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Brian Sears

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Brian Sears
Elitloppet 2012
OccupationHarness racing driver
Born(1968-01-21)January 21, 1968
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Career wins9708 wins (as at 11/22/2016) [1]
Major racing wins
Adios Pace (2001, 2010)
Metro Pace (2004, 2008)
Glen Garnsey Memorial Pace
(2005, 2006, 2008, 2014)
Meadowlands Pace (2005, 2016)
North America Cup (2005, 2014)
Canadian Pacing Derby (2006, 2007, 2008)
Woodrow Wilson Pace
(2008, 2009, 2011)
Maple Leaf Trot (2008, 2015)
Canadian Trotting Classic (2009, 2013)
Hambletonian Oaks (2009, 2013)

Breeders Crown wins:
Breeders Crown 3YO Filly Trot
(2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2013)
Breeders Crown 3YO Colt & Gelding Pace (2004, 2005, 2014)
Breeders Crown 3YO Colt & Gelding Trot (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010)
Breeders Crown Open Pace
(2005, 2006, 2008)
Breeders Crown 3YO Filly Pace
(2006, 2007)
Breeders Crown Open Trot
(2006, 2016)
Breeders Crown 2YO Colt & Gelding Trot (2008)
Breeders Crown Open Mare Pace
(2008)
Breeders Crown 2YO Filly Pace
(2009, 2011)

U.S. Pacing Triple Crown wins:
Cane Pace (2007, 2016)
Messenger Stakes (2007)
Little Brown Jug (2013)

U.S. Trotting Triple Crown wins:
Yonkers Trot (2005, 2015)
Kentucky Futurity (2009)
Hambletonian Stakes (2009, 2013, 2015)

Denotes record
Racing awards
Dan Patch Rising Star Award (1991)
Honours
United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame (2017)
Significant horses
Bee A Magician, Muscle Hill
Rocknroll Hanover

Brian J. Sears (born January 21, 1968, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a driver of harness racing horses who in 2016 was elected to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame. He has won more than 9,600 races with purses in excess of $170 million.[1] He was inducted to the Harness Racing Museum in Goshen, New York at July 2, 2017.[2] On March 26, 2019, he was arrested for Battery after sexually assaulting a female at a restaurant in Deerfield Beach, FL.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame September 22, 2016 article titled "Brian Sears Elected To Harness Racing Hall of Fame" Retrieved October 24, 2016
  2. ^ USA Today September 20, 2016 article titled "3-time Hambo winner Brian Sears elected to Harness Hall of Fame" Retrieved October 24, 2016
  3. ^ "Hall of Famer harness driver Brian Sears allegedly grabbed woman's breasts, arrested". wlna-webservice.gannettdigital.com. Retrieved 2019-09-26.