Fredericton Raceway "Golden Jubilee" Club - Drivers of the last 50 years by stats - 2023 edition

In 2023, Todd Trites became the leading dash-winning driver of all time from Fredericton Raceway with 2,443 career wins, taking over from Mike Downey, who has 2,430.  He is only 57 wins away from 2,500.

Todd is also second in career earnings behind Mike Stevenson, who is far and away the leading money winning driver.  Mike has a good chance of passing $10 million in career earnings in 2024.

Yesterday we reviewed some of the greatest horses ever developed at Fredericton Raceway but the picturesque oval was also the launching ground for a number of great drivers.  Some of those drivers are native to Fredericton while others relocated and began their harness racing careers here primarily.  Please consider that some drivers have stats prior to the 1970s that are not included in their totals.  So with that in mind, let's flash back and remember some names from past and present.

 

Select Fredericton Drivers by life wins

 

 

Todd Trites - 2443

Mike Downey - 2430

Mike Stevenson - 2137

Robert Stevenson - 1531

Lonny Stokes – 1266

Mike Campbell - 1120

Stephen Trites - 744

Philip Sowers - 508

Mark Collett - 267

Bo Sowers - 252

James Smith - 241

John Stewart - 237

Sheldon Watts - 207

Eric Lakes - 134

Donald Bishop - 132

Ned Lindon - 125

Scott Forbes - 124

Billy Watts - 118

John Tyler - 113

Gordon Collett - 112

Percy Jones - 105

Kim Cameron - 81

Philip Hodgson - 80

Ed Harvey - 72 

Tom Belmore - 72

Clowes Bishop - 56

Chester Eatmon Jr. - 50

Philip Reid - 48

Kelly Watts - 47

Everett McCoy - 45

Rick Beattie - 42

Charles Miles - 42 

George Woodside - 41

Stefan Decourcey - 34

Lloyd Denton - 23

Mark Stevenson - 21

Colin Decourcey - 20

Wade McCoy - 19

Chester Eatmon Sr. - 17

Roy Dickinson - 16

Stacy Gay - 15

Doug Cameron - 15

Todd Scott - 13

Susan Downey - 10  

Ashley Sloat - 7      

George Spencer - 7

Joan Sowers - 5      

Tony Decourcey - 4

Robert McSorley - 4

Kent Beattie - 3

Brian Embleton - 3

Winfield Scott - 3

Paul Cooper - 1

Select Fredericton Drivers by lifetime earnings

Mike Stevenson - $9,548,585

Todd Trites - $3,890,763

Mike Downey $3,562,055

Robert Stevenson - $2,091,747 

Stephen Trites - $1,427,232

Lonny Stokes - $1,103,397 

Mike Campbell - $1,036,900

Scott Forbes - $549,764

Bo Sowers - $497,568

Phil Sowers - $253,439

Mark Collett - $192,321

Philip Hodgson - $167,898

John Stewart - $142,228

James Smith - $127,557

Philip Reid - $116,664

Sheldon Watts - $116,066

Donald Bishop $101,958

Billy Watts - $83,894    

Ed Harvey - $80,323

Percy Jones - $74,075

Eric Lakes - $65,956

Kelly Watts - $60,265

Charles Miles - $56,902

Tom Belmore - $56,279

Wade McCoy - $51,551 

Ned Lindon - $48,849

Stefan Decourcey - $47,807             

John Tyler - $46,287

Kim Cameron - $45,139

Gordon Collett - $44,116

Colin Decourcey - $40,122

Chester Eatmon Jr. - $34,461      

Clowes Bishop - $28,967 

Rick Beattie - $24,975

Colin Decourcey - $19,710

George Woodside - $18,901

Stacy Gay - $15,575      

Everett McCoy - $15,909 

Roy Dickinson - $12,264      

Todd Scott - $12,614
Mark Stevenson - $10,945      

Lloyd Denton - $8,437

Doug Cameron - $8,016     

Chester Eatmon Sr. - $5,911

Ashley Sloat - $3,509

Kent Beattie - $3,505       

Susan Downey - $2,673      

George Spencer - $1,996

Robert McSorley - $1,948

Joan Sowers - $1,922      

Tony Decourcey - $1,841

Winfield Scott - $1,794

Brian Embleton - $983

Jeff Trites - $811        

Paul Cooper - $321        

Brent Briggs - $249

 

 

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