Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes for three-year-olds will headline the June 16-18 racing action at Harrington Raceway as nine $20,000 USD divisions will go postward to complete the first of two elimination legs.

The top eight point earners from the eliminations will return to compete in $110,000 USD finals on July 17, opening night of the Delaware State Fair (special post time 5 p.m.).

The pacing colts and geldings start the action on Monday night with Forrest Bartlett’s Primo Maschio looking to continue his dominance of the division for trainer Walter Callahan. Trae Porter with drive the 7-5 morning line favourite from the inside post in the first preliminary event.

A trio of pacing filly divisions will be spotlighted on the Tuesday program. A pair of Les Givens trainees, Donna Messick’s Little Miss Peyton (Corey Callahan) and Nanticoke Racing, Arthur Feeney and Chad Tate’s Bella Artiste (Jim Morand) standout among the 18 fillies.

Four divisions of trotters will be in action on Wednesday with Nanticoke Racing, Jim Magno and Joseph Fonte’s Take It Easy (Ross Wolfenden) and recent Virginia Breeders Stakes champ, Jane Dunavant’s Kats Fancy (Cody Poliseno) among the favourites in the filly divisions while a wide-open division among the male trotters awaits. Breakaway Racing’s Legend Of Rock (Corey Callahan) was runner up in the DSBF late closer earlier this year and should among the chief contenders.

Post time nightly is 4:30 p.m. Live racing will continue on a Monday through Wednesday schedule before the summer break after July 2.

(Harrington Raceway; photo of Primo Maschio from a previous win)