By james art 
Trenton, New Jersey – Harvey Fried never realized what a new sink, bath and toilet could do for him. Now at the age of 40, as the owner of the standard, the 77-year-old enjoys a success she could never imagine only five years ago.
When the US Writers Association conducts its banquet at the Dan Patch Awards 2024, represented by Caesars Entertainment, on February 23 at Rosen Center in Orlando, Florida, Frid will be proud to see so many winners of his universe.
Honored by his stable in Patricia in Masaopeka, New York, are the 3-year-old male Paiser of the Year, Captain Albano-Rev. Winner-and the 3-year-old male trot of the year Sig Sauer. Both horses were trained by Noel Daily, the coach of the year, and their viewer, Sonja Booth, is the Fair Island Farm of the Year farm.
As for Fried, his stable Patricia, named after his wife, ended a voice behind Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi LLC’s partnership for the owner of the year.
“I received a call from someone who says I’m on the go and like ‘what? I only have this little 14 -horses stable, “he said.” I didn’t even care until I lost vote. “
He then laughed and joked that “I will get there at the banquet and I will say that I would like to count. And then they will continue to take me off the stage.
“But seriously, Noel won – and everything is Noel, he does everything – Sonia won, and the two horses won. I was very happy. “
Maybe none of this would be possible if the fried do not need a new bathroom in 1985.
It all started with Harvey’s dad, who owned a restaurant and bookmaker – “The only bookmaker who lost money” – and would take his son to the track. Growing up in Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York has gone to Jonkers, Roosevelt, ACEDOCT and Belmont throughout life.
“I fell in love with thoroughbred, I made a few dollars there,” he said.
After marrying Patricia 41 years ago, the two bought a house, but the bathroom was in disarray. Harvey’s home was decorated with a few horse photos just because it appreciated them.
“The performer who made the bathroom said,” I see some pictures of the horse, “Fried recalled. “I said,” They are not mine, I just like horses. ” Unfortunately, or fortunately, he is involved in horses and the game for claims in Roosevelt. He took me one Saturday to the barn and that was all. I was done. I fell in love with him. “
In 1985, Fried received $ 10,000 claims. This started things, but in the end he determined that it should not be made big money in claiming.
“I started watching babies and started learning and I understand this a little better,” he said.
As the sole owner of Patricia Stable, Fried enjoyed a moderate success and had a few nice horses in Aces N Sevens, the winner of the Hoosier 2000 Cup and crazy Pat, champion of Sire Stakes since 2013, also named after his wife.
“She is the love of my life,” said Fried, who shares five children and eight grandchildren with Pat. “Everything I do is with her. I just wanted to show her how much I care about her and that’s important. Frankly, most people do not have the most fierce idea that Harvey Fried is a stable patrician. “
They are starting to know it now. Although he never had a stars of stars, Fried is always made enough to continue. He was never disappointed and felt like giving up.
“If I ever got to this point, I would have,” Fried said, who recently sold his successful high -end business to cover to focus on the sconus races. “I would never invest any of my household money. While paying for a soft way, I was fine with him. I have lost a lot of money over the last 25 years, but some of them are coming back now. “
It began in 2021 when Fried received his first big horse, Pacer Pebble Beach. So far, he and his property group will pay between $ 20,000 to $ 40,000 a horse. But after a decent season 2020, they had extra money to play.
Fried, who is evaluating the steps of the years, while another of Daily’s Trotters team fell in love with Pebble Beach. Daily warned that there may not have been enough money and they put a cap of $ 80,000.
“I look at him and I see he is going to 81 and I said, ‘Ah nonsense, we lost him,” Fried said. “Then it was 82 and I said,” We definitely lost it. ” Then I see that it goes 83 and two seconds later my phone rings and Noel says “We took it.” I said, “I thought we were 80!” And he goes, “Well, I just made another shot here -there.”
Pebble Beach became the 3-year-old Dan Patch 2022 winner after $ 1.35 million and won the North America Cup, Tattersalls Pace and Matron Stakes Crown. The horse was a top or two finisher in 16 of his 18 starts.
“He was a special horse,” Fried said. “The whole thing started with Pebble Beach.”
Continued in the 2023 season, mainly with Captain Albano, but with a small sig -assembly.
