Royalty For life in Stanley Dancer Royalty For Life was caught wide early on, but drove on to claim the 2013 Stanley Dancer Memorial title with a 1:52 winning effort in the $294,000 stakes event for three-year-old trotters...read
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Resultat: 1. Royalty For Life 1:52.0 (24) 2. Spider Blue Chip 1:52.0 (40) 3. Dewycolorintheline 1:52.3 (921) 4. Corky 1:52.3 (46) 5. Dreams Of Thunder 1:54.1 (936) Opl: Fico 1:54.2 (636), Raven Victory 1:55.2 (575), Your So Vain 1:55.3 (49),
Celebrity Maserati 2:00.1 (254), Banco Solo 2:00.1 (322), Six Gun Hall dg (956)
Struken: Smilin Eli
1st Royalty For Life (3, H Rc Royalty - Bourbon `n Grits - Donerail)
Registered Owner(s)/Lessee(s): Alfred Ross - MA, Raymond Campbell Jr - MA, Paul Fontaine - RI
Breeder(s): Alfred Ross - MA
2nd Spider Blue Chip (3, G Andover Hall - Southwind Catlin - Muscles Yankee)
Registered Owner(s): David Mc Duffee - FL, Melvin Hartman - ON
Breeder(s): Mclain Ward - NY
3rd Dewycolorintheline (3, H Deweycheatumnhowe - Magenta Hall - Conway Hall)
Registered Owner(s): Ray Schnittker - NY, Deweycolorintheline Stable - NY
Breeder(s): Little E LLC - NY
Royalty For Life - Trained by George Ducharme
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Royalty For Life was caught wide early on, but drove on to claim the 2013 Stanley Dancer Memorial title with a 1:52 winning effort in the $294,000 stakes event for three-year-old trotters.
Sent postward as the 9-5 favourite with Brian Sears in the sulky, Royalty For Life managed to avoid the early breakers from post nine during the :27.1 opening panel and worked his way to the lead en route to the :55.1 half. He led the field, which was scratched down to 11, past three-quarters in 1:24.2 and into the stretch with Spider Blue Chip (Ron Pierce) flushed first over from third and quickly gaining ground. However, Royalty For Life dug in and held on to win by a head. Spider Blue Chip was forced to settle for second with Dewycolorintheline (Ray Schnittker) following three lengths behind in third.
The 2012 Breeders Crown runner-up earned his first win of the season after making breaks in his previous three stakes starts.
"I really believe he just needed to start racing," said trainer George Ducharme of the Hambletonian eligible's early season miscues. "He was just feeling too good. I was stuck in the quarantine in Vernon and he was ready to go. I had to back off on him and he just started to feel to good I think.
"We've got to work on it and keep it together," he added.
The Rc Royalty colt is owned by Maine breeder Alfred Ross and co-owners Raymond Campbell and Paul Fontaine.
The stakes action on Meadowlands Pace Night began with two-year-olds facing off in the $150,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Championships.
