
1973 FlirthRalph Baldwin
1972 Super BowlStanley Dancer
1971 Speedy CrownHoward Beissinger
Year Horse Driver
1970 Timothy T.John Simpson Jr.
1969 Lindy's PrideHoward Beissinger
1968 Nevele PrideStanley Dancer
1967 Speedy StreakDel Cameron
1966 Kerry WayFrank Ervin
1965 Egyptian CandorDel Cameron
1964 AyresJohn Simpson Sr.
1963 Speedy ScottRalph Baldwin
1962 A. C.'s VikingSanders Russell
1961 Harlan DeanJames Arthur
1960 Blaze HanoverJoe O'Brien
1959 Diller HanoverFrank Ervin
1958 Emily's PrideFlave Nipe
1957 Hickory SmokeJohn Simpson Sr.
1956 The IntruderNed Bower
1955 Scott FrostJoe O'Brien
1954 Newport DreamDel Cameron
1953 HelicopterHarry Harvey
1952 Sharp NoteBion Shively
1951 MainlinerGuy Crippen
1950 Lusty SongDel Miller
1949 Miss TillyFred Egan
1948 Demon HanoverHarrison Hoyt
1947 Hoot MonSep Palin
1946 ChestertownThomas Berry
1945 Titan HanoverHarry Pownall Sr.
1944 Yankee MaidHenry Thomas
1943 Volo SongBen White
1942 The AmbassadorBen White
1941 Bill GallonLee Smith
1940 Spencer ScottFred Egan
1939 Peter AstraDoc Parshall
1938 Mc LinHenry Thomas
1937 Shirley HanoverHenry Thomas
1936 RosalindBen White
1935 GreyhoundSep Palin
1934 Lord JimDoc Parshall
1933 Mary ReynoldsBen White
1932 The MarchionessWill Caton
1931 Calumet ButlerR.D. McMahon
1930 Hanover's BerthaTom Berry
1929 Walter DearWalter Cox
1928 SpencerW.H. Lessee
1927 Iosola's WorthyMarvin Childs
1926 Guy McKinneyNat Ray

References

  1. ↑ "The Hambletonian (and Hambletonian Oaks Filly Division)". hambletonian.org. Retrieved 2009-04-15.

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