CHAMPION HARNESS HORSE RACING DRIVER JACK BAGGITT AUTOGRAPH SIGNED STABLE HAT VF

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HERE’S A HORSE RACING STABLES HAT
SIGNED
BY LEGENDARY
CHAMPION HARNESS RACING DRIVER and SKILLED HORSEMAN
JOHN “
JACK
” BAGGITT, JR.
(1963 - 2021)
ONE OF THE GREATEST HARNESS RACING DRIVERS!
The Harness Horse-Racing industry was Jack’s passion and purpose.  In his 30-year career, “
Hungry Jack
” amassed nearly 20,000 starts, 2,700 wins, and ,000,000 in purses!
His most successful year was 2007 when he drove 355 winners and was in the money 999 times, with horses that earned .7 million! He had 10 years with more than 100 victories and he once drove eight winners in one day at Freehold.
Baggitt competed mostly at New Jersey’s Freehold Raceway, The Meadowlands and other Mid-Atlantic tracks.
THIS RED “SPEEDWAY” BRAND HAT IS IMPRINTED WITH THE WORDS:
“JACK BAGGITT JR. RACING STABLES” WITH AN ILLUSTRATION OF A HARNESS HORSE RACE.
SIGNED ON THE RIM IN BLACK SHARPIE:
“Jack Baggitt Jr”
The hat is in VF condition.
LONGTIME HORSEMAN JACK BAGGITT, JR. DIES
Feb. 12, 2021
Jack Baggitt Jr.
,
a New Jersey-based Harness racing driver who competed mostly at Freehold Raceway, The Meadowlands and other Mid-Atlantic tracks, died Wednesday at Princeton Medical Center following complications from surgery. He was 58.
Baggitt. a resident of Columbus, NJ, spent three decades in harness racing, starting when he was 13 years old getting experience working with the late Freehold Raceway legendary horseman, Harold Kelly, and started driving in races at the age of 16.
His first pari-mutuel racing victory was in 1982 with a horse named Terry’s Lucky Lady at Freehold. He competed in the Junior Driving Championships, taking home the ,000 grand prize in the Foxboro Driving Derby. He soon became a regular among the top-notch driving colony at Freehold, as well as competing at The Meadowlands and Garden State Park.
By 1984, Baggitt burst on the harness racing scene with 117 wins and ,134,332 in purse earnings that included driving Lisheen to victory in the 7,750 Mistletoe Shalee at The Meadowlands, his most prestigious triumph at that time. His success earned him the honor of being chosen the Rising Star of 1984 by the United States Harness Writers Association.
Overall, in his 30-year career, Baggitt drove the winners of more than million with 2,700 victories, 2,535 seconds and 2,381 thirds. He also trained 132 winners earning nearly .5 million.
His most successful year was 2007 when he drove 355 winners and was in the money 999 times, with horses that earned .7 million. He had 10 years with more than 100 victories and he once drove eight winners in one day at Freehold.
Baggitt is also remembered for a ,000 yearling purchase named Danish Delight he made in 1999. He would say that he was emotionally connected to the trotter, who earned 7,671 in four years of racing. Danish Delight’s racing career was highlighted by a third-place finish in the -million Breeders Crown to Fool’s Goal and Plesac in 2002 and winning an elimination of the Dexter Cup as a three-year-old.
He had family connections in harness racing as well, with cousin Bob Baggitt Jr., a successful trainer, and his late uncle, Bob Baggitt Sr., a long-time standardbred horse owner who served many years as a vice president and member of the Board of Directors of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey.
Predeceased by his parents, Jack Sr. And Joanne, he is survived by two sons, Jason of Bradley Beach and Jeffrey of Old Bridge; two sisters, Jill Norton of Columbus, NJ, and Jeanne Turnquist of Yardley, PA; several nieces and nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews.
Funeral arrangements include visitation on Sunday, February 14, from 2 to 4 p.m., limited because of the pandemic, at Freeman Funeral Home, 47 East Main Street, Freehold, NJ.
By Leon Zimmerman
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