Published:
May 1, 2010 06:27 pm EDT
Givemethecredit Stable’s Shaq Is Back, coming off an almost seven months hiatus, won the $51,900 Dexter Cup elimination by 3-1/2 impressive lengths at Freehold Raceway on Saturday
. Senor Glide, with Dan Dube up, and part of the 3-5 Jimmy Takter trained entry, closed for second while finishing 1-1/2 lengths in front of Mamas Boo Bear, with Steve Smith in the bike.
The winner, well prepared by trainer Ray Schnittker and driven by George Brennan, took the lead just before the first quarter marker, which went in :27.4, and lead the rest of the way through fractions of :58.2, 1:28.1 and finished up in 1:57.2.
Hard Livin, the barnmate of runner-up Senor Glide, made a break well before the start and lost all chance.