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JAMES TONER

JAMES TONER
Birthdate - July 7, 1940
Birthplace - Philadelphia, PA
Residence - Valley Stream, NY
Family - Wife Gina, son James and daughter Catherine Blaise
Website - jjtonerracingstable.com

2016 RECORD

69 - 12, 13, 9 

$1,613,943

2016 NYRA RECORD

45 - 9, 9, 8 

$1,199,853

NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS

Soaring Softly: Top Turf Female (1999)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Won several graded stakes with Time and Motion in 2016, including the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes

* Captured the 2012 Diana and 2011 Lake George with Winter Memories, whose dam, Memories of Silver won those races in 1998 and 1996

* Soaring Softly was 7-for-8 in 1999, including the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Worked as a hotwalker during high school

FIRST WINNER

* Battle Empress, April 20, 1960, Aqueduct

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 STAKES

Blazing Fury: Saranac (2001)

Buzz My Bell: Adirondack (1983); Spinaway (1983)

Ellie’s Moment: Rare Treat (2003)

Fleet Indian: Montauk (2005)

Flying Chevron: NYRA Mile (1995)

Gritty Sandie: Lawrence Realization (1999)

I’m Splendid: Schuylerville (1985); Selima (1985); Hollywood Starlet (1985)

La Cloche: Athenia (2012)

Masseuse: Beaugay (2007)

Memories of Silver: Diana (1998); Ballston Spa (1998); Beverly D. (1997); Just a Game (1997); QE II Challenge Cup (1996); Nijana (1996); Lake George (First div., 1996)

Recepta: Noble Damsel (2015); De La Rose (2015); Chelsea Flower (2013)

Sailor’s Cap: Poker (2009)

Soaring Softly: Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (1999); Flower Bowl Invitational H. (1999); New York (1999); Sheepshead Bay (1999)

Thieves Guild: Caress (2015)

Time and Motion: QE II Challenge Cup (2016); Lake Placid (2016); Wonder Again (2016); Memories of Silver (2016)

Tribulation: QE II Challenge Cup (1993)

What Brilliance: Astoria (1973)

Winter Memories: Diana (2012); Beaugay (2012); Garden City (2011); Lake George (2011); Sands Point (2011); Miss Grillo (2010)

Wonder Again: Diana (2004); New York (2004); Noble Damsel (2003); Garden City (2002); Lake Placid (2002)

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