March of Dimes Trot

The March of Dimes Trot was a Standardbredtrotting race that took place at Garden State Park Racetrack in New Jersey on November 17, 1988. It is considered one of the most legendary races in trotting history. The race was connected with March of Dimes charity foundation.[1]

The idea of the race was a duel between American world-record-breaker Mack Lobell, who had just been sold to Sweden and the famous French trotter Ourasi. Both horses had been racing in Europe but they had never met. The one-mile race also featured eight other horses from Europe and North America. Three of the European participants (Napoletano, Sugarcane Hanover and Friendly Face) were American-bred.[1]

The race evoked great interest in Europe. More than 70 reporters had flown to cover the race. A four-hour television coverage was sent to France and the race was also broadcast in Sweden. Surprisingly only a crowd of 8,000 people showed up at the racetrack. Hundreds of them were from Europe.[2]

Winner of the March of Dimes Trot was an American expatriate Sugarcane Hanover who was trained in Norway. Ourasi finished second and Mack Lobell who took the lead was third.[1][3]

Results

Pos Country1 Horse Driver Time Prize
1 Norway Sugarcane Hanover Gunnar Eggen 1:11.6 $270 000
2 France Ourasi Jean-René Gougeon 1:11.6 $120 000
3 Sweden Mack Lobell John D Campbell 1:11.7 $72 000
4 Sweden Napoletano Stig H Johansson 1:11.8 $48 000
5 United States Scenic Regal Harold Story 1:12.2 $30 000
6 Canada No Sex Please Ron Waples 1:12.2 $12 000
7 Italy Esotico Prad Giuseppe Guzzinati 1:12.2 $12 000
8 United States Go Get Lost Tom Sells 1:12.2
9 Sweden Callit Karl O Johansson 1:12.5
10 Finland Friendly Face Pekka Korpi 1:12.6

1 Country of the owner

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Free-Legged: The memorable March of Dimes Trot". United States Trotting Association. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
  2. "International Intruder". Sports Illustrated. 1988-11-28. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
  3. "March of Dimes". World Class Trotting. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
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