Wallin fulfills childhood dream with Hambletonian appearance

August 4, 2022, by Rich Fisher, USTA Web Newsroom Senior Correspondent

Trenton, NJ — Fourteen years ago, Lucas Wallin watched in wonderment at The Meadowlands as Ray Schnittker’s Deweycheatumnhowe won the Hambletonian.

“That was the first Hambo I saw here,” the Swede said. “After that, I said that one day I would move here and try to be in it. So, it’s pretty cool.”

Cool because at age 29, “one day” has arrived for the trainer, whose colt Rebuff is the 9-5 morning line favorite in Saturday’s $1 million Hambletonian