Veteran pacer Special T Rocks returned to the winner’s circle following a 1:51.3 victory in the Sunday feature race, after an early light snow shower over a ‘good’ track at Dover Downs on Jan. 17.
Allan Davis piloted $497,165 and 34-time winner Special T Rocks, an eight-year-old altered son of Rocknroll Hanover-Ladys Special, to his first win of the meet scoring a 1:51.3 triumph in a $9,000 Male pace for trainer Joe Hundertpfund and owner John Cancelliere. Allstar Preview (George Dennis) closed for second in front of Shellysblockbuster (Vince Copeland), third.
In the sub-feature $20,000-$25,000 4&5-Year-Old Claiming Handicap, Jason Lynch quick-stepped past leader If You Want Fire (A. Davis) on the backstretch and then opened up on the way to a 1:52.3 lifetime record victory. Three Day Forecast (Tony Morgan) was runner-up. Big Secret (Jonathan Roberts) collected third money. Trainer/driver Lynch and Jim Jacobs own the four-year-old Rocknroll Hnaover-Kiss Me Kate winning gelding.
Claimed for $10,000 last month, Briono stepped up to the $15,000 ranks and won for the fourth consecutive start and six of his previous seven outings. The Four Starzzz-Shark-Armbro Bahama gelding is owned by trainer Arty Foster. Marcus Miller has been his regular winning driver.
Ross Wolfenden led the drivers with four wins. Allan Davis had three wins as did trainer Joe Hundertpfund while Tony Morgan notched a double. Trainer Tim Crissman, owner Crissman Inc. and owner Arty Foster also haltered two wins each.
In addition to his victory in the feature, Hundertpfund scored his other wins with pacing gelding Danish Diligence and the four-year-old P.E.I.-bred mare Wynnfrith, who was making her stateside debut for new connections.
Captive Audience seeks a second straight $27,500 Delaware Special in the Monday Dr. Martin L King feature race.
(With files from Dover Downs)