Rookies To Dover For Matron Finals

As the stakes season begins to wind down, the focus will shift from The Meadowlands to Dover Downs as the Delaware oval prepares for Grand Circuit action, including a quartet of Matron Stakes events for two-year-olds on Thursday (Nov. 4).

First up will be the $146,700 Matron Stakes for two-year-old colt and gelding pacers. Fourever Boy is listed as the 2-1 morning line favourite in the four-horse affair.

The Tim Twaddle-trained son of Sweet Lou-Macharoundtheclock will depart from Post 3 with Mike Wilder scheduled to do the piloting. From 11 starts this season, the rookie has assembled a record of 1-0-4 while stashing away earnings $165,329.

The $179,200 Matron Stakes for two-year-old colt and gelding trotters features a field of eight including the 5-2 favourite in the morning line, Letsdoit S. The Marcus Melander pupil will start from the pole position for driver Brian Sears. From nine starts this seasons the son of Nuncio-Bacio has recorded a 2-3-2 record while banking $154,977.

Venerable, who suffered a heartbreaking loss in her elimination of the Breeders Crown, will look to bounce back as she takes on six other foes in the $130,700 Matron Stakes for two-year-old trotting fillies. The daughter of Walner-Jolene Jolene has drawn Post 6 for the tandem of driver David Miller and trainer Richard ‘Nifty’ Norman. Listed at 2-5 in the morning line, the eight-time winner will be looking to bolster a bank account that sits at $1,011,255.

Joyride Hanover, the stablemate of Venerate, is the 5-2 morning line favourite in the $145,100 Matron Stakes for two-year-old pacing fillies. The Richard ‘Nifty’ Norman trainee will start from Post 2 with driver Tim Tetrick at the controls. The daughter of American Ideal-JK Higher Power already owns a 2-3-3 record from nine trips to the track and earnings of $122,002.

Here are the fields for Thursday’s finals:

$146,700 Matron Stake Two-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Pace
1. Market Based
2. Nautical Hanover
3. Fourever Boy
4. Atlas Hanover

$179,200 Matron Stake Two-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Trot
1. Letsdoit S
2. Threepointbluechip
3. Periculum
4. Esplosione
5. Whiskey Hanover
6. Double Deceiver
7. Delgado
8. Slay

$146,700 Matron Stake Two-Year-Old Filly Trot
1. Missy Trix
2. Shestheluckyone
3. Hill Of Cash S
4. Im Happy Hanover
5. HL Revina
6. Venerable
7. Dixiechick Hanover

$145,100 Matron Stake Two-Year-Old Filly Pace
1. Shipnstrol Hanover
2. Joyride Hanover
3. A Girl That Twirls
4. Galleria Hanover
5. Treacherous Kiss
6. Frantasy Hanover
7. Yes And Yes
8. Jazzed

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