# Gene Riegle > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gene_Riegle > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gene_Riegle.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Riegle > Source revision: 1298666273 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox horseracing personality |name = Gene Riegle[http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Grant-Riegle&lc=6945&pid=154206923&mid=4855217 In Memory of Grant E Riegle] |image = |caption = |occupation = [Harness racing](/source/Harness_racing) [horse trainer](/source/horse_trainer) |birth_date = {{birth date |1928|06|3}} |birth_place = [Greenville, Ohio](/source/Greenville%2C_Ohio) |death_date = {{death date and age|2011|10|17|1928|6|3}} |death_place = [Greenville, Ohio](/source/Greenville%2C_Ohio) |career wins = |race = [Adios Pace](/source/Adios_Pace) (1972)
[Little Brown Jugette](/source/Little_Brown_Jugette) (1982, 1988)
[Governor's Cup Stakes](/source/Governor's_Cup_Stakes) (1990, 1991, 1992)
[Metro Pace](/source/Metro_Pace) (1990)
[New Jersey Classic Pace](/source/New_Jersey_Classic_Pace) (1992)
[Hambletonian Oaks](/source/Hambletonian_Oaks) (1992)
[Art Rooney Pace](/source/Art_Rooney_Pace) (1993, 1996) '''[Breeders Crown](/source/Breeders_Crown) wins:'''
[Breeders Crown 2YO Filly Pace](/source/Breeders_Crown_2YO_Filly_Pace) (1987, 1996)
[Breeders Crown 2YO Colt & Gelding Pace](/source/Breeders_Crown_2YO_Colt_%26_Gelding_Pace) (1990)
[Breeders Crown 3YO Colt & Gelding Pace](/source/Breeders_Crown_3YO_Colt_%26_Gelding_Pace) (1993, 1984) '''[U.S. Pacing Triple Crown](/source/Triple_Crown_of_Harness_Racing_for_Pacers) wins:'''
[Messenger Stakes](/source/Messenger_Stakes) (1984, 1992)
[Cane Pace](/source/Cane_Pace) (1992)
[Little Brown Jug](/source/Little_Brown_Jug_(horse_race)) (1993) |awards = [Dan Patch Trainer of the Year Award](/source/Dan_Patch_Trainer_of_the_Year_Award) (1990) |honours = [Little Brown Jug Wall of Fame](/source/Little_Brown_Jug_Wall_of_Fame)
(1992)
[United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame](/source/Harness_Racing_Museum_%26_Hall_of_Fame) (1992) |horses = [Artsplace](/source/Artsplace), Jay Time, [Life Sign](/source/Life_Sign), [Troublemaker](/source/Troublemaker_(horse)) |updated = }} '''Grant E. "Gene" Riegle''' (June 3, 1928 – October 17, 2011) was an American [harness racing](/source/harness_racing) driver and trainer. He was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1992.[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/10/sports/harness-racing-western-hanover-appears-to-be-the-steadiest-shot.html Harness Racing; Western Hanover Appears to Be the Steadiest Shot] Riegle started his harness racing career in 1950.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19740720&id=gWQwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YW0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7250,2615699&hl=en Ohioan Riegle seeks no repeat of harness history.] His father, Roy Riegle, was also a driver and trainer. Roy Riegle and his wife were killed in a 1957 auto accident.[http://www.mi-harness.net/SBreds/Memor71.html#Riegle Roy Riegle And Delila Riegle]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} At the 1972 [Little Brown Jug](/source/Little_Brown_Jug_(horse_racing)), Riegle drove Jay Time who was the odds on favorite before the race.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19720921&id=6LEiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TLMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6452,1275878&hl=en 'Jay Time' is favorite] Jay Time, who finished in a dead heat with [Strike Out](/source/Strike_Out) one month earlier in the [Adios Pace](/source/Adios_Pace),[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19720814&id=DgsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w6EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2090,3054295&hl=en Dead heat by pacers in Adios] was scratched after the first heat due to a high temperature.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19720921&id=6LEiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TLMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6452,1275878&hl=en Strike Out winner] During the 1981 [Woodrow Wilson Pace](/source/Woodrow_Wilson_Pace) held at [Meadowlands Raceway](/source/Meadowlands_Raceway), Riegle was thrown from his [sulky](/source/sulky) while driving [Andre Hanover](/source/Andre_Hanover) in the process of trying to avoid a fallen horse. He suffered minor abrasions.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19810804&id=8MUxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jo0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6901,626226&hl=en Haughton wins Wilson Pace] 1992 Harness racing horse of the year, [Artsplace](/source/Artsplace), was trained by Riegle.[http://www.thehorse.com/articles/17340/artsplace-champion-pacer-and-sire-euthanatized Artsplace, Champion Pacer and Sire, Euthanatized] In 1990, Riegle along with [Bruce Nickells](/source/Bruce_Nickells), were awarded the [Glen Garnsey Trophy](/source/Dan_Patch_Trainer_of_the_Year_Award) as United States Trainer of the Year.[http://www.worldclasstrotting.com/TravStatistik/WCT_STATISTIK/Usa/Awards.htm Awards] Riegle trained 1993 Little Brown Jug winner, Life Sign.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19930924&id=y4JeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AGINAAAAIBAJ&pg=1332,7824561&hl=en Life Sign is Jug winner] Riegle died at his [Greenville, Ohio](/source/Greenville%2C_Ohio) home on October 17, 2011.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170208073412/http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/templates/article.aspx?articleid=45275 Gene Riegle, 83, Hall of Fame driver/trainer, dies] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.harnessmuseum.com/content/gene-riegle Gene Riegle at Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame] {{DEFAULTSORT:Riegle, Gene}} Category:1928 births Category:2011 deaths Category:American harness racers Category:Dan Patch Award winners Category:People from Greenville, Ohio Category:United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductees Category:Sportspeople from Ohio --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gene Riegle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Riegle) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Riegle?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.