Before teaming Hambletonian champion Apex to victory in the New Jersey Classic for 3-year-old male trotters, Dexter Dunn swept the event’s sophomore pacing divisions, piloting New Jersey Sire Stakes Platinum champions Be Perfect BG and Bookie J to odds-on scores in their respective $150,000 New Jersey Classic finals on Friday (Sept. 11) at the Meadowlands.
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Dunn sweeps NJSS Platinum finals
Driver Dexter Dunn had the hot hand in the New Jersey Sire Stakes Platinum Division championships for 3-year-old pacers, keeping Be Perfect BG’s undefeated career record intact with a 1:52.1 score over sloppy going in the $180,000 final for fillies after guiding Bookie J to a 1:50.2 triumph in the $225,000 event for colts and geldings on a rain-drenched Saturday night (May 23) at the Meadowlands.
Devilish ‘Diabolic’ dominant in NJSS
Friday night (July 25) at the Meadowlands, the Annie Stoebe-trained Diabolic Hill gave his foes a devil of a time, shrugging off post 10 in just his third lifetime start — all victories — to win easily in 1:54 on a program that featured five $25,000 leg three dashes of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 2-year-olds of each sex and gait.