1984 through 9-1-2009
25 YEARS OF BREEDERS CROWN STATISTICS
First race: Two-Year-Old Colt Trot, October 5, 1984
First Host Track: The Red Mile, Lexington, KY
First Breeders Crown Champion: The Workaholic’s Workaholic
(driven by Berndt Lindstedt & trained by Continental Farms Stable)
Number of final events to date: 290 through Aug. 09
Total purses: $139,594,634
Number of Host Tracks: 29
Most Events Hosted: 67
The Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, NJ, hosted single events in 1987 & 1988
and multiple events from 1996-2009.
Smallest purse: $200,000 -- 1990 Open Mare Pace
Richest purse: $1,000,000 - 2000 & 2002 Breeders Crown Trot
Fastest Pacing Mile (2-turn track):
1:47 Won The West (Jim Morrill Jr.) 2009 Open Pace – The Meadowlands
Fastest Trotting Mile (2-turn track):
1:51.1* Varenne (Giampaulo Minnucci) 2001 Open Trot - The Meadowlands
*Tied by Enough Talk in his Breeders Crown elimination, Mohawk Racetrack, 2008
Number of world records set in Crown competition: 28
Number of track records set in Crown competition: 89
Breeders Crown champions also named divisional champions: 163 of 284
Breeders Crown champions named Horse of the Year: 19 of 25
1984 – FANCY CROWN
1993 – STAYING TOGETHER
2001 – BUNNY LAKE
1985 – NIHILATOR
1994 – Cam’s Card Shark
2002 – REAL DESIRE
1986 – FORREST SKIPPER
(Eligible; retired prior to Crown)
2003 – NO PAN INTENDED
1987 – MACK LOBELL
1995 – CR KAY SUZIE
2004 – RAINBOW BLUE
1988 – MACK LOBELL
1996 – Continentalvictory
2005 – ROCKNROLL HANOVER
1989 – MATT’S SCOOTER
(Eligible; retired prior to Crown)
2006 – Glidemaster
1990 – BEACH TOWEL
1997 – MALABAR MAN
1991 – Precious Bunny
1998 – MONI MAKER
(Ineligible; no supplements)
1999 – Moni Maker
1992 – ARTSPLACE
(Eligible; did not race in the Crown)
2000 – GALLO BLUE CHIP
(2ND in his Crown event)
2007 – Donato Hanover
(3rd in his Crown event)
2008 – SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE
Breeders Crown champions voted
TROTTER OF THE YEAR: 15
1984
1985
1987
1988
1989
1991
1993
1994
1995
1997
1998
2001
2002
2003
2005
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Breeders Crown champions voted
PACER OF THE YEAR: 17
FANCY CROWN
PRAKAS
MACK LOBELL
MACK LOBELL
PEACE CORPS
GIANT VICTORY
PINE CHIP
PINE CHIP
CR KAY SUZIE
MALABAR MAN
MONI MAKER
SYRINX HANOVER
KADABRA
CANTAB HALL
MR. MUSCLEMAN
1985
1986
1987
1989
1990
1992
1993
1995
1996
1998
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2008
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NIHILATOR
FORREST SKIPPER
CAMTASTIC
MATT’S SCOOTER
BEACH TOWEL
ARTSPLACE
STAYING TOGETHER
JENNA’S BEACH BOY
JENNA’S BEACH BOY
RED BOW TIE
GALLO BLUE CHIP
BUNNY LAKE
REAL DESIRE
NO PAN INTENDED
RAINBOW BLUE
ROCKNROLL HANOVER
SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE
Horses that won two Breeders Crown titles: 30 (15 trotters & 15 pacers):
Pacers:
Armbro Operative (96 3CP, 97OP)
Artiscape (97 2CP, 98 3CP)
Art Major (02 3CP, 03 OP)
Artsplace (90 2CP, 92 OP)
Boulder Creek (04 OP, 05OP)
Burning Point (03 3FP, 06 MP)
Call For Rain (87 3CP, 88 OP)
Camtastic (87 2CP, 88 3CP)
Immortality (92 2FP, 93 3FP)
Miss Easy (90 2FP, 91 3FP)
My Little Dragon (05 2FP, 06 3FP)
Real Desire (01 3CP, 02 OP)
Red Bow Tie (98, 99 OP)
Shady Daisy (92 OMP, 94 OMP)
Town Pro (89 2FP, 90 3FP)
Village Jiffy (92 2CP, 94 OP)
Trotters:
Armbro Keepsake (91 2FT, 94 OMT)
Cameron Hall (01 2FT, 02 3FT)
CR Kay Suzie (95 MT, 96 OT)
Fool’s Goal (02 OT, 03 OT)
JEF’s Spice (85 2FT, 86 3FT)
Lookout Victory (94 2FT, 95 3FT)
Me Maggie (90 3FT, 91 MT)
Malabar Man (96 2CT, 97 3CT)
Mr. Muscleman (03 3CT, 05 OT)
Mystical Sunshine (06 MT, 07 MT)
No Sex Please (90 OT, 92 OT)
Pine Chip (93 3CT, 94 OT)
Syrinx Hanover (00 2FT, 01 3FT)
Sugarcane Hanover (86 3CT, 87 OT)
Wesgate Crown (93 2CT, 97OT)
Horses that won three Crown titles: 5
TROTTERS
PACERS
GRADES SINGING (86 MT, 87 MT, 89 MT)
JENNA’S BEACH BOY (94 2CP, 95 3CP, 96 OP)
MACK LOBELL (86 2CT, 87 3CT, 88 OT)
ETERNAL CAMNATION (99 2FP, 01MP, 03MP)
MY LITTLE DRAGON (05 2FP, 06 3FP, 08 MP)
Horses to win four Crown titles: 1
PEACE CORPS (1988 2FT, 1989 3FT, 1990 MT, 1992 MT)
Most starts in a Breeders Crown: 6
ETERNAL CAMNATION b, m, 1997 Cam Fella (NJ) Cool World by Nihilator
1999
2-Filly Pace
1999
2-Filly Pace
2000
3-Filly Pace
2001
Mare Pace
2001
Mare Pace
2002
Mare Pace
2002
Mare Pace
2003
Mare Pace
2004
Mare Pace
Total Crown earnings
Elim
Final
Elim
Elim
Final
Elim
Final
Final
Final
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1
6
1
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4
2
1
4
18,375
310,916
0
12,500
166,250
3,200
87,500
150,000
24,000
$685,241