More than $500,000 in total purses was at stake Wednesday night (October 5) at Harrington Raceway as the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) $100,000 final events for two-year-olds headlined the program.
It was a big night for driver Ross Wolfenden, who was the winning pilot in two of the DSBF final events and had five wins on the program.
Wolfenden guided unbeaten trotter Master Clave ($2.10) to his fourth straight win in 2:02.1 for owner Ben Brooks in the colt and gelding trotting final. The Master Lavec gelding set all the fractions and drew away with ease from Kirby In Command and Jiggs, who rounded out the trifecta. Master Clave was trained by John Wilkerson.
Wolfenden later sprung a mild upset with Jo Ann Looney King's Logans Girl ($11.40), who was a 1:56 winner in the filly pacing final over stablemate and 1-9 favourite Spanish Dream, who was second. Westwind Roddylee was third. A daughter of Roddys Bags Again trained by Jim King Jr., "Logan" sat behind the favourite throughout and surged by in deep stretch for her fourth career win in five lifetime starts.
In the final for pacing colts and geldings, George Teague Jr.'s Henry The Dragon ($4.80, Montrell Teague) was a dominant winner in 1:53.1. The Clyde Francis trainee rebuffed the early challenge of Almost Cut My Hair and was a six-length winner over Wake Up And Go and Hallies Comet. Henry The Dragon, a son of Custard The Dragon, improved to three-for-three in his career. The time equalled the track record for two-year-old pacing colts, set by Powerful Mist in 2010.
Rodney Mitchell Jr.'s Meantrotnjean ($29.40, Allan Davis) was victorious in the filly trotting final for trainer Leigh Raymer, with a 2:02.1 score. The CR Commando filly maintained a big lead going to three-quarters and overpowered her rivals for her second career win. Luv Is Blind charged home for second with Gogh Cinorita third.
Wolfenden also took the overnight feature, the $17,700 Open Trot, with a 1:56.3 score aboard Joe and Laurie Davino's Take My Picture ($9.20).
(Harrington Raceway)