Gene Riegle

Grant E. "Gene" Riegle (June 3, 1928 – October 17, 2011) was an American harness racing driver and trainer. He was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1992.[2]

Gene Riegle[1]
OccupationHarness racing horse trainer
Born(1928-06-03)June 3, 1928
Greenville, Ohio
DiedOctober 17, 2011(2011-10-17) (aged 83)
Greenville, Ohio
Major racing wins
Adios Pace (1972)
Little Brown Jugette (1982, 1988)
Governor's Cup Stakes (1990, 1991, 1992)
Metro Pace (1990)
New Jersey Classic Pace (1992)
Hambletonian Oaks (1992)
Art Rooney Pace (1993, 1996)

Breeders Crown wins:
Breeders Crown 2YO Filly Pace (1987, 1996)
Breeders Crown 2YO Colt & Gelding Pace (1990)
Breeders Crown 3YO Colt & Gelding Pace (1993, 1984)

U.S. Pacing Triple Crown wins:

Messenger Stakes (1984, 1992)
Cane Pace (1992)
Little Brown Jug (1993)
Racing awards
Dan Patch Trainer of the Year Award (1990)
Honours
Little Brown Jug Wall of Fame
(1992)
United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame (1992)
Significant horses
Artsplace, Jay Time, Life Sign, Troublemaker

Riegle started his harness racing career in 1950.[3] His father, Roy Riegle, was also a driver and trainer. Roy Riegle and his wife were killed in a 1957 auto accident.[4]

At the 1972 Little Brown Jug, Riegle drove Jay Time who was the odds on favorite before the race.[5] Jay Time, who finished in a dead heat with Strike Out one month earlier in the Adios Pace,[6] was scratched after the first heat due to a high temperature.[7]

During the 1981 Woodrow Wilson Pace held at Meadowlands Raceway, Riegle was thrown from his sulky while driving Andre Hanover in the process of trying to avoid a fallen horse. He suffered minor abrasions.[8] 1992 Harness racing horse of the year, Artsplace, was trained by Riegle.[9]

In 1990, Riegle along with Bruce Nickells, were awarded the Glen Garnsey Trophy as United States Trainer of the Year.[10]

Riegle trained 1993 Little Brown Jug winner, Life Sign.[11]

Riegle died at his Greenville, Ohio home on October 17, 2011.[12]

References
  1. In Memory of Grant E Riegle
  2. Harness Racing; Western Hanover Appears to Be the Steadiest Shot
  3. Ohioan Riegle seeks no repeat of harness history.
  4. Roy Riegle And Delila Riegle
  5. 'Jay Time' is favorite
  6. Dead heat by pacers in Adios
  7. Strike Out winner
  8. Haughton wins Wilson Pace
  9. Artsplace, Champion Pacer and Sire, Euthanatized
  10. Awards
  11. Life Sign is Jug winner
  12. Gene Riegle, 83, Hall of Fame driver/trainer, dies
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