by Marv Bachrad, publicity director, Dover Downs

Dover, DE — Favorite Alleigh Girl and first-time winner Cruisin Susan won the two $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) 3-Year-Old Filly trot 1st leg preliminaries on Thursday, March 29. Cavinetta, Corey Callahan’s fifth of six winners, won the $16,000 feature on the regular program.

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Alleigh Girl scored an easy 1:59.3 win in the first of two DSBