Plainville, MA — Wyatt J shone brightly once again on Sunday (Oct. 4) at Plainridge Park, by way of a stakes record 1:51.3 mile in his $28,000 second-round preliminary Massachusetts Sire Stakes event for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings.

Twenties-on favorite Wyatt J broke his own stakes record in Sunday’s round of Massachusetts Sire Stakes action at Plainridge Park.

Teamed with driver Jason Bartlett for the first time, the heavily bet Wyatt J (American Ideal-Think Pink) left sharply and cut the quarter in :26.1 and, from there, called the shots for the rest of the mile. With little pressure to deal with, Wyatt J hit the half in :56, three-quarters in 1:24.1, and then started to open up around the last turn. With the race well in hand, Bartlett line drove Wyatt J to the finish on top by 2-3/4 lengths.

The 1:51.3 time broke the MASS record for 3-year-old pacing geldings and was a new lifetime mark for the winner; both marks were set by Wyatt J just last week.

It was also the sixth win in a row for Wyatt J ($2.10), who is owned by Ken Jacobs and trained by Linda Toscano. Lindy Farms of Connecticut bred the winner.

Ry’s Red Rocket (Sunshine Beach-Mo Molly Blue Chip) bounced back from a narrow defeat last week in the $28,500 preliminary for sophomore pacing fillies.

Opening up a two-length lead by the quarter, Ry’s Red Rocket (Matty Athearn) paced alone until the five-eighths, when I Am Wonder Woman (Jason Bartlett) and She’s A Fireball (Ron Cushing) rolled up the rim. Meanwhile, Sara Tancredi (Nick Graffam) offered some pressure from the pocket that would continue to the finish. The two outside horses fanned wide of the leader at the top of the lane, while Sara Tancredi advanced along the pylons. With four horses across the track within a length of each other, Ry’s Red Rocket continued to dig in and eventually hung on to a neck advantage in 1:54.2.

It was the fifth win of the year for Ry’s Red Rocket ($4.60), a Linwood Higgins homebred trained by Gretchen Athearn.

Trainer George Ducharme and owner Ray Campbell Jr. swept both 3-year-old trot divisions.

Double Dealing repeated in the 3-year-old colt trot division. Tom Melanson photos.

Double Dealing (RC Royalty-Heather Spur) got his second consecutive stakes win in the $28,500 split for colts and geldings.

Dazzling Lindy (Mitchell Cushing) led the race to the half before Double Dealing (Shawn Gray) pulled the pocket and took control before the five-eighths. From there, Double Dealing opened up a clear lead and pulled away to a two-length margin of victory in 1:56.4.

Double Dealing ($2.60) registered his sixth win of 2020.

The $27,500 filly trot — a non-betting event — was a runaway win for Without A Warning (RC Royalty-Concentration), who was not challenged at all.

Without A Warning (Jason Bartlett) went right to the front and, after posting quarters of :28.3, :58.4 and 1:27, hit the top of the stretch up by three lengths and jogged to the finish in 1:55 while in front by 2-1/2 lengths.

Without A Warning scored her fourth win of the year and now has $166,912 in earnings this year.

The Massachusetts Sire Stakes 2-year-olds will contest their second session at Plainridge Park on Monday (Oct. 5) with post time at 2 p.m.