Overtrick
{{Short description|American Standardbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox named horse
|horsename= Overtrick
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|breed= Standardbred[http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/overtrick5 Racehorse Pedigree - Overtrick]
|sire= Solicitor (USA)
|grandsire= Kings Counsel (USA)
|dam= Overbid (USA)
|damsire= Hal Dale (USA)
|sex= Stallion
|foaled= 1960
|country= United States
|colour= Bay
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|raceearnings= $407,483
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|honours= Best mile rate, 1:57.1
|updated=2009-04-17 }}
Overtrick (foaled 1960) was a champion U.S. standardbred racehorse who was memorable for his breaking of many existing world records{{cite book |title=Modern Pacing Sire Lines |last=Bradley |first=John |year=1998 |publisher=The Russell Meerdink Company Ltd. |isbn=978-0-929346-56-4 |pages=316–321 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3_MHDIuHDLMC&pg=PA318&dq=Overtrick+%2Bharness&num=100&sig=ACfU3U3o76nZlUtInZyZaJixlH0RqRToJQ |accessdate=2008-09-12}} and his classic duels with champion pacer Meadow Skipper.
Overtrick raced against crack pacers Meadow Skipper and Country Don in all three legs of the 1963 harness racing Triple Crown. In the first leg, Meadow Skipper thumped Overtrick in a track record time. In the second race of the series, the Little Brown Jug,{{cite news |title=PACER IS WINNER IN STRAIGHT HEATS |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0814FE3B541A7B93C2AB1782D85F478685F9 |work=The New York Times |date=September 20, 1963 |accessdate=2008-09-12 | first=Louis | last=Effrat}} 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{{cite news |title=Overtrick Scores In Messenger Pace |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/11/03/archives/overtrick-scores-in-messenger-pace-meadow-skipper-finishes-second.html |work=The New York Times |date=November 3, 1963 |accessdate=2008-09-12 | first=Louis | last=Effrat}} with Country Don second and Meadow Skipper third.[https://archive.today/20121203001829/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1075201/1/index.htm Triple Crown Harness Racing 1963]