He was suspended for 90 days should have gotten 1 year. Joe scored his first meadowlands win in a dead heat in 2012 with moving art. May 30, 2007 sholty is the son of the late hall of fame horseman george sholty. The 43yearold from columbus, ohio, was born into harness racing.
The usta is the national sanctioning body which oversees and regulates harness racing and maintains the standardbred breed registry in the united states. George brennan wins harness driver of year award fox sports. Roosevelt raceways driving stars click on pictue to go to drivers webpage. Triple crown of harness racing for pacers wikipedia. But hes a sharp guy who is willing to try something new to see if it works better than what he was doing. He was one of the dominant reinsmen of that era, winning numerous driving titles at yonkers raceway and roosevelt raceway in new york. Jul 22, 2016 this feature is not available right now. Today, it is a working museum, and has been featured on global tv, the edmonton journal, westworld, and various tour groups.
An extensive list of all of harness racings most popular websites and information portals. Benevolence big winner at du quoin the washington post. Besides lee, the yankees and harness racing have other connections. The true measure is instinct and intelligence on the track, and here he beats them all. George sholty, 68, harness racing driver the new york times. The meadowlands pace is a harness race for threeyearold pacers, held at the meadowlands racetrack, in east rutherford, bergen county, new jersey, united states. Sholty 2000 19322000 george sholty was from a logansport, in harness racing family. All drivers acquitted as harness trial ends the new york. Dec 30, 2016 when george sholty and del insko arrived from the midwest, they didnt have top stock in their stable, but they showed ability as catchdrivers, which were still rare in the early 1960s. In 1958 at the age of 25, he won national honors by leading all drivers in the country with a universal.
Fifty years ago the speed revolution in harness racing had yet to arrive. One of the worst stiff jobs and most obvious in harness racing history. Keystone ore was an american standardbred horse, who was the son of bye bye bird. Also the grandson of harold sonny dancer, he won his first race at freehold raceway at age 18 with mr bennett and apprenticed under george buzzy sholty. The triple crown of harness racing for pacers consists of the following horse races. Bion shivelys contributions to harness racing were nationally acclaimed in 1967, when he became the first driver inducted into the u.
Sholty raced predominantly on the east coast through the late 1950s and early 1960s. A not unfamiliar figure around harness tracks and their parimutuel windows. Messenger stakes, held at yonkers raceway in yonkers, new york. Sholty is the son of the late hall of fame horseman george sholty. Dec 14, 2000 george sholty, american harness driver 2,934 career wins. Racing on the east coast through the 1950s and 1960s, sholty was one of the dominant drivers of his era, winning numerous titles at yonkers raceway and roosevelt raceway in new york. Knox became involved in harness racing through gene sears grandfather of top driver brian sears, working alongside george sholty, in logansport, in. The favorite raven hanover george sholty took the first in 2. The race was created in 1955 to join the hambletonian and the kentucky futurity to.
Knox became involved in the harness racing business through gene sears grandfather of top driver brian sears, working alongside george sholty, in logansport, in. Knoxs wife priscilla deceased had gone to school with sholty and mr. Current magazine november 14, 2018 issue breeders crown championships are featured in this issue and mcwicked is pictured on the cover after. Galt and his trainer, ray tripp, said george sholty would drive legend hanover from now on. On the afternoon of sunday, october 18, 1964 bengazi hanover and driver george sholty scored the tracks longawaited milestone by virtue of a mile clocked at 1. George sholty and his beginnings in harness racing. He and morley gathered the original harnessmaking equipment from all over north america to use in the shop. Sholty comments on whipping rule harness racing newsroom. That isnt a recipe for a good career unless hes a super horse. In addition to helping his father with his stable, he sold cars and worked at a toyota manufacturing facility. Cane pace, held at meadowlands racetrack in east rutherford, new jersey. The grant program was started by the usta in 2006 to support local marketing efforts and to encourage interest in harness racing at county fairs. We had billy haughton, stanley dancer, del insko, john chapman, george sholty, buddy gilmour, hugh bell, and well, i could go on and on.
