On December 31, 2005 at the age of 55, Manzi became the oldest harness driver to lead North America in victories.[10]
For two decades Manzi would drive afternoon races at Freehold Raceway, go home to eat dinner, then drive more races in the evening at Meadowlands Racetrack.[11]
Manzi drove his 14,000th career winner on December 14, 2010 at Yonkers Raceway.[12] At the time, Hervé Filion and Dave Palone were the only other harness horse drivers to have 14,000 or more career winners.
On March 28, 2014, Manzi announced his retirement from driving following two bad accidents. The first, on September 6, 2013 at Freehold Raceway, left Manzi with a fractured pelvis. After recovering, he returned to racing only to be injured again when the starting car at Freehold Raceway lost control and collided with several drivers and horses on January 10, 2014. At the time of his retirement, Manzi was ranked third all-time for wins at 14,812, and fifth all-time in earnings at $158.5 million.[13]
United States Trotting Association Catello Manzi Profile
August 28, 2023
catello, manzi, catello, manzi, born, june, 1950, american, harness, racing, driver, trainer, manzi, nickname, catman, occupationharness, racing, driver, trainerborn, 1950, june, 1950, monticello, york, career, wins14, 812major, racing, winslawrence, sheppard,. Catello R Manzi born June 27 1950 is an American harness racing driver and trainer Manzi s nickname is Catman 2 Catello ManziOccupationHarness racing driver trainerBorn 1950 06 27 June 27 1950 age 73 Monticello New York U S Career wins14 812Major racing winsLawrence B Sheppard Pace 1983 Hambletonian Oaks 1993 U S Pacing Championship 1994 1997 Kentucky Filly Futurity 1995 Maple Leaf Trot 1996 William R Haughton Memorial Pace 1998 2005 Woodrow Wilson Pace 2000 Dexter Cup 2003 North America Cup 2004 Meadowlands Pace 2006 U S Pacing Triple Crown wins Cane Pace 1996 U S Trotting Triple Crown wins Yonkers Trot 1994 2003 2007 Racing awardsHarness Tracks of America Driver of the Year 2005 HonoursUnited States Harness Racing amp Hall of Fame 2002 1 Significant horsesBeat The Wheel Mantacular Riyadh Sugar Trader Winky s Goal RunnerBorn in Monticello New York Manzi grew up in Sullivan County New York in a harness racing family His father Alfonso was a horse trainer 3 He drove his first race at Monticello Raceway in the late 1960s Manzi s first career win came at Pocono Downs in 1969 4 In 1974 Manzi set a Monticello Raceway record for most wins by a driver 5 The 1994 Yonkers Trot winner Bullsville Victory was driven by Manzi 6 Manzi also drove Sugar Trader to victory in the 2003 Yonkers Trot 7 The Yonkers Trot is the second leg of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters On May 27 1999 Manzi suffered serious injuries in a spill at Freehold Raceway 8 Manzi was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in July 2002 9 On December 31 2005 at the age of 55 Manzi became the oldest harness driver to lead North America in victories 10 For two decades Manzi would drive afternoon races at Freehold Raceway go home to eat dinner then drive more races in the evening at Meadowlands Racetrack 11 Manzi drove his 14 000th career winner on December 14 2010 at Yonkers Raceway 12 At the time Herve Filion and Dave Palone were the only other harness horse drivers to have 14 000 or more career winners On March 28 2014 Manzi announced his retirement from driving following two bad accidents The first on September 6 2013 at Freehold Raceway left Manzi with a fractured pelvis After recovering he returned to racing only to be injured again when the starting car at Freehold Raceway lost control and collided with several drivers and horses on January 10 2014 At the time of his retirement Manzi was ranked third all time for wins at 14 812 and fifth all time in earnings at 158 5 million 13 References Edit Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame Harness Racing trivia Cat Manzi to be inducted into Harness Hall of Fame Archived 2013 01 24 at archive today Cat Manzi joins a select group of harness drivers Archived 2013 01 24 at archive today Catello Manzi top driver Horse Racing 22 1 Shot at Yonkers Plus Harness Racing Sugar Trader Wins Yonkers Trot Three harness drivers injured when horses collide Manzi Dashes To Harness Hall Harness driver Cat Manzi 55 concludes record season The Catman of the Meadowlands and Freehold Cat Manzi wins number 14 000 Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine Cat Manzi retires from drivingExternal links EditUnited States Trotting Association Catello Manzi Profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Catello Manzi amp oldid 1169511231, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
