Dover Downs

Nike Franco N Beats The Boys

December 01, 2016

Nike Franco N stepped out of the distaff ranks to beat the top pacers in Thursday’s $30,000 Preferred Handicap at Dover Downs while Sicily held off the opposition to take the $27,500 Delaware Special.

'Demon' Completes Davis Triple

November 30, 2016

Theresademoninme took a new lifetime mark of 1:52.4 in the $20,000 Open Handicap Trot and lifted trainer Dylan Davis' win count to three for the day on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at Dover Downs.

Purrfect Bags Tops Dover Distaffers

November 29, 2016

The photo-finish camera was needed to determine Purrfect Bags winner of Tuesday’s $20,000 Filly and Mare Open pace at Dover Downs.

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Progress To Easy Lover Hanover

November 28, 2016

Owner Brad Grant of Milton, Ont. rolled the dice when he supplemented Easy Lover Hanover for $25,000 to this year’s Hap Hansen Progress Pace, and the gamble paid off big time for the streaking son of ...

Progress Pace Showdown Tonight

November 28, 2016

Check Six and Manhattan Beach, the winners of the $35,000 elimination divisions last week, head a fast field of three-year-olds in Dover Downs’ signature event, the $314,600 Hap Hansen-Progress Pace o...

‘Easy Lover’ Will Be In The Mix

November 24, 2016

“We’re happy enough with the spot we got (for the Progress Pace final). He’ll be in the race, that’s for sure. If you draw outside with that bunch, they can all leave great – as can he – but it is an ...

Spoonful Triumphs In Delaware Final

November 23, 2016

Spoonful, driven by Jim Morand, won the $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) Two-Year-Old Filly Trot Final at Dover Downs on Wednesday, Nov. 23.

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Logans Girl Digs In To Win

November 22, 2016

It was a driving finish for the freshman pacing fillies in Tuesday’s $100,000 final of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund at Dover Downs, and when the dust settled it was Logans Girl coming out o...

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'Beach' Boys Win Progress Elims

November 21, 2016

Eliminations for this year’s Hap Hansen Progress Pace went postward Monday at Dover Downs, and sons of Somebeachsomewhere were in the spotlight.

Big Finish For Boston Red Rocks?

November 21, 2016

"He hasn’t had a bad year. He’s made almost $400,000 and there were some races he was in the barn when the other horses were out there. I don’t think you can ever say his year was disappointing. It is...

Delaware Prelims To 'Anna' & Spoonful

November 16, 2016

Willow Mill Anna and Spoonful notched victories in the second and final set of Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) prelims for three-year-old trotting fillies, while Theresademoninme won the $2...

Copeland Joins 'Club 5,000'

November 15, 2016

Reinsman Vince Copeland went into Tuesday’s card of racing at Dover Downs needing just a single victory to join an elite club, and pacer Spirit Light turned out to be the horse who took him to the pro...