“Dewey” Remains Undefeated With Hambletonian Win
Deweycheatumnhowe remained undefeated, and became the first horse ever to win the Hambletonian with a perfect record Saturday at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Sent off as the 2-5 favorite, “Dewey” went wire-to-wire, holding off Crazed by a half-length to claim the most prestigious trophy for trotters in harness racing.
It was the first win for trainer/driver Ray Schnittker. Said Schnittker:
“Crazed was getting to him pretty good, but [Deweycheatumnhowe] refused to let him get by. It’s OK if i die now because I got [the Hambo win].
“The front end wasn’t great. I thought he night get beat halfway down the lane, he might have had a few shoes loose. A quarter of the way down the lane I pushed him as much as he could go.”
Dewey ran the mile in 1:52.0, the third fastest Hambletonian ever, and the fastest since Self Possessed ran a 1:51.3 in 1999.
After the failures of Big Brown and Somebeachsomewhere to win their biggest races of the year, the pressure was on Schnittker and Dewey, and they certainly did not disappoint.
Dewey will next run in Canada, then return to the states to run in Kentucky before returning to the Meadowlands later in the year for the Breeder’s Crown.
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