Deweycheatumnhowe (foaled 12 April 2005) is a champion standardbred racing horse named for the fictional law firm of Dewey, Cheatem & Howe. [1] He was sired by Muscles Yankee, out of Trolley Square, a Speedy Somolli mare. The colt is currently owned by Raymond W. Schnittker, Theodore Gewertz, Charles V. Iannazzo, and Deweycheatumnhowe Stable. As of 28 November 2008, Deweycheatumnhowe had earned $3,095,178 in his career, and has a mark of 1:50.4. His last race was run on November 29, 2008; he had won 22 of the 25 races he had started. [2] Schnittker, as the horse's trainer, described the horse's regimen as a triathlon involving running and swimming along with pulling. [2]
Deweycheatumnhowe's achievements include wins of the 2007 Breeder's Crown, 2007 Valley Victory, the 2007 New Jersey Sires Stakes Final for two-year-old trotting colts, the 2008 Stanley Dancer Memorial, the 2008 Hambletonian, [3] the 2008 World Trotting Derby, the 2008 Canadian Trotting Classic, and the 2008 Kentucky Futurity. The colt ended his career at the 2008 Breeders Crown, leading most of the race but fading to 3rd down the stretch behind In Focus. The colt will end his career with a record of 22-1-2 in 25 career starts.
It was announced on 8 October 2008 that 'Dewey' would stand at Walnut Hall for the 2009 breeding season. His fee was announced as $25,000 [2] and his book was limited to 140 mares.
Date | Track | Race | Purse Hi | Finish | Time | Last 1/4 | Odds | Driver | Trainer |
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29 November 2008 | Meadowlands | BC Final | $500,000 | 3/5 3/4 | 1:55.0 | 29.1 | *0.80 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
31 October 2008 | Vernon Downs | 3-5 YO Open | $20,000 | 1/6 1/4 | 1:55.2 | 28.2 | .00 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
4 October 2008 | Red Mile | Ky Futurity | $136 800 | 1/HD | 1:59.3 | 26.1 | 1.00 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
4 October 2008 | Red Mile | Ky Futurity | $273 600 | 3/2 | 1:53.0 | 28.1 | *0.30 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
4 October 2008 | Red Mile | Ky Futurity | $273 600 | 1/HD | 1:52.3 | 27.2 | *0.70 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
27 September 2008 | Red Mile | Bluegrass | $107 200 | 1/6 | 1:52.2 | 28.0 | *0.05 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
13 September 2008 | Mohawk | D-Cdn Trot F | $1 000 000 | 1/2 | 1:53.2 | 27.4 | *1.30 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
6 September 2008 | Mohawk | D-Cdn Trot E | $40 000 | 2/T | 1:54.3 | 27.4 | *0.15 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
30 August 2008 | Du Quoin | World Trotting Derby | $565 000 | 1/T | 1:50.4 | 27.1 | *0.20 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
15 August 2008 | Vernon Downs | 3&4 Yr Open | $30 000 | 1/8 | 1:54.0 | 28.2 | NB | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
2 August 2008 | Meadowlands | Hambo F | $1 500 000 | 1/H | 1:52.0 | 28.3 | *0.40 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
26 July 2008 | Meadowlands | Hambo E | $70 000 | 1/6Q | 1:52.3 | 29.0 | *0.20 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
11 July 2008 | Meadowlands | Dancer Mem F | $175 000 | 1/3 | 1:53.2 | 27.4 | *0.20 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
4 July 2008 | Meadowlands | Dancer Mem E | $35 000 | 1/4H | 1:52.2 | 27.2 | *E0.50 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
27 June 2008 | Meadowlands | Dickerson | $79 110 | 1/H | 1:53.3 | 28.4 | *E0.05 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
19 June 2008 | Meadowlands | QUAL | $0 | 1/3Q | 1:53.1 | 27.1 | NB | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
5 June 2008 | Meadowlands | QUAL | $0 | 1/10 | 1:54.0 | 28.2 | NB | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
24 November 2007 | Meadowlands | Breeder's Crown F | $650 000 | 1/1 | 1:57.2 | 29.1 | *0.60 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
16 November 2007 | Meadowlands | Breeder's Crown E | $25 000 | 1/3 | 1:59.0 | 27.1 | *0.20 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
27 October 2007 | Woodbine | Valley Vic F | $666 050 | 1/2H | 1:58.0 | 29.4 | *0.25 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
20 October 2007 | Woodbine | Valley Vic E | $23 000 | 1/1Q | 1:56.4 | 28.3 | *0.15 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
4 October 2007 | Lexington | 2YoC-Stk | $90 500 | 1/3H | 1:54.2 | 28.2 | *0.10 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
27 September 2007 | Lexington | 2YoC-Stk | $92 000 | 1/2H | 1:55.3 | 29.3 | *0.30 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
13 September 2007 | Vernon Downs | QUAL | $0 | 1/8Q | 1:57.2 | 29.0 | NB | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
18 July 2007 | Meadowlands | D-2YrCNJSS | $175 000 | 1/NK | 1:57.0 | 27.4 | *0.80 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
11 July 2007 | Meadowlands | 2YrC NJSS | $34 750 | 1/1H | 1:57.4 | 29.0 | *0.90 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
4 July 2007 | Meadowlands | 2YrC NJSS | $35 250 | 1/4T | 1:58.0 | 30.2 | *0.70 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
28 June 2007 | Meadowlands | Harriman Cup | $53 500 | 1/5 | 1:59.0 | 29.0 | E3.40 | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
20 June 2007 | Meadowlands | QUAL | $0 | 1/T | 2:03.3 | 28.4 | NB | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
13 June 2007 | Meadowlands | QUAL | $0 | 2/1Q | 2:01.1 | 28.0 | NB | Ray Schnittker | Ray Schnittker |
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