Mustang Art took the lead in Thursday’s $25,000 Delaware Special at Dover Downs and played a game of ‘catch me if you can’ on the way to his seventh win of the year nosing out Simons Artist in the featured affair.
Corey Callahan ushered Max Walton and Greg Papaleo’s Mustang Art away quickly in a field of seven to take his rivals to the quarter in :26.3. The Artiscape-Paula Seelster gelding continued to lead the way with other contestants beginning to stack up on the way home. Mustang Art had just enough to hold off fast charging 19-1 shot Simons Artist by a nose after a :27.3 final panel. Race favourite Bandolito had to settle for third.
Mustang Art has turned into an iron horse. It was his 41st start this year and 82nd in the last two seasons. It was his eighth win of the year boosting his seasonal earnings to $127,985 in 2014 and $533,622 for 191 lifetime starts.
Corey Callahan made a total of six trips to the winner’s circle during Thursday’s card of racing, and in doing so he bumped his yearly win total to 570 and his career total to 3,976.
In addition to winning the feature race with Mustang Art, Callahan visited victory lane with Artistic Director (Race 1 – 1:52.3), M G Kid (Race 2 – 1:53.1), All Gold (Race 5 – 1:52.3), Rock Absorber (Race 12 – 1:53.2) and Woodstock Hanover (Race 13 – 1:52.3).
(With files from Dover Downs)