Sweet Bobbie stepped up to the $25,000 Mares Open and repeated last week’s 7-1 victory, while Seboomook Copper and Lotsa Luck won the DSBF colt and filly pace consolations on Wednesday (November 29) at Dover Downs.
Overlooked after last Wednesday’s seven-length 1:52.1 win, the five-year-old Art Major-Odds On Gobye mare owned by trainer Gary Ewing came on strongly in the lane for Art Stafford, Jr. to notch a 1:51.1 triumph in the week’s top female event. The win was the third of four for hot driver Stafford, putting him in a tie for second place in the driver standings with Corey Callahan at 27. Tim Tetrick leads with 36.
Keystone Riptide, a 40-1 longshot piloted by Ross Wolfenden, stormed home to finish second for a $306.80 exacta while Purrfect Bags and Montrell Teague, third, completed a $3,389.40 trifecta.
Garnet O’Marrow’s homebred Seboomook Copper, an altered son of Gamblers Dream-Seboomook Mao, held off favorite Fulla Nitro (Jonathan Roberts) for a 1:56.2 victory in the first $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) consolation. Trend Spin (Russell Foster) was third.
Art Stafford’s first win of a big day came directing Lotsa Luck to a 1:57 win in the second $20,000 DSBF consolation, this one in the freshman filly pace. Kissthatonegoodbye (Callahan) was the runner-up with Diabolical Spin (Foster) the show horse.
In addition to Art Stafford, Jr.’s four-bagger, owner-trainer Josh Parker had a double.
Progress, DSBF finals headline Thursday card
The $308,060 Hap Hansen Progress Pace and four $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund finals headline the biggest day in Delaware harness racing on Thursday (November 30).
This season’s two richest three-year-old pacers—Downbytheseaside and Fear The Dragon—lead a fast, hard-hitting field of eight in the 21st Hap Hansen Progress Pace, the signature event of Dover Downs racing.
All four DSBF freshman championships are on the line as well Thursday. In the $100.000 colt divisions, Super Fly (Art Stafford, Jr.) is the trotter to beat while JoAnn Looney-King’s Evolution Tour (Tetrick) and George Leager’s Slick Tony (Russel Foster) drew posts 1 and 2 respectively in the colt pace.
In the filly trot, Vandalous (Corey Callahan), racing for Chambers, Fuquay-Varina, Cinbrew, and BCJM; and the Serendipity Stable’s Star Sapphire (Foster) put unbeaten prelim records on the line. The $100,000 filly pace showcases Darrell and Leah Lewis’ Pedal Power, Brent Outten and Green Racing’s Go Sandy Go (Jason Green), and Jeff and David Clark’s Gracefullyforgiven (Stafford)
In addition, the undercard features a $25,000 Open Pace and four sub-featured pacing events with purses ranging from $13,000 to $18,000.
(Dover Downs)