The Year of the Milestone

With all the hysteria following Dave Palone going after the record for all-time dash winning driver, others aim to reach other milestones of their career.


Geo. Napolitano at Pocono

Over the last couple of months, drivers and trainers have been accomplishing several feats that make their name stand out among the rankings. Recently, George Napolitano Jr. racked his 5,000^th win at Harrah’s Philadelphia on June 17. On the training side of it, Mark Ford earned his 3,000^th win at Saratoga.

Other drivers that reached a milestone this year includes Yannick Gingras (4,000 wins), Tim Tetrick (7,000 wins), Anthony Morgan (14,000 wins) and Wally Hennessey (8,000 wins).

Ron Pierce moved up the standings to second in all-time earnings. With his recent victories in the Goodtimes and Mohawk Gold Cup, he passed Mike Lachance with career earnings of $186.06-million, as Lachance’s were $185.92-million. John Campbell is the all-time leader with $278.2-million.

Many drivers and trainers are approaching major milestones in their career. Driver Pat Berry is approaching his 3,000^th win. The Illinois native is currently nineteenth in the standings at the Big M, with three victories out of 153 starts.



Dave Palone doing the "Filion" to the
winners circle

Dave Palone has received a lot of attention from his bid to 15,181 wins (making him North America’s all-time dash winning driver). The fifty-year-old has finished on top of the standings at The Meadows a whopping 23 times in all three categories!

Herve Filion is the all-time dash leader until Dave passes him.

Listed below are other horseman that should reach a milestone by the end of the year:

Ron Burke- 3,000 training victories

Casie Coleman- 2,000 training victories

Greg Grismore- 6,000 driving victories

Roger Hammer- 2,000 training victories

Mark MacDonald- 5,000 driving victories

Paul MacDonell- 5,000 driving victories

Ervin Miller- 4,000 training victories

Julie Miller- 1,000 training victories

Brian Sears- 8,000 driving victories

We wish them the best of luck in marking their name as the best in the sport.

Yannick Gingras Reaches 4,000 Victories

CHESTER, PA— Driver Yannick Gingras reached a career feat as he visited the winners circle 4,000 times aboard Versado in the fourth race at Harrah’s Chester on Sunday, April 22, 2012.

Versado, the public choice at 4/5, got away third around the first turn and went after the early pace setter Wind Me Up. Nobody was able to pressure Versado as he drew away from the bunch at the three-quarter pole.

 
Versado is a five-year-old gelding by Dragon Again out of the mare Beach Jenny by Beach Towel. He has won fifteen races out of sixty-six starts and earned $533,158 lifetime. He is owned by the Kdm Stables, trained by Nick Surick and Gingras guided Versado to win his second race of 2012.