Career
Gurfein is one of the top conditioners of trotters and a 2006 inductee into the Living Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y…Opened up his stable in 1965, moved to Monticello in 1967 and spent the better part of the next two decades at the Mighty M…He toiled in relative obscurity through that time even though he won the 1982 Adios Stakes with Higher Power and also conditioned the likes of Hardesty ($367,426) and the world champion mare Franconia ($527,151)…Moved to the Meadowlands in 1987 and five years later came up with an imposing trio of Imperfection, Baltic Striker, and Lady Starlet…Hit the pinnacle of the sport later that decade with horses such as Victory Dream and Beat The Wheel…The best horse of his career was the outstanding trotting filly Continentalvictory, who captured the Yonkers Trot and Hambletonian in 1996 on her way to earning Horse of the Year honors…Other top horses include 1999 Dan Patch Award divisional champion Self Possessed and 2003 Trotter of the Year Cantab Hall…Won the 1999 Glen Garnsey Trainer of the Year Award from the United States Harness Writers' Association.
Personal
Favorite food is sweetbreads grilled with lemon, white wine, and garlic…first car was a 1947 Plymouth convertible…sold advertising specialties when he was 13…has a Royal Standard Poodle…watches “24” and CNN on TV…is father to Lauren and Blake…loves to read…favorite hobby is playing tennis…says he is motivates by his “obsession with the trotting horse.”
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| Year |
Starts |
1sts |
Rank |
2nds |
3rds |
UTR |
Money Won |
Rank |
| 2017 |
18 |
1 |
|
3 |
1 |
.167 |
32,171 |
|
| 2016 |
12 |
2 |
|
0 |
2 |
.222 |
24,200 |
|
| 2015 |
48 |
8 |
|
4 |
10 |
.282 |
149,432 |
|
| 2014 |
50 |
8 |
|
1 |
7 |
.218 |
131,823 |
|
| 2013 |
71 |
12 |
|
12 |
9 |
.305 |
220,702 |
|
| 2012 |
89 |
10 |
|
14 |
17 |
.263 |
306,545 |
|
| 2011 |
79 |
14 |
|
11 |
12 |
.305 |
338,108 |
|
| 2010 |
108 |
19 |
|
11 |
12 |
.270 |
301,231 |
|
| 2009 |
160 |
23 |
|
30 |
23 |
.296 |
685,802 |
|
| 2008 |
218 |
28 |
|
31 |
38 |
.266 |
1,263,689 |
|
| 2007 |
167 |
33 |
|
30 |
22 |
.341 |
1,654,748 |
|
| 2006 |
116 |
32 |
|
25 |
10 |
.424 |
1,579,194 |
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| 2005 |
152 |
23 |
|
21 |
19 |
.270 |
930,104 |
|
| 2004 |
125 |
20 |
|
19 |
13 |
.279 |
1,362,996 |
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| 2003 |
125 |
24 |
|
12 |
13 |
.280 |
780,250 |
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| 2002 |
145 |
25 |
|
25 |
20 |
.314 |
699,255 |
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| 2001 |
98 |
5 |
|
15 |
15 |
.187 |
284,070 |
|
| 2000 |
151 |
23 |
|
20 |
14 |
.257 |
581,159 |
|
| 1999 |
170 |
39 |
|
17 |
23 |
.330 |
2,064,639 |
(8) |
| 1998 |
221 |
41 |
|
48 |
26 |
.345 |
1,764,320 |
(11) |
| 1997 |
172 |
30 |
|
24 |
21 |
.293 |
1,309,949 |
(17) |
| 1996 |
143 |
38 |
|
16 |
22 |
.379 |
1,901,730 |
(8) |
| 1995 |
245 |
62 |
|
36 |
17 |
.358 |
1,525,190 |
(12) |
| 1994 |
150 |
35 |
|
21 |
14 |
.342 |
1,328,950 |
(11) |
| 1993 |
159 |
24 |
|
26 |
15 |
.273 |
491,127 |
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| 1992 |
222 |
51 |
|
31 |
20 |
.337 |
1,727,285 |
(5) |
| 1991 |
205 |
43 |
|
27 |
21 |
.317 |
934,015 |
(15) |
|
3619 |
673 |
|
530 |
436 |
.000 |
24,372,684 |
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DAN PATCH AWARD WINNERS
2-YEAR-OLD COLT TROT
(03) Cantab Hall
2-YEAR-OLD FILLY TROT
(95) Continentalvictory
3-YEAR-OLD COLT TROT
(94) Victory Dream
(99) Self Possessed
3-YEAR-OLD FILLY TROT
(92) Imperfection
(96) Continentalvictory
TROTTER OF THE YEAR
(96) Continentalvictory
(03) Cantab Hall
HORSE OF THE YEAR
(96) Continentalvictory
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