by Marv Bachrad, publicity director, Dover Downs

Dover, DE — Breeder, owner, trainer Gordon Barrett put Donnie Long in the bike to drive Willow Mill Anna and the combination clicked for a 2:02.3 triumph in the first of two $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) 2nd leg 3-Year-Old Filly Trot preliminaries with Spoonful notching a 2:00.2 victory in the second division. Hollywood Highway won the $15,000 trot on the Wednesday, April 5 card at Dover Downs. For the second straight card, Tim Tetrick drove four winners.

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Willow Mill Anna was 2:02.3 winner in the first of two $20,000 DSBF 2nd leg 3-Year-Old Filly Trot preliminaries Wednesday at Dover Downs.

Long left with Willow Mill Anna and began her front-end journey to the finish line reducing her lifetime speed record to 2:02.3. Faith On The Hill (Tim Tetrick) left from post one and sat behind the leader all the way. Black Magic Mist (Art Stafford Jr.) fought off Ohtobetheone (Tony Morgan) to finish third.

Jim Morand took Spoonful right to the lead and never looked back for his second straight $20,000 DSBF prelim win. Owned by Delbert Cain and Nanticoke Racing and trained by Les Givens, the Political Briefing-Sanctions filly won for the sixth time in her career banking $124,512. Luv Is Blind (Vic Kirby), another prelim winner last week, challenged the winner heading to the final turn but had to settle for a second-place finish. Gogh Cinorita (Ross Wolfenden) was the show finisher.

Next Wednesday the top eight point-getters after the two prelim divisions return for the $100,000 DSBF Championship Final.

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Spoonful went wire-to-wire for his second straight $20,000 DSBF prelim win..

Tom Dillon’s Hollywood Highway streaked away to get the lead for Corey Callahan and fought off Celebrity Pegasus (Art Stafford Jr.) on the backstretch and pulled away in the lane for a 1:53.2 lifetime record in the $15,000 4&5-Year-Old Winners-Over trot, winning for the fourth time in seven starts this meet. It was the Muscle Massive-LA Freeway gelding’s seventh career win pushing his total to $197,144. Marley’s Guy (Tetrick) took third.

Tim Tetrick had a second-straight four win day. Corey Callahan, Tony Morgan and Ross Wolfenden won two races each.

The last four DSBF $20,000 prelims of the meet featuring colt and gelding pacers leads off with George Teague’s fast sophomores, with Henry The Dragon meeting Daiymir, in the first race. Major Uptrend heads the $30,000 Preferred while Blazing Bobby Sox and Emeritus Maximus match strides in the $27,500 Delaware Special.