The public choices responded with impressive victories in the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) first leg $20,000 preliminaries for two-year-old fillies at Dover Downs on Saturday
, Nov. 19.
Alleigh Girl made it five straight wins romping to a easy 2:01.3 triumph in the first DSBF prelim. The outcome was never in doubt after Ross Wolfenden took the Don Boss Vita-Armbro Odalisk brown filly right to the top for trainer Les Givens and owners Delbert Cain and Nanticoke Racing. Alleigh Girl has won six of her eight races and never been farther back than third while now banking $91,440. Commitment To Win (Roger Plante) was second best. Great Quantity (Jeff Fout) finished third.
The other DSBF frosh trot was all JAs Charmer with Vic Kirby steering a 2:05.1 win. It was the third win in seven outings for the John Wagner-trained CR Commando-Anastasia JA lass, owned by Pamela Wagner. She has now won $40,300 in 2011 purses. Aslees Sunrise (Art Stafford Jr.) was runner-up in front of LaVita Loca Rusty (Brad Hanners), who rallied after breaking stride on the first turn to come back to take show money.
The fastest of the three $20,000 filly paces was No Picnic, a daughter of Badlands Hanover-Michiko and a 1:56.2 winner. No Picnic recorded her fourth win of the campaign in eight starts for Badlands Racing and LeBlanc Racing. The Steve LeBlanc trainee has now collected $57,871 in her brief career. Joyanna (Ben Stafford) finished second with Powergirls Z Tam (Corey Callahan) the third-place finisher.
Designer Bags turned in an impressive victory also. The Roddys Bags Again-Alyshima freshman was all alone at the finish in a 1:56.4 mile with Allan Davis at the controls. Ed Walls owns the filly conditioned by David Rearic. Designer Bags has now won six of eight races and $83,727 in her rookie season. Genies Genie (Tony Morgan) and Grix Gadoo (Eddie Davis Jr.) followed in second and third respectively.
Mary Martin’s homebred Macs Journey is a maiden no more. The Badlands Hanover-Macs Only Iris filly was second-favourite in the race and was steered to a 1:57 victory by Sean Bier. Prior to this start, Macs Journey had a pair of seconds in nine starts for trainer Clarence Martin Jr. The race favourite, Karens Assets (Jon Roberts), was second. Anns Obsession (Bryan Truitt) was third.
Two $32,745 Matron Three-Year-Old Colt Pace eliminations and four DSBF colt first leg preliminaries headline a strong Sunday race program.
(Dover Downs)