by Marv Bachrad, publicity director, Dover Downs

Dover, DE — Overlooked Callmemza enjoyed a perfect two-hole trip en route to a 1:58.1 victory in the $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund sophomore filly trot final on Monday (April 6) at Dover Downs.

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Callmemza was a neck winner over My Fire Cloud Too in the DSBF final.

Race favorite I Got Spunk (Corey Callahan) broke stride before the start and Penny Paratrooper (Ross Wolfenden) took command from post one with Callmemza (Jonathan Roberts) leaving to find an early spot behind the leader.

Penny Paratrooper cut out the early fractions of :28.1 and :59.3 with Callmemza sitting second patiently. Reaching the three-quarters in 1:29, Eddie Davis Jr. pulled My Fire Cloud Too to quickly challenge for the lead and the front-trotting two raced around the final turn and headed for home.

Roberts called on his homebred filly high in the stretch and she streaked past the leaders and set a new lifetime mark of 1:58.1. My Fire Cloud Too was second. Silence Is Bliss closed for Tony Morgan to finish third in front of a tiring Penny Paratrooper.

“I had no special plan,” said Roberts. “I would see how the race unfolds.”

The Great George Two-Endorphan Annie miss was bred and is owned by trainer Bib Roberts, Graham Grace Stables and M & W Stables. She has now won six of 11 lifetime starts for a $160,221 lifetime bankroll. The name Callmemza was a creation of Jonathan’s wife.

In the $20,000 DSBF consolation, Corey Callahan took Scott Woogen’s Sign N Drive right to the front on the way to a lifetime mark of 1:59.3 for trainer Duane Wagner. The victory was the first this year for the CR Commando-Tybridge filly who also won the freshman consolation last November. She now has five career victories in nine races, winning $83,900 in purses. Laurie Lin (Montrell Teague) was runner-up.

Roberts (three winners on the night) also drove Catalea Seelster, a daughter of Stonebridge-C’mon Mama Cass, to a 1:53.2 win in a $17,000 Mares Winners Over Pace for trainer Trish Foulk and Foulk Stables. Megginspin (Allan Davis) and Annabeth (George Dennis) were second and third, respectively.

The $17,500 division of the Mares Winners Over Pace was won by Legacy Racing’s Empress Deo with Jim Morand in the bike. It was the second win in a row and fourth in her last six outings for the Rocknroll Hanover-Little Miss Kay 4-year-old.