# Overtrick

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**Overtrick** (foaled 1960) was a champion U.S. [standardbred racehorse](/source/Standardbred_horse) who was memorable for his breaking of many existing world records[2] and his classic duels with champion pacer [Meadow Skipper](/source/Meadow_Skipper).

Overtrick raced against crack pacers Meadow Skipper and Country Don in all three legs of the 1963 [harness racing Triple Crown](/source/Triple_Crown_of_Harness_Racing_for_Pacers). In the first leg, Meadow Skipper thumped Overtrick in a track record time. In the second race of the series, the [Little Brown Jug](/source/Little_Brown_Jug_(horse_racing)),[3] Overtrick turned the tables on Meadow Skipper beating him in second with Country Don third, and at the same time breaking the world record. Overtrick repeated the performance in the [Messenger Stakes](/source/Messenger_Stakes)[4] with Country Don second and Meadow Skipper third.[5]

## See also

- [Harness racing in America](/source/Harness_racing)
- [Cardigan Bay](/source/Cardigan_Bay_(horse))

## References

1. [Racehorse Pedigree - Overtrick](http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/overtrick5)

1. Bradley, John (1998). [*Modern Pacing Sire Lines*](https://books.google.com/books?id=3_MHDIuHDLMC&dq=Overtrick+%2Bharness&pg=PA318). The Russell Meerdink Company Ltd. pp. 316–321. ISBN 978-0-929346-56-4. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

1. Effrat, Louis (September 20, 1963). ["PACER IS WINNER IN STRAIGHT HEATS"](https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0814FE3B541A7B93C2AB1782D85F478685F9). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

1. Effrat, Louis (November 3, 1963). ["Overtrick Scores In Messenger Pace"](https://www.nytimes.com/1963/11/03/archives/overtrick-scores-in-messenger-pace-meadow-skipper-finishes-second.html). *The New York Times*. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

1. [Triple Crown Harness Racing 1963](https://archive.today/20121203001829/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1075201/1/index.htm)

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