by John Manzi, publicity director, Monticello Raceway

Monticello, NY — Quietly and without much fanfare, on March 1 Jimmy Marohn, Jr. reined the 2,000th winner of his career.

Geri Schwarz photo

Jimmy Marohn, Jr. is joined by Eric Warner (second from right), the track’s director of racing, after his milestone victory.

It came behind Edward Hall’s trotter JN Sydney, when the 5-year-old Mr Lavec mare, trained by Danny Gill, toured the Monticello Raceway oval in a time of 2:02.2 to finish one length ahead of Sin To Win (Austin Siegelman).

Last season Marohn’s 271 wins at the Mighty M topped all other reinsmen and Gill’s 118 training victories won him leading trainer honors.

This season Marohn has driven 54 winners thus far which ranks him second behind Bruce Aldrich, Jr.’s 63. Gill, on the other hand, is atop the training leaderboard currently with 30 wins.