October 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
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]
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]
^In Memory of Grant E Riegle
^Harness Racing; Western Hanover Appears to Be the Steadiest Shot
^Ohioan Riegle seeks no repeat of harness history.
^Roy Riegle And Delila Riegle[permanent dead link]
^'Jay Time' is favorite
^Dead heat by pacers in Adios
^Strike Out winner
^Haughton wins Wilson Pace
^Artsplace, Champion Pacer and Sire, Euthanatized
^Awards
^Life Sign is Jug winner
^Gene Riegle, 83, Hall of Fame driver/trainer, dies
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...
coach GeneRiegle (1928–2011), American harness racing driver and trainer Merl Riegle (1950–2015), American crossword constructor Roy Wilford Riegle, (1896–1988)...
Peter Heffering 1:52 2/5 $328,305 1992 Western Hanover William Fahy GeneRiegle George Segal 1:53 1/5 $366,750 1991 Die Laughing Richard Silverman Roger...
Peter Heffering 1 m 1:51 2/5 $432,800 1992 Western Hanover Bill Fahy GeneRiegle George Segal 1 m 1:53 3/5 $364,350 1991 Silky Stallone Jack Moiseyev...
1:58 3/5 $88,800 1972 (dh) Strike Out Jay Time Keith Waples GeneRiegle John Hayes GeneRiegle Beejay Stable Mr. & Mrs. Carl C. Bass 1:58 1/5 $92,110 1973...
Allavamento la Nuova Sbarra 1:55 2/5 $445,056 1992 Worldly Woman Bruce RiegleGeneRiegle Bob Smalley T. D. & Linda Van Camp 1:57 0/0 $420,000 1991 Jean Bi...
Colour Bay Breeder George Segal Owner George Segal Brian Monieson Trainer GeneRiegle Robert McIntosh Record 49: 37-7-1 Earnings $3,085,083 Major wins Breeders...
William G. Robinson 1992 : Robert McIntosh 1991 : Per Eriksson 1990 : GeneRiegle / Bruce Nickells 1989 : Richard Stillings / Harry J. Poulton 1988 : Steve...
Harold G. Shipp Stable 1:54 3/5 $716,000 Moh 1990 Artsplace John Campbell GeneRiegle George Segal, Brian Monieson 1:53 4/5 $797,400 Wdb 1989 Road Machine...
Robert McIntosh Robert Hamather Kentuckiana Farms 1992 Artsplace ^†* P 4 GeneRiegle George Segal & Brian Monieson George Segal 1991 Precious Bunny ^†* P...
& Daniel J. Daly 1:53 2/5 $308,083 1996 Firm Belief Michel Lachance GeneRiegle Brittany Farms 1:55 0/0 $304,183 1995 Village Connection Paul MacDonell...
Antonio Chiaravalle 1:51 4/5 $500,000 1992 Western Hanover William Fahy GeneRiegle George Segal 1:50 4/5 $500,000 1991 Die Laughing Richard Silverman Roger...
Alderman & Alderman 1:57 1/5 $119,886 1982 Three Diamonds Bruce RiegleGeneRiegle George Segal 1:57 3/5 $140,115 1981 Watering Can Stanley Dancer John...
horses to Breeders Crown championships. In 1990, Nickells along with GeneRiegle, were awarded the Glen Garnsey Trophy as the U.S. Trainer of the Year...
Dancer 1990 — John G. Hayes, Sr. 1991 — Stanley F. Bergstein 1992 — GeneRiegle 1993 — James A. Rhodes 1994 — Corwin M. Nixon 1995 — W. D. "Tom" Thomson...
FAQ: Legal Tender Status Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994, see Sec. 602(f)(4) Hessler, Gene and Chambliss, Carlson (2006)...
and U.S. soldiers were awarded medals for detecting chemical agents. The Riegle Report said that chemical alarms went off 18,000 times during the Gulf War...
1975 to 1976. In 1976, incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Donald Riegle resigned after being appointed to fill the vacant seat in the U.S. Senate...
elected to the 88th Congress, serving from 1963 to 1965 in the 3rd district. Riegle joined the Democratic Party in February 1973, during the 93rd Congress....
the Health Consequences of the Gulf War". This publication, called the Riegle Report, summarized testimony this committee had received establishing that...
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