Dewey Wins!
Dewey
does it again
“If I die now, I got it.”
That was the happy -- and perhaps relieved -- reaction of part owner, trainer and driver Ray Schnittker, who drove the heavily favored Deweycheatumnhowe to victory, in 1:52, in “it” -- the $1.5 million Hambletonian Final on Saturday at the Meadowlands.
Schnittker had drawn himself the rail position at this past Tuesday’s press conference, and used the innermost starting slot to its best advantage by immediately sprinting to the top. The race, as it unfolded, was nearly void of great drama thereafter: The undefeated trotter raced on top through fractions of :26.4, :55 and 1:23.2 with Crazed, the second choice of the crowd, right behind. USTA/Mark Hall photo.
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The eighth installment in a daily synopsis of the activities of Deweycheatumnhowe leading up to the Hambletonian.
Dewey's Date with Destiny
Deweycheatumnhowe arrived at The Meadowlands for his date with Hambletonian
destiny at 6:20 p.m. (EDT) Friday evening. Ray Schnittker drove the 4-horse
slant load trailer from his farm in Goshen with his wife, Janet Durso,
DVM as co-pilot. The rig pulled-up right in front of the Barn 1 & 2 secure
Detention Area with the paparazzi lined up and waiting for Dewey to make
his grand entrance. Unbeknown to the media, however, Dewey was not the
first horse to leap out of Ray’s step up trailer.
Chris Tully photo.
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Previous Dewey Diary installments
Back
to the grind
Hollywood
calls
Decisions,
Decisions--Ride or Swim?
Dewey
Takes a Dunk in the Pond
The
'Dewey Diary': Dewey Gets a Day of Rest
Dewey
the dominator removes all doubt
The
'Dewey Diary': Dewey Does Detention
Handicapping
Pandy handicaps the Hambletonian
USTA handicapping expert Bob Pandolfo has looked at Saturday’s Hambletonian field and gives you a video analysis of his selection to win the race.
Elims
| 1st Elimination | |||||
| HN | Horse | Driver | Win | Place | Show |
| 1 | Atomic Hall | Eric Goodell | 46.80 | 10.20 | 4.40 |
| 4 | Celebrity Secret | Tim Tetrick | 2.40 | 2.20 | |
| 6 | Velocity Hall | David Miller | 3.80 | ||
| 2nd Elimination | |||||
| HN | Horse | Driver | Win | Place | |
| 4 | Deweycheatumnhowe | Ray Schnittker | 2.40 | 2.10 | |
| 7 | Pine After Pine | Ron Pierce | 6.60 | ||
| 5 | Big Apple Deli | John Campbell | |||
| 3rd Elimination | |||||
| HN | Horse | Driver | Win | Place | Show |
| 1 | Crazed | Tim Tetrick | 5.40 | 3.00 | 2.80 |
| 6 | Clerk Magistrate | Trevor Ritchie | 2.80 | 2.20 | |
| 7 | Kajan Kooker | Mike Lachance | 4.80 | ||
| Order of Finish | Hambletonian Blog |
|
Finish-Horse-Driver 1- Deweycheatumnhowe- R Schnittker 2- Crazed- T Tetrick 3- Make It Happen- D Dube 4- Celebrity Secret- B Sears 5- Clerk Magistrate- J Jamieson 6- Velocity Hall- D Miller 7- Big Apple Deli- J Campbell 8- Kajan Kooker- M Lachance 9- Atomic Hall- E Goodell 10- Pine After Pine- R Pierce |
Our Racing experts, Jerry Connors and Tim
Bojarski, offered their insights into the major races
on Saturday’s card -- especially the world’s most important
and prestigious trotting race. |
| Book Signings | Fast Facts |
|
Charles Leerhsen, author of Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America and Nicole Kraft, writer and editor of the photo book, 100 Years in Harness, will present and sign their works at The Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, N.J., on August 2. |
- Deweycheatumnhowe trotted into the record books by becoming
the first undefeated Hambletonian winner.
He won for the 15th time in his career. - When the stormy skies cleared, a crowd of 25,006 turned out to watch the 83rd Hambletonian won by Deweycheatumnhowe on August 2 at the Meadowlands. The $8,265,660 Hambletonian Day total handle was the third highest in harness history. It marked a slight increase over the 2007 total of $8,219,779 [0.6 percent]. A total of $1,524,115 was wagered on the Hambletonian race itself. |
