DIRE STRAITS Harness



Dire Straits is a standardbred horse born in United States of America in 2020. Dire Straits is by Muscle Hill (USA) out of Southwind Cocoa , trained by Edward Hart. Dire Straits form is available here. Owned by RICHARD S GUTNICK, THOMAS J PONTONE, GARY J COCCO.


Pedigree :
Sire MUSCLE HILL (USA) 2006
Dam SOUTHWIND COCOA 0
Dam Sire CHOCOLATIER (USA) 2003

About the horse :
Foal Date 05 Feb 2020
Description 4yo B Horse
Trainer Edward Hart
Owner Richard S Gutnick, Thomas J Pontone, Gary J Cocco
Career 11 Wins (23%) - 10 Placings (45%) - 47 starts
Wins 1609m (11)
PM United States of America : USD $311,800



Starts:

47

Win Rate:

23%

Place Rate:

45%










Dire Straits Past Races

5 of 7, 15 Jun 2025, R9 RACE 9 1m | USD $ 25,000 | -kg | J: S ZERON | T: E HART | | Fr1 | 1:52.20 | Winner: AETOS KRONOS
6 of 6, 05 Jun 2025, R4 RACE 4 1m | USD $ 25,000 | -kg | J: S ZERON | T: E HART | | Fr4 | 1:55.10 | Winner: DIAMANTE TRIO
1 of 8, 23 May 2025, R7 RACE 7 1m | USD $ 21,000 | -kg | J: J BARTLETT | T: E HART | | Fr2 | 1:55.20 | 2nd: NOTTINGHAM
1 of 6, 16 May 2025, R3 RACE 3 1m | USD $ 19,000 | -kg | J: S ZERON | T: E HART | | Fr5 | 1:56.40 | 2nd: IMMIGRANT AM
5 of 7, 02 May 2025, R10 RACE 10 1m | USD $ 25,000 | -kg | J: D DUNN | T: E HART | | Fr2 | 1:51.20 | Winner: CHAPERCRAZ
1 of 10, 25 Apr 2025, R11 RACE 11 1m | USD $ 12,500 | -kg | J: D DUNN | T: E HART | | Fr9 | 1:52.40 | 2nd: WINTER SOLDIER
3 of 8, 15 Apr 2025, R14 RACE 14 1m | USD $ 12,500 | -kg | J: R WARREN | T: E HART | | Fr2 | 1:55.00 | Winner: P L NOTSONICE
8 of 8, 23 Nov 2024, R14 RACE 14 1m | USD $ 14,500 | -kg | J: R WARREN | T: M MELANDER | | Fr3 | 1:54.40 | Winner: P L NOTSONICE
6 of 6, 09 Nov 2024, R10 RACE 10 1m | USD $ 18,500 | -kg | J: R WARREN | T: M MELANDER | | Fr6 | 1:53.10 | Winner: HERODOTUS
4 of 8, 01 Nov 2024, R7 RACE 7 1m | USD $ 14,000 | -kg | J: R WARREN | T: M MELANDER | | Fr6 | 1:53.10 | Winner: PLATINUM AS



Horse Stat

Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
MATTIAS MELANDER 3 30% 2 20% 10 $161,154 -34 36
RIDGE WARREN 3 33% 2 22% 9 $37,613 -19 46
DAVID MILLER 2 11% 5 28% 18 $217,362 -130 16
DEXTER DUNN 1 50% 0 0% 2 $11,937 32 210
SCOTT ZERON 1 33% 0 0% 3 $16,788 -14 20
JASON BARTLETT 1 100% 0 0% 1 $16,406 4 40
D MILLER 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
MARCUS MILLER 0 0% 1 100% 1 $4,800 -10 0
JIM MAROHN (JNR) 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
JORDAN STRATTON 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
PHILADELPHIA 3 50% 1 17% 6 $36,506 6 60
THE RED MILE 3 27% 0 0% 11 $225,218 -27 48
MEADOWLANDS 2 14% 4 29% 14 $69,433 -66 39
YONKERS RACEWAY 2 40% 0 0% 5 $31,250 -20 20
POCONO DOWNS 1 14% 3 43% 7 $22,871 -54 9
HOOSIER PARK 0 0% 1 50% 2 $56,744 -20 0
DOVER DOWNS 0 0% 1 100% 1 $24,038 -10 0
MOHAWK PARK 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0