General manager brian cashmans late father, john, is in harness racings hall of fame. They wanted a driver they could count on as available at all times. Buzzy sholty, because our families have known each other for years and we grew up in the business together. Since its inauguration in 1956, there have been ten winners of the pacing triple crown. Knoxs wife priscilla deceased had gone to school with george sholty and mr.
Lauderdale, fl, searsthe raceways defending driving championhas career purse. Oct 21, 2017 on the afternoon of sunday, october 18, 1964 bengazi hanover and driver george sholty scored the tracks longawaited milestone by virtue of a mile clocked at 1. The following is a complete list of winners of breeders crown races, as recorded by the hambletonian society. Today, it is a working museum, and has been featured on global tv, the edmonton journal, westworld, and. Hambletonian and hambletonian oaks on the same afternoon, has won. This letter from trainer buzzy sholty is in response to an hru story on page 6 of the april 14 edition full edition here indicating that the meadowlands is no longer accepting his entries following a win on april 8 with a pacer named brickmanmy name is. George knudslien started the family business and insisted on the best for his customers.
Kat byrd was second for levi harner and third went to nardins grand. George sholty was from a logansport, indiana harness racing family. Looking like a living oddson bet, 5foot2inch harness driver george sholty and 7foot1inch wilt chamberlain stood side by side and beamed at wilts 2yearold pacer, rivaltime, whom george had just driven to his fifth victory in five starts in liberty bell parks independence pace. When george sholty and del insko arrived from the midwest, they didnt have top stock in their stable, but they showed ability as catchdrivers, which were still rare in the early 1960s. Harness racing driver george sholty with race horse son sam photo measures 8 x 10. Little brown jug, held at the delaware county fair in delaware, ohio. Driver trainer george sholty was inducted into the harness racing hall of fame in 1985. Ken barlows good friends and racing colleagues included george sholty, jimmy and john simpson, billy. He took a hiatus from the sport from 1994 to 2001 in order to spend time with his son, morgan.
The yonkers trot is a harness racing event for threeyearold standardbred trotters raced at a distance of one mile at yonkers raceway in yonkers, new york. Having a romance with romeo sports illustrated vault. Bongiorno scored his first meadowlands win in a dead heat in 2012 with moving art. He was trained and driven by stanley dancer, and was honored as united states harness horse. Sholty and insko really proved to be the death knell for the heavy drivers in new york. Knox, a chalmers, indiana native, was a wellknown figure on the illinois and indiana harness racing scene, having served as a starter and trackman at various chicago raceways, in addition to being an accomplished trainer driver. Canadianborn usa legend lucien fontaine harnesslink. Sholty comments on whipping rule monday, february 02, 2009 by george buzzy sholty tweet leading meadowlands drivers george brennan and yannick gingras, usta director alan leavitt, and usta web columnist dean hoffman submitted comments last week regarding an upcoming usta rule change proposal on whipping. George steinbrenner was a very active and successful standardbred horse owner and whitey ford was a frequent visitor to pompano park in florida. George raced predominantly on the east coast through the late 1950s and early 1960s. George sholty, is a hall of fame harness racing driver and. Published in the harness racing museums 2000 book, the 2000 immortals.
Dec 14 george sholty, american harness driver 2,934 career wins. All drivers acquitted as harness trial ends the new york times. Chicago, il robert knox, 85, of homewood, il, passed away this morning mr. Was the most in demand catch driver on the roosevelt and yonkers circuit. George brennan, who became only the second driver to win the. Press photo race car driver george wingerter poses with mr. Knox, a chalmers, indiana native, was a wellknown figure on the illinois and indiana harness racing scene, having served as a starter and trackman at various chicago raceways, in addition to being an accomplished. Jun 02, 1974 all drivers acquitted as harness trial ends. Sep 09, 2019 the favorite raven hanover george sholty took the first in 2. Sears is the 15th driver in harness racing history to win 9,000 races.
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