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Tuesday’s Racing Roundup features stories from Dover Downs and Monticello Raceway.

Apache Dame wins $27,000 Mares Open; Wolfenden wins five at Dover

Dover, DE — Apache Dame, last season’s ‘Horse of the Meet’, continued her top form collecting a 1:52.3 victory in the $27,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap pace on Tuesday, Nov. 24 at Dover Downs.

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Apache Dame continued her top form collecting a 1:52.3 victory in the $27,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap pace.

With regular driver Ross Wolfenden at the controls for his fourth consecutive win on a six-win night, Apache Dame took command on the backstretch and with a :28.4 final panel picked up her 10th victory of the campaign for owners Paul McDougall and WJ McDougall Racing. The 8-year-old daughter of Apaches Fame-Amerissa returned to racing last year after giving birth to a foal and quickly returned to top form for trainer Peter Tritton. Apache Dame has now won $140,907 this year. Tony Morgan drove Delightful Diva to a second-place finish while Kellytuck Sophie with Jon Roberts was third.

Donttellmewhattodo kept her record perfect in four starts at the track taking the $23,000 Mares Jr. Open for Ross Wolfenden’s sixth win on the card. The 6-year-old DM Dillinger-Murder Of One mare fought off a backstretch-long challenge from Firiel Hanover (Montrell Teague) and then held off a cavalry charge from behind at the wire in 1:53.3 for her ninth win of the season. The Charles Cochran-trainee upped her seasonal earnings to $127,957 for owners Darryl Gombert, Jeff Rose and Hankook Stable.

— Marv Bachrad

Three in a row for Fox Valley Roper

Monticello, NY — Fox Valley Roper won the $7,500 pacing feature in 1:56.2 at Monticello Raceway on November 24, which marked the veteran gelding’s third consecutive victory here. Billy Dobson drove the winner for trainer Ross Claridge and once again Dobson used the front-end route to victory.

After stating from the pole position Dobson got away with a relatively easy opening quarter, racing unchallenged by the first stanza in :29. But after that challenges came from Three Town Hero (Jimmy Taggart, Jr.) and Tricky Grin (Jordan Stratton).

With Fox Valley Roper and Three Town Hero going head to head up the backstretch, Stratton moved Tricky Grin three-deep and got around Taggart’s pacer on the final turn. But in the lane Fox Valley Roper proved too much and went on to a 1-1/2 length victory over Tricky Grin. Thee Town Hero hung on for third money.

It was the fifth victory of the season for Fox Valley Roper, who is owned by Christa Claridge.

In other news, Stratton won three races, giving him a total of 185 at the Mighty M and 449 overall for the season which ranks him ninth in North America. His purse total of $6,015,912 is 16th best and is a new record for the 22-year-old reinsman who began his career at the Mighty M.

— John Manzi