by Marv Bachrad, publicity director, Dover Downs

Dover, DE — Tough Mac, who stopped nearing the wire to finish third last week, did not stop this time when Corey Callahan drove the veteran to a 1:52.4 victory in the $20,000 Open Handicap Trot on Wednesday (Jan. 18) at Dover Downs.

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Tough Mac was a 1:52.4 winner in the Open Handicap Trot.

Unlike last week when he had trouble getting to the front, Tough Mac took over early and sped to a powerful finish in winning the feature. Il Mago (Pat Berry) sat second most of the way for the place position while longshot Winbak Charles M (Yannick Gingras) took third.

Mike Casalino owns the Lockkeeper-Traditional Lady black gelding who won for the 25th time in his career. He now is a winner of $328,399.

In the $15,500 sub-featured trot, overlooked at 20-1 after several outside posts, Tymal Signature with Jonathan Roberts driving came on in the lane to score his first win of 2017 in 1:54.2, equaling his lifetime fastest clocking for owner-trainer Bobby Glassmeyer. A black Deweycheatumnhowe-Blossom Seelster mare, she was followed by Steel Reserve (Vic Kirby) and Earl’s Speeder (Callahan).

Moonlight Cocktail chalked up her second win in a row with Tony Morgan at the controls to win the $13,500 trot. One of two mares in the race, Moonlight Cocktail, trained by Linda Toscano for Richard Gutnick and TLP Stable, won easily in defeating Uncle Mack (Gingras) and Myclaimtovictory (Kim Vincent), second and third, respectively.

Corey Callahan won four races, while Montrell Teague and Tony Morgan had doubles.

A $30,000 Preferred Pace headed by Secret Seven, Little Ben and Ideal Cowboy heads the giant Thursday program at Dover.