Captain Albano, the son of 2012 and 2013. Dan Pach Pach Payser of the Year Captain, with Angelu, won the Dan Patch Award, the 2-year-old man of the year after winning seven out of nine starts (finished second in the rest) and winning $ 445,680.
Sig Soer won four out of five starts and $ 279,500, but he broke in a Red Mile race, which he led with five lengths down.
“Then we realized that he had some muscle tenderness, so we turned him over, just to let him grow a little and get a little more strong,” Fried said.
Both horses returned strong this year.
Captain Albano became the sixth men’s Paiser to win Dan Patch at 2 and 3 years of age after hitting the board in 16 of 18 races with Todd McCarthy driver. He won $ 1.1 million and won 12, including Little Brown Jug, Adios, Max C. Hempt Memorial, Progress Pace and Matron Stakes. Fried owns the horse with La Express & Sjoblom Inc., Sjoblom Racing and Michael Dolan.
“We sincerely like a particular type of horse, which is a little more compact but very strongly looking,” he said. “Albano was just that. He and the pebble were very similar in terms of physicality. Their videos were very similar and they were very similar from the beginning. When Pebble and Albano first started, they had ability and you had to take it from there.
“Obviously his expectations were high,” the owner of Captain Albano continued. “By the end of the year, he was very special. We hope he will still be 4 years old. “
The original plan was to bring Captain Albano to get up, but “his numbers were not good enough. We tested him three days after he got off the track, which is usually never a good thing. But we came across time restrictions. “
SIG Sauer came a roar in 2024, led by Andy McCarthy, he was the fastest 3-year-old troupe of the season after winning the Kentucky Fugobur by 1: 49.3. Muscle Hill-Sigilwig’s son has won five out of 10 starts, including Crown Crown and Earl Beal Jr. Memorial and won $ 871,812. The horse’s ownership group was fried, Joe Sbrocco & Jaf Racing, Allister Stables and Caviart Farms.
“Noel comment that I agreed 100 percent,” Fried said. “If Sig is as good as he thinks he is, he is special. He is difficult. He was a handful, not in a nasty way, but just a handful of horse. True pedigree.
“Noel was quite patient. He would probably have won Hambletnyan with a little better luck (ending the fourth). He didn’t really take a break there; He was buried on the rail and then tried to get out. He showed at the end (of the season) how good he was. “
Sig Sauer was retired to a stallion duty and is now in Hanover Shoe Farms.
Looking forward, Fried feels that there are some good babies, but “it’s really early, I’m not excited too much until April and May.”
It is amazing that after 37 years of relative anonymity, there has been nothing more than excitement in the world of Fried. Is this something he ever imagined only five years ago?
“Absolutely not,” he said. “Some things you are lucky with and others are not. We were very lucky. We started with Pebble Beach and we were like a hammer down from his loss and in the end we got it and this changed the whole scenario. “
The trip was cautious but effective.
“I’m not your typical very rich owner,” Fried said. “I don’t cry the blue, don’t get me wrong. But many of these guys have (big) money; I don’t have that. So, I had to be very careful about how I did.
“The last few years have been just absurd by how good they are. The group I participated in were really great together. We are almost like a family. We all make decisions together. Everyone has their own work and we are there at this moment. “
Daily is a key part of this group. The two worked together for 20 years, with a slight interruption in 2018-19, when Noel returned to Australia for 11 months. A former Fried coach, who retired, was the one he originally recommended by Daily. The two have talked and this has been a solid relationship since then.
Harvey and Pat continue to live on Long Island, where they moved 26 years ago, so that their daughter Samantha-who visits North Carolina-Sharlot with a full football scholarship-she can play with the famous St. Anthony Football High School in South Huntington.
None of the children or grandchildren of Fried is interested in the competition business for harvesters, which is good with the patriarch. But at 77, he has no thoughts of delay, especially now that he can focus more on horses after selling his business.
“While there is money, I can go for a long time,” Fried said. “Because of Sig Sauer and Pebble Beach and their stallion money, I can probably go on for a while.”
He believes that his largest lesson for over 40 years is the importance of breeding and conformation, not just for the purchase of a contender.
“I learned from a few good people and that was successful,” he said.
Fried also admitted that because of his sudden explosion of success, it somehow feels that his career is just beginning.
“Yes,” he said, “I swear in God and my wife to sit there and watch myself sometimes and continue” what happens here? “
What is happening is that the fried chose the perfect person to rework his bathroom four decades ago.