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December 16, 2005
HTA ANNOUNCES ITS SEASON’S CHAMPIONS OF 2005
Harness Tracks of America announced its season’s
champion harness horses today, chosen by the racing secretaries of
HTA’s 41 member tracks. The owners of the 12 horses will receive the
association’s bronze Nova statuettes during a Night of Champions
awards dinner at Bellagio in Las Vegas Wednesday night, Feb. 8. The
winners are:
2-year-old pacing colt: Jereme’s Jet, winner of
$1,039,376 and 6 of 7 starts, owned by Jolene Leahy’s Genesis Racing
Stable, Plainfield, IL.
2-year-old pacing filly: Darlin’s Delight, winner
of $560,404 and 9 races, and first or second in all 14 starts, owned
by Joseph Parisi’s White Birch Farm, Allentown, NJ.
3-year-old pacing colt: Rocknroll Hanover, winner
of $2,223,257 and 12 races, and first, second or third in all 18
starts, owned by Jeffrey S. Snyder, New York City; Phyllis
Campbell’s Lothlorien Equestrian Centre, Mississauga, Ontario; and
William J. Perretti, Cream Ridge, NJ.
3-year-old pacing filly: Cabrini Hanover, winner
of $917,440 and 8 races, and first, second or third in all 18
starts, owned by David S. Willmot, King City, Ontario, and Bob M.
Anderson, St. Thomas, Ontario.
Older male pacer: Boulder Creek, winner of
$978,645 and first, second or third in 15 of 25 starts, owned by
Clifford D. Siegel, Staten Island, NY; Lee S. Wasserman, Brooklyn,
NY; and John A. Fodera, Staten Island, NY.
Pacing mare: Loyal Opposition, winner of $673,525
and 14 of 20 races, owned by Daniel Waxman, Ancaster, Ontario.
2-year-old trotting colt: Chocolatier, winner of
$508,250 and 8 of 10 races, owned by Doug and Ada Jean Ackerman’s
Doug Ackerman Stables, LaPorte, IN.
2-year-old trotting filly: Passionate Glide,
winner of $638,947 and first or second in 10 of 11 races, owned by
George Segal’s Brittany Farms, Versailles, KY.
3-year-old trotting colt: Vivid Photo, winner of
$1,481,020 and first or second in 21 of 25 races, owned by Roger R.
Hammer, Bedford, PA, and Todd M. Schadel, Gratz, PA.
3-year-old trotting filly: Blur, winner of
$867,453 and 7 of 12 races, owned by Barry Goldstein, Hewlett, NY.
Older male trotter: Hellava Hush, winner of
$522,720 and first, second or third in 15 of 21 races, owned by
Joseph Chnapko, Livingston, NJ.
Trotting mare: Peaceful Way, winner of $660,804
and 9 of 10 races, owned by Joseph and Barbara Myers, Jamesville,
VA; Sam A. Goldband, Toronto, Ontario; Marvin Katz, Toronto,
Ontario; Al Libfeld, Pickering, Ontario; Linda Ann Worrell,
Warrington, PA; David S. Tingley, Guelph, Ontario; and Angie M.
Stiller, Arva, Ontario. |