Art Stafford Jr. swept both $20,000 first-round Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund (DSBF) events for three-year-old trotting fillies on Monday (Nov. 27) at Bally's Dover, driving his trainees She Is Strong and Last Nights Hit to victory in their respective divisions.
Both Progress Pace eliminations provided thrilling finishes with both heavy favorites prevailing in Grand Circuit harness racing action from Bally's Dover on Thursday (November 16th). The first four official finishers from each division return next Wednesday (Nov. 23) for the $260,000 Progress Pace Final. The first $35,000 elimination was won narrowly by 4 to 5
Sophomore male pacers were on display on Thursday, Nov. 16 at Dover Downs with O'Brien Award winner Stockade Seelster headlining the action in the first Progress Pace elimination, worth $35,000.
Jo Ann Looney-King's Curtsyforpurrseco ($2.40) became the lone two-year-old pacing filly with a shot at sweeping the Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund (DSBF) series at Bally's Dover after winning her $20,000 second-round preliminary division on Wednesday (Nov. 15) in a lifetime best 1:56.4.
Deborah Warnick's homebred Royal Beep Beep ($2.20) solidified himself as a likely favourite in next week's Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund (DSBF) series final for two-year-old male trotters with a decisive 1:59.3 score in the first of two $20,000 second-round preliminary events on Tuesday (Nov. 14) at Bally's Dover.