The Canadian Sportsman
Hollywood Extra
Back To Hollywood ExtraJanuary 26, 2010
Five trainers from Down Under have won 17 U.S. division titles between them at the Dan Patch Awards.
Brett Pelling’s won eight titles with seven horses. Noel Daley has won four titles with two horses. Chris Ryder (above Claus Andersen photo) and Ross Croghan have won two titles apiece and Richard “Nifty” Norman has one title to his credit.
Pelling also did something that will never be equaled. He won his first three Meadowlands Pace finals without any of them earning the division title that year — Davids Pass (‘95), Dream Away (‘97) and The Panderosa (‘99).
Generation gap
In many sports, your early 30s can — and are — your prime years. But that is most certainly not the case in harness racing. In our sport, it seems the best years either come before or after a driver becomes a 30-something. Consider each drivers’ best years ever:
Tim Tetrick — $19,752,066 when he was 27
Yannick Gingras — $9,768,048 when he was 29
Jason Bartlett — $10.8 million at age 28
Dave Palone — $10,719,408 at 47
Dave Miller — $12,195,868 at 44
Jim Morrill, Jr. $8,217,408 at 45
John Campbell — $14,184,863 at 46
Brian Sears — $16,667,090 at 40
Ron Pierce — $14,439,087 at 50
Mike Lachance — $10,696,993 at 50
Cat Manzi — had his seven richest seasons ever between the ages of 53 and 59
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