Sweet Bobbie nosed out Valuable Art in 1:52 to win the $25,000 Mares Open pace Wednesday (Jan. 17) at Dover Downs, while Cocktail Time took the $18,000 sub-feature.
Though it was her first win since she strung two in a row last November, Sweet Bobbie added to her impressive record this meet, which includes a second and four third-place finishes in her last nine starts. Her third win of the meet came via a scant nose decision, edging Valuable Art (Corey Callahan) in the $25,000 Mares Open pace. Art Stafford, Jr., Sweet Bobbie's regular driver, guided the six-year-old daughter of Art Major-Odds On Gobye for owner-trainer Gary Ewing. The win was the 26th in her lifetime, bringing her to $260,128 in career earnings. Empress Deo (Montrell Teague) was third.
Cocktail Time and Tony Morgan notched a 1:53.3 triumph in an $18,000 mares sub-feature for owners Barry Spedden and trainer Josh Parker. The Bettors Delight-Panevolence four-year-old chalked up her first win of 2018 and her fourth of this meet. She has now won $111,647 in her career. Rockin BB (Eddie Davis, Jr.) was next with OK Jasmine (Callahan) third.
Corey Callahan had three winners, while Art Stafford, Jr. and Tony Morgan visited the winner’s circle twice each.
A strong lineup of 13 races heads Thursday’s (Jan. 18) action, led by two winners-over paces and a pair of top-level claiming handicap paces. Hypothetical, a 1:51 winner last week, is one of three starters looking for a second straight victory in one of the Thursday co-featured paces, while Sometimes Said puts a four-race win streak on the line in the other. Post time is 4:30 p.m. Eastern.
(Dover Downs)