Dontyouforgetit, despite
outside post seven, has been installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite in the
$139,600 Dexter Cup, contested since 1960 and an early season showcase for
great champions of the past.
Yannick Gingras will be
handling Dontyouforgetit for trainer Jimmy Takter and Solveig’s Racing Partners
of East Windsor, NJ. At two, the colt finished first or second in eight
of 10 starts and banked $337,837.
This will be
Dontyouforgetit’s season’s debut after prepping in three qualifiers, the last
two winning efforts while sporting trotting hobbles. Both were
nine-length wins, one at Freehold and the other at the Meadowlands.
New Jersey-bred King Muscles
drew the rail and is fresh off a decisive victory at Freehold on April
19. The Aaron Lambert trainee, owned by J&T Silva Stables of Long
Beach, NY, will be paired with driver Andrew McCarthy. He is ranked 6-1
in the morning line.
The stakes record of 1:55.3
was set in 2009 by Anders Bluestone.
The Dexter, carded as the
ninth race, from the rail out with drivers, trainers and morning line odds:
King Muscles, Andrew McCarthy, Aaron Lambert, 6-1; Il Pizzaiolo, Ray
Schnittker, Ray Schnittker, 8-1; Stirling Bullet, Cat Manzi, Paul Wojtowicz,
10-1; Celebrity Maserati, Tom Jackson, Susanne Strandqvist, 9-2; Celebrity
Stimulus, Steve Smith, Susanne Strandqvist, 7-2; Dewey Luvs Britt, Kevin
Oscarsson, Jim Oscarsson, 5-1 and Dontyouforgetit, Yannick Gingras, Jimmy
Takter, 5-2.
With 11 entrants, the Lady
Suffolk for fillies was split into two divisions, five in a $39,000 division
carded as non-wagering with a post of 12:15 p.m. and the other six vying for
$40,900 in the third race on the program.
In the betting event, Haul’n
Fanny, driven by David Miller and trained by Misty Miller, is rated the 8-5
morning line pick.
Owned by David and Misty
Miller, Haul’n Fanny had two wins and a second in seven starts for earnings of
$67,458 at two. This will be her 2013 debut. She leaves from the
rail position.
New Jersey-sired Vida De
Vie, a daughter of Muscles Yankee bred and owned by Joie De Vie Farm of
Jobstown, NJ, captured the $25,000 Green Acres Division Final of the New Jersey
Sire Stakes last October at Freehold. She has a second in two starts this
year and has a career total of three wins, three seconds and one third from 14
starts, banking more than $43,000. She is listed at 8-1 in the morning
line from post five with Daniel Dube driving for trainer Chris Ryder.
The Lady Suffolk betting
division, from the rail out with drivers, trainers and morning lines: Haul’n
Fanny, David Miller, Misty Miller, 8-5; Audio, Ray Schnittker, Ray Schnittker,
5-2; Parlia Hanover, Andy Miller, Julie Miller, 6-1; Casting Couch, Jeff Gregory,
Ray Schnittker, 5-2; Vida De Vie, Daniel Dube, Chris Ryder, 8-1 and Bouncing
Bax, Howard Parker, Jim Raymer, 4-1. [Audio and Casting Couch are coupled
in the wagering].
In the non-wagering Lady
Suffolk division, from the rail out with drivers and trainers: MC’s Diamond,
Carlo Poliseno, Carlo Poliseno; Caneel Hall, Jeff Gregory, Ray Schnittker;
Feather Your Nest, Andy Miller, Norm Parker; Daytona Blue Chip, Ray Schnittker,
Ray Schnittker and Lola DeVie, David Miller, Chris Ryder.
The Lady Suffolk stakes record
of 1:57.3 was established by Stacy Spice in 1996.
--Carol Hodes for SBOANJ
