R Dutchess rallied out of the pocket to win the Kentucky Sire Stakes event for 4YO mare trotters this afternoon at Oak Grove in 1:52 4/5 for @TR_Harness and @TJ_Boot over Winnpanzee and A Perfect Annie.
R Dutchess, by @paddywagon11 & bred by Coyote Wynd Farms, came out of the pocket before three-quarters, took the lead in the lane and posted a 1:52 4/5 win for @TR_Harness & John Butenschoen in the Grade 3 C$159,725 Simcoe for 3YO filly trotters @WoodbineSB. Lasting Dream 2nd, Sprite Seelster 3rd.
R Dutchess, by @paddywagon11 & bred by Coyote Wynd Farms, took the lead before the half and held off a gaining Zette Athena to win her Casual Breeze division for 3YO filly trotters @WoodbineSB in 1:52 for @TR_Harness & John Butenschoen. Sprite Seelster was third.
R Dutchess, by @paddywagon11 & bred by Coyote Wynd Farms, brushed to the top coming to the half and went on to a 1:52 2/5 win for @TR_Harness & John Butenschoen in the $125K Delmonica Hanover Consolation I for 3YO filly trotters at Pocono. Shes A Shoe In was 2nd & Mocha Hill 3rd.
Inn Of The Stars, by Chapter Seven & bred by @WinbakFarm, won the first of two @SireStakesNY divisions for 3YO filly trotters today @BuffaloRaceway on the front-end in 1:58 for Tyler Buter & John Butenschoen. Michelon's Titan was second and Always A Story took third.
Pink Bomb, by Chapter Seven & bred by co-owner @CrawfordFarmsUS, moved from the pocket to the point before the half & held sway from there to take a 1:54 1/5 win for @DexterDunn7 & John Butenschoen in her Empire Breeders Classic event for 3YO filly trotters at Vernon. My Debt Collecter was 2nd and Chapvious came in 3rd.
Chat Room, by Chapter Seven & bred by Katz, Goldband and Libfeld, rallied out of the two-hole in the stretch to collect a 1:52 3/5 win for Tyler Buter & John Butenschoen in the 2nd of 2 Empire Breeders Classic races for 3YO male trotters at Vernon. Variegated 2nd, Monserrate 3rd.
Stakes-winning 3YO @paddywagon11 filly R Dutchess led all the way and won her qualifier this morning @TheMeadowlands in 1:53 2/5 for @TR_Harness & John Butenschoen. She also was victorious in a qualifier at The Big M on 5-17 in 1:55 4/5.
Stakes-winning 3YO @paddywagon11 filly R Dutchess took the lead out of the pocket past three-quarters and drew clear to take qualifier #2 @TheMeadowlands in 1:55 4/5 for @TR_Harness & John Butenschoen.
4YO Chapter Seven mare R Melina, who won the Kentucky Filly Futurity and NYSS finals and was 2nd in the Breeders Crown at 3, converted a pocket trip into a 1:52 4/5 win for Todd McCarthy & John Butenschoen in qualifier #8 @TheMeadowlands.