One More Laugh wins $300,000 Cane Pace

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) - One More Laugh set a course record while rolling to a wire-to-wire win in the $300,000 Cane Pace at Freehold Raceway on Monday, beating Rockin Image by 4 1/4 lengths.

Driven by Tim Tetrick and trained by Ray Schnittker, the gelding covered the mile in 1:50.3 to win the opening leg of pacing's Triple Crown for 3-year-olds.

That time bested the mark of 1:50.4 shared by two previous Cane Pace winners - Art Official (2008) and Vintage Master (2009) - and I'm Gorgeous, who equaled it in last week's Cane Pace elimination race.

It was the second big win of the year in New Jersey for One More Laugh, who also won the $1 million Meadowlands Pace at the Meadowlands.

The Little Brown Jug on Sept. 23 and the Messenger Stakes on Nov. 6 are the other two races in pacing's Triple Crown.