Rays Big Bubba Fastest In DSBF Elims
Richards Stable, Donna Sullivan and Judy Leonard's Rays Big Bubba ($2.40, Ross Wolfenden) earned his 11th win in 17 career starts Wednesday at Harrington Raceway in the first of three $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund events for three-year-old colt and gelding pacers
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The Badlands Hanover colt was a three-length winner in 1:54 over Ali Bad Spider and Game Day. Rays Big Bubba is trained by Scott Gregoire.
Winbak Farm's Get Jazzed ($5.80, Jeff Fout) was a hard fought winner in the second elim in 1:55.2 over Royal Camelot and Three Ten. The Three Wizards colt is trained by Chris Ryder and picked up his third win of the season.
Meanwhile in the third division, Gary and Barbara Iles Zee Barber ($2.10, Jim Morand) was a wire-to-wire winner in 1:54.4 over Grab the Fortune and Sgt Charlie. 'Barber' earned a second straight win for trainer George Teague.
The second leg of DSBF action for pacing colts will get underway Wednesday, June 24.
There is no live racing at Harrington Thursday, June 25 and Sunday June, 28.
(With files from Harrington Raceway)