Manzi posts career victory 11,000
April 28, 2005,from Meadowlands Media Relations
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – April 28, 2005 – Cat Manzi, third in the all-time victory list among North American harness drivers, posted career victory 11,000 with Classical Man in the seventh race on Thursday night at the Meadowlands.
Manzi, who trails only Herve Filion [15,103] and Walter Case [11,027 wins] on the all-time list, also currently leads all drivers by wins in 2005 with 283 victories.
The 54-year-old Freehold, New Jersey resident, who has $103 million in career earnings, was inducted into harness racing’s Hall of Fame in 2001.
Cat Manzi career driving summary (thru 4/27/05) *Year Purse Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Money Won UDRS Mat. & Qual. Starts *2005 1446 282 240 202 $2,538,543 0.334 93 *2004 3294 651 513 391 $7,693,362 0.324 422 *2003 2726 415 413 371 $5,506,822 0.282 375 *2002 2655 416 371 351 $4,855,880 0.278 353 *2001 2468 401 343 307 $4,115,237 0.281 317 *2000 2744 446 371 334 $5,447,595 0.278 356 *1999 2403 371 338 297 $4,035,102 0.274 247 *1998 2919 399 388 373 $5,444,858 0.253 488 *1997 3195 473 405 392 $4,772,720 0.259 392 *1996 2907 463 368 373 $4,169,041 0.272 340 *1995 2955 399 396 346 $5,044,704 0.249 258 *1994 3034 407 414 379 $4,569,712 0.252 238 *1993 3042 437 357 372 $4,725,436 0.250 258 *1992 3427 548 483 407 $5,187,292 0.278 305 1991 3350 548 461 421 $4,793,239 0.282 325 1990 3750 641 481 488 $5,512,251 0.286 363 1989 3729 687 577 487 $4,479,193 0.314 323 1988 2778 432 412 361 $2,840,223 0.281 265 1987 2232 264 298 312 $1,961,635 0.239 216 1986 1213 124 133 123 $1,034,982 0.197 186 1985 1053 103 103 122 $892,466 0.191 185 1984 1214 131 138 136 $1,543,215 0.208 204 1983 1538 168 209 172 $3,401,713 0.222 284 1982 1705 255 230 215 $2,804,208 0.267 270 1981 1374 209 166 166 $1,974,587 0.260 226 1980 1567 251 223 179 $1,792,219 0.277 207 1979 1052 144 145 114 $888,903 0.250 181 1978 1034 132 132 145 $1,001,548 0.245 137 1977 636 93 90 72 $363,852 0.263 126 10999 $ 103,390,538