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Driver Tyler Buter and trainer George Ducharme teamed up for back-to-back wins in New York Sire Stakes-Excelsior competition and set a new track record in the process as Keep Asking won his division in 1:56 on Monday, June 3.

Sir Pinocchio took the lead from a group of breaking horses on the first turn and held off favourite Blackhawk Zette in the stretch to win the $184,795 Dexter Cup for three-year-old male trotters by 1-1/4 lengths in 1:56.2 at Freehold Raceway on Saturday, May 4.

Freehold, NJ — Sir Pinocchio (Met’s Hall) took the lead from a group of breaking horses on the first turn and held off favorite Blackhawk Zette in the stretch to win Saturday’s $134,900 Dexter Cup for 3-year-old male harness racing trotters by 1-1/4 lengths in 1:56.2 at Freehold Raceway. Stockholm Hanover finished third. Sir Pinocchio,

Stakes success at Freehold Raceway is a bit of a tradition for the family of Sir Pinocchio, who will look to leave his own mark at the central New Jersey half-mile oval when he competes in the $134,900 USD Dexter Cup for three-year-old male trotters on Saturday, May 4.

Harness Racing This Week: Dexter Cup and Lady Suffolk, Freehold Raceway, Freehold, N.J.; Paul Revere Pace, Plainridge Park, Plainville, Mass.; and Miss Versatility Series opening leg, The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, N.J. Schedule of events: Grand Circuit action begins Thursday (May 2) at Plainridge Park with the $100,000 Paul Revere Pace for 3-year-old pacing males. Freehold Raceway

Stakes success at Freehold Raceway is a bit of a tradition for the harness racing family of Sir Pinocchio (Met’s Hall-Lady Cromwell), who will look to leave his own mark at the central New Jersey half-mile oval when he competes in Saturday’s (May 4) $134,900 Dexter Cup for 3-year-old male trotters. Sir Pinocchio’s second dam,

Eight horses were entered Wednesday for the Dexter Cup, the first Grand Circuit event of the harness racing season for 3-year-old male trotters, making eliminations unnecessary Saturday at Freehold Raceway. All eight horses advance directly to the Dexter Cup final, which will go for a purse of $134,900 on May 4 at the half-mile track

Eight horses were entered Wednesday for the Dexter Cup, the first Grand Circuit event of the season for three-year-old male trotters, making eliminations unnecessary Saturday at Freehold Raceway.

While one reads often of the exploits of harness racing wonder Mack Lobell, 3, 1:52.1 ($3,917,594), it’s not often that aficionados of the sport reflect upon the lasting impact of his sire, Mystic Park 3, 1:57 ($480,907). The son of Noble Gesture-Mystic Sign-Speedster, while best remembered as the horse who sired “Mighty Mack,” was himself,

Had it not been for the terrorizing speed of Self Possessed in 1999, CR Renegade would likely have dominated that year’s sophomore trotting ranks. The brown horse, who was foaled on Jan. 15, 1996, at the Allen family’s Golden Cross Farm in Ocala, Florida, was a son of Royal Troubador 2, 1:57.1 ($899,501) bred by