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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.
Dean Eckley made all the right moves heading into Monday (April 22) afternoon’s $23,973 championship of the Game Of Claims Pacing Series for horses base-tagged at $13,699, and reaped the benefits with a 1-2 finish headed by Team Mac and his 1:51.4 victory at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Driver Matt Kakaley, atop the standings at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, further added to his lead by recording seven victories on the Monday afternoon card, including both of the $15,000 trotting features.
Driver Simon Allard won three of the five $20,000 first-round preliminaries in the Bobby Weiss Series for three-year-old male pacers on Saturday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, while in the two parallel events for trotters driver Tyler Buter piloted both winners home first.