by Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications

Delaware, OH — Lifetime Pursuit made it six wins in a row by dominating Wednesday’s (Sept. 17) $89,475 Buckette for 3-year-old female trotters at the Delaware County Fair, crossing the wire in front by 12-3/4 lengths in 1:53.4.

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Lifetime Pursuit made it six straight by easily winning the Buckette in 1:53.4 on Wednesday at the Delaware County Fail.

Driven by Yannick Gingras, the filly started from post six and raced three wide around the first turn to get the lead from Broadway Socks. Once there, she never looked back through fractions of :28.2, :56.4 and 1:25.1. The winning time was three-fifths of a second off Frau Blucher’s half-mile-track world record for a 3-year-old female trotter, set last year in the Buckette.

Sent off at odds of 1-9, Lifetime Pursuit paid $2.10 to win.

Bikini So Teeny was second, followed by Yoga and Broadway Socks.

“It definitely was a walk in the park today,” Gingras said. “Since Hambletonian Day, she’s turned from being a very good filly to a great filly. She was awesome that day and she’s been awesome ever since.”

Lifetime Pursuit started her six-race win streak by winning the Hambletonian Oaks on Aug. 2 at the Meadowlands. Since then, she’s added divisions of the Casual Breeze and Simcoe stakes, plus the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes championship.

“She is amazing to drive but she is a filly where you can’t hurt her feelings,” Gingras added. “Before the Hambletonian Oaks I always drove her behind cover or made sure I got her out of the pocket. But in the Hambletonian Oaks she had the perfect trip, I just pulled the plugs and popped her out. Since then she has been so good she’s been the 1-5 or 1-9 favorite so she’s needed to be involved earlier. She’s probably been on the front a little too much because of that but she really feels tremendous to drive right now.”

The daughter of Cantab Hall-Queen Of Grace is trained by Jimmy Takter and owned by Brittany Farms. She has won eight of 13 races this year and $652,054. For her career, she has won 14 of 24 starts and is nearing $1 million.

— Kimberly French also contributed to this report