Corey Callahan treated Super Imposed N to a ground-saving trip in Thursday’s $35,000 Preferred Handicap for pacers at Dover Downs, and the gelding trainee parlayed the sweet ride into a sharp victory clocked in 1:50.1.
Super Imposed N watched Soto (:26.1) and race favourite Major Uptrend (:53.4 and 1:21.4) take turns on the lead through sharp fractions before finding clearance and used a :28-second closing panel to prevail by a head over Soto. Major Uptrend was a lapped-on third.
Trainer Mike Hall and partner David Hamm own the six-year-old son of Jeremes Jet-Madam Superior, who won a feature race for the fourth time this meet. He has now won $191,203 lifetime.
Due to Wednesday’s snow cancellation, there were four $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund divisions for three-year-old pacers - two of them non-wagering events held prior to the regular card.
In the first split, Jason Green drove Go Sandy Go wire-to-wire in 1:54 to win the $20,000 division. Brent Outten, Rich Lombardo and Green Racing own the Roddys Bags Again-Bit Of Trick filly to her fourth lifetime win in six starts.
Jeff and Dave Clark’s homebred Gracefullyforgiven, with Art Stafford, Jr. in the bike won the second filly pace division with a 1:55.2 mile. A black daughter of Roddys Bags Again–Bluebird Wanda, the win was her sixth in eight lifetime outings. Gloria Pierre (Eddie Davis, Jr.) was next with Lydia (Ross Wolfenden) the third-place finisher.
Tim Tetrick led off the regular program steering JoAnn Looney-King’s Evolution Tour to her sixth win in 10 races and $111,550 in career earnings notching a 1:53.4 win in the first $20,000 colt prelim. GWT (Montrell Teague) and Own It (Wolfenden) finished second and third.
In the second $20,000 DSBF pace, Slick Tony (Russell Foster), the winner of both the Dover Downs and Harrington $100,000 finals, defeated Transitioning Joy (Montrell Teague) in 1:52.3 with Burn Brighter (Tetrick) third.
The George Teague-bred and -owned son of No Spin Zone-Queen Kathy, won for the 10th time in 13 races. He has won $166,797 in his career
All four DSBF sophomore divisions will culminate in $100,000 finals next Thursday featuring the top eight point-getters in colt and filly trot and pace Dover Downs champions decided.
(With files from Dover Downs)