Per Engblom would enjoy seeing his three-year-old trotter Ethan T Hanover on the road to the Hambletonian, but the trainer is going to let the colt determine his own path for the season.
Ethan T Hanover is the 5-2 morning line favourite in Saturday’s $38,529 elimination of the Dexter Cup at Freehold Raceway. The Dexter Cup is the season’s first Grand Circuit race for three-year-old trotters and features several horses eligible to August’s Hambletonian Stakes, the sport’s premier event for sophomore trotters.
A total of 10 horses entered the Dexter Cup, resulting in Saturday’s single elimination. The top six finishers in the eight-horse elimination will join bye recipients Ambassador Hanover and Sunny Crockett in the May 1 final.
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