Apple Valley Art Wins DSBF Final; Tetrick Wins Five

Harrington, DE – Jo Ann Looney King’s Apple Valley Art ($2.40, Tim Tetrick) won the $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) Final for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings Monday (July 6) at Harrington Raceway in 1:55.

The Artzina-Shake Away gelding led throughout and held off a fierce late charge from American Nitro for the victory, his third straight for trainer Jim King Jr. Aidan was third. Apple Valley Art has won 3-of-4 career starts and was one of five wins on the card for Tetrick, two of which were trained by King Jr.

Apple Valley Art picked up his third straight victory in the $100K DSBF Final this afternoon at Harrington Raceway. Fotowon photo.

Tetrick won three consecutive races mid-card, including Jo Ann Looney-King’s Q’s Cruise ($3.40), who was a 1:51.2 winner in the $12,000 Open Pace, the overnight feature. The Yankee Cruiser 6-year-old was a wire-to-wire winner over Slick Tony and Sicily for trainer Jim King Jr.

Tony Morgan won both halves of the daily double with a pair of rail horses in Providential ($3.40) and Cruise Patrol ($2.60). He had three wins total on the program.

Meanwhile, 10-year-old pacer Lucan Hanover ($2.20, Tetrick), notched his 50th career win in 1:53 in a $7,200 conditioned pace for trainer Eric Ell and owner Bill Emmons.

Louis Tomczak’s Proper One ($3, Art Stafford Jr.) dominated a $9,000 conditioned pace field with a five-length romp in 1:51.1 for trainer Carlo Poliseno.

In the $15,000 DSBF consolation event for male pacers, Bernard Stingone’s White Lands ($15.60, Russell Foster) prevailed in 2:00 for trainer Jason Skinner.

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