Filled Donut overcame leaving from the outside post 8 to win his second straight, delivering a 1:54.1 success in the $16,000 featured trot in the Tuesday (Jan. 16) headliner at Dover Downs. Jack Parker, Jr. drove NF Happenstance to her third consecutive victory to win the $13,000 winners-over trot.
Art Stafford, Jr. and trainer Eric Ell teamed up to continue an undefeated 2018 for the Andover Hall-Miss Gertrude four-year-old gelding. It was his third win in his last four outings. Miami (Vic Kirby) was second with Amber Ella (Tony Morgan) third. The victory moved Filled Donut into six-figure earnings. He has now won $103,880 with six lifetime wins for owners Ken Wood, Bill Dittmar, Steve Iaquinta, and Lee Walls.
In the $13,000 winners-over trot, NF Happenstance continued a successful return to the races after dropping a Sebastian K filly last spring for owner Jim Moore, IlI. The daughter of SJs Caviar-Moira Hall remained unbeaten in 2018 when Jack Parker, Jr. pulled the eight-year-old out of second heading around the final turn and withstood a late challenge from I Like My Boss (Allan Davis) in deep stretch to record her 23rd career victory and raise her earnings to $319,756 lifetime. Tough Mac (Corey Callahan) was third.
William Moffett, Inc.’s Gillie The Kid scored a 1:55.2 victory in a $12,000 winners-over trot. An altered son of Northern Kid-Campaign Wife, Gillie The Kid notched his first win of the new year. It was the second win for Ross Wolfenden. Veteran All Shoes On Deck (Jonathan Roberts) closed to take second while Moose Madness (Vic Kirby) was the show horse.
In the $13,000 mares pace, lightly raced Stormtracker won her second in a row, posting a 1:53.3 victory with Vic Kirby in the bike. It was only the sixth career start for the four-year-old by Big Jim-Stonebridge Breeze, who now has won four with a second and a third for owners Mehlenbacher, Enviro, and Bay’s stables. Odysseus (Callahan) was the runner-up in front of The Lion Sleeps (Russell Foster), who finished third.
Corey Callahan, trainer Dylan Davis and owner Howard Taylor won the daily double. Ross Wolfenden, Montrell Teague and trainer Clyde Francis also each had two winners.
(Dover Downs)