Captaincountrystar ($5.80, Pat Berry) was an open length winner in the $31,250 featured Open Pace Monday (June 15) at Harrington Raceway.
This week’s field featured four different horses who have won the event this meet. Hundred Dollar Man (Tony Morgan) marched to the lead from post position five and set fractions of :27.2 and :56.1 before Captain Countrystar pushed forward and cleared the lead past the half-mile and took the field to three-quarters in 1:24.1, while Hundred Dollar Man waited in the pocket as the outer flow stalled. Captaincountrystar surged through the stretch as Hundred Dollar Man tired, to earn his third win of the year. Saulsbrook Genesis (Corey Callahan) was second with Mr Three O Five (Montrell Teague third.
Trained by Traci Berry, it was the 41st career win for the six-year-old Captaintreacherous gelding. Captaincountrystar (pictured above) is owned by Tlb Racing of Harrington, DE.
Earlier in the card, the Molly Gara trained C Millertimeagain ($2.10, Corey Callahan) dazzled in his final prep for Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund three-year-old stakes action, which starts June 22, with a dominant 1:53.2 triumph for owners Erv Miller of Debary, FL, James Frawley and James Knowlton both of Richland Center, WI.
The Roddys Bags Again gelding earned $158,153 as a two-year-old and seems poised to make a splash as a sophomore, fresh off a trio of decisive victories to start his three-year-old campaign.
Brandon Givens had three wins on the card. Corey Callahan had a pair of wins.
(With files from Harrington Raceway)