The Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes for three-year-olds will headline the (June 14-16) week of racing at Harrington Raceway.
The pacing males will compete in three divisions Monday (June 14), pacing females in three divisions Tuesday (June 15) and both sexes of trotters in five divisions on Wednesday (June 16). Each split goes for a purse of $20,000 in the two weeks of eliminations with the $100,000 finals to be contested on July 29 during the Delaware State Fair.
A pair of DSBF two-year-old champs will square off in the second male pacing division Monday as Mst Racing and George Teague’s Subban (4/1, Montrell Teague), a Southwind Lynx gelding who won last year’s $100,000 final at Harrington for trainer Clyde Francis, will battle a deep field that includes the Dover Downs final champ in Henry Farragalli III, Nanticoke Racing and Albert Feeney’s Downtown Show (3/2, Allan Davis). A son of Delmarvalous for trainer Les Givens, he already has 2 wins in his sophomore campaign. Leonard Hubbard’s Zs Dream (5/2, Art Stafford Jr.), a son of Dream Away, won four of 10 races as a freshman and figures to be one of the major players in the division for trainer Andrew Stafford.
Tuesday’s filly pacing divisions are stout with the stiffest split being in the sixth race, as Roddys Bags Again-sired Littlebagoftricks (7/5, Russell Foster) and Tobago Cays-sired Tobago Time (8/5, Pat Berry) will square off. Owned by Rich Lombardo, Charles Cochran and trainer Josh Green, Littlebagoftricks won four of six races as a two-year-old and banked nearly $100,000, while Frank Chick and David Hamm’s Tobago Time already has two wins under her belt at three and was a DSBF consolation winner at two for trainer Kevin Lare.
Wednesday is trot night which marks the stakes return of Bobby Myers’ Big Al M (Eddie Davis Jr.), a son of Anders Bluestone who dominated the colt and gelding ranks at two, winning five of seven and banked $136,092. His chief rival, Don and David Wiest’s Keystone Activator-sired Rhett (Corey Callahan) is back and drew in with him in the first division on the card, slated second on the 15-race program.
The filly trot division is headed by Thestable Jazzy Judy Group’s Jazzy Judy (Anthony MacDonald), a daughter of Political Briefing who won three-of-six at two for trainer Jim King Jr. and is fresh off a pair of blowout qualifiers.
Racing will be conducted on a Monday through Wednesday schedule until June 23 when racing will be on Mondays and Tuesdays until July 6 — the customary summer break will commence prior to the Delaware State Fair. Post time nightly is 4:30 p.m. (EDT).
(Harrington Raceway)