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Monday’s (Aug. 18) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Harrington Raceway and Tioga Downs.

Wolfenden and Hundertpfund are a terrific tandem at Harrington

Harrington, DE — Harrington Raceway’s 68th year of live harness racing resumed Monday night with four-time defending driving champion Ross Wolfenden winning four races on the 12 race program.

Live racing had been on a brief hiatus in central Delaware since the July 24, the Governor’s Day program during the Delaware State Fair.

Wolfenden, who finished in a deadlock atop the driver standings with George Dennis in 2013, teamed up with 2013 leading trainer Joe Hundertpfund Jr. to win three of his races. The 51-year-old Wolfenden’s first win came in the second race aboard Polaris N ($11.40) before capturing consecutive races aboard Hundertpfund-trained horses in the seventh with Ivan Blue Chip ($4) and the eighth with Ziggy Sky ($4.80).

Wolfenden then triumphed in the 11th with Danish Diligence ($3.20) to cap the grand slam.

There was approximately a half-hour delay shortly before the 11th race due to an electrical outage.

Jon Roberts and George Dennis each recorded a driving double.

Racing will continue on a Monday through Thursday schedule until Oct. 23.

— Matt Sparacino

Tioga Downs
Benefiting from a pocket trip, the Wiz Kids Stable’s Golden Gun ($27.80) took his second consecutive win in Monday evening’s $15,000 Open Pace at Tioga Downs. The 4-year-old Headmaster gelding tracked 1-4 favorite Bet On The Law (Joe Pavia, Jr.) through strong, yet controlled fractions of :27.1, :55.3 and 1:22.4 before edging off the pegs midway through the far turn. At the top of the stretch, Bet On The Law was fully extended and would be collared by Golden Gun in the final 70 yards of a 1:51 mile. Golden Gun won by just shy of a length over Bet On The Law, while JK Panache (John MacDonald) just missed second off a stand-side charge. John Cummings Jr. drove Golden Gun for trainer Jeff Sorenson.