Carol Hodes for SBOANJ
MANALAPAN,
NJ – April 25, 2015 – Harness racing Hall of Famer Stanley Dancer is competing
for a spot in the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
Voting
ends on June 7, 2015.
Dancer
is a nominee in the sports category. The public may cast ballots on: http://njhalloffame.org/2015-nominees/
The
Hall of Fame was created to “honor New Jerseyans who have made invaluable
contributions.”
Dancer, one of the premier harness drivers and trainers in North America,
passed away on September 9, 2005 at the age of 78. He grew up on the
family farm in New Egypt, NJ and converted it into a showcase training center
called Egyptian Acres. He campaigned many of the sports greats on his way
to induction into the harness racing Hall of Fame in 1969.
Dancer earned $1 million in purses in 1964,
becoming the first driver to win that much in a single year, and drove Cardigan Bay, the first standardbred horse to win $1 million in
career prize money. He campaigned four Hambletonian winners.
His 3,781st and final winner came in 1995,
bringing his earnings as a driver to more than $28 million.
Dancer trained and driven horses won the
Triple Crown three times: trotters Nevele Pride
in 1968 and Super
Bowl in 1972, and with Most Happy Fella in 1970.
He trained and drove the harness Horse of the
Year seven times: trotters Su
Mac Lad in 1962 and Nevele Pride in 1967
through 1969, and pacers Albatross in 1971 and 1972 and Keystone
Ore in 1976.
