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For the final, however, the gelding was matched with a familiar driver, long-time Meadows reinsman Brian Sears.

His driver in New Zealand was the leading reinsman Peter Wolfenden, who was the country's number one driver during the 1970s.

Cardigan Bay, in association with New Jersey master reinsman Stanley Dancer went on to become the first million dollar winner in the sport's history.

In 2001, John M. Toothman published his biography title The Reinsman: The Nick Shuk Story.

Both John and Jim Campbell have established themselves in the upper echelon of harness racing, however many consider John Campbell the greatest reinsman of all-era's.

A recent poll of current reinsman highlighted their greatest ever horses, Lord Module was the only one who featured more than once of any horse mentioned from the fifties through to the eighties.

Denis Nyhan and Lordship conquered the great horse Cardigan Bay driven by leading reinsman Peter Wolfenden to win the 1962 New Zealand Trotting Cup.

False Step was also taken to the United States in 1960 by his trainer and reinsman Cecil Devine, who had driven him to victory three times in the New Zealand Cup.

Much of his racing was done in the United States, where he teamed up with legendary reinsman Stanley Dancer in his many appearances at Yonkers Raceway near New York.

Reinsman Jeff Gregory, John Schroeder and Clint Galbraith become the inaugural members of the Upstate Harness Writers, Batavia Downs Hall of Fame.

LEAD: John Campbell's victory in the final race at the Meadowlands last Saturday night pushed earnings for Campbell-driven horses above $50 million, a milestone previously reached by only one other harness reinsman, Herve Filion.

Among those who maintained the tradition in its purest sense is Ed Connell, author of the definitive spade-bit reining horse training manuals Hackamore Reinsman and Reinsman of the West.

Trained in the 1940s by some of the last of the original Californio reinsman, Connell recorded this knowledge that provide an overview of the methods of training a "made" spade-bit horse resembling the famous horses of the past.

Jack and Luc took the left seat in a car and Denis and Lucille took the right, whereupon their genial gnomish reinsman cracked his whip and a clockwork Connemara pony set off at a smart trot.

The Miracle Mile proved elusive to legendary reinsman Brian Hancock who trained one winner in Our Sir Vancelot but due to suspension was unable to drive the three-times Inter Dominion champion on the night of his win in 1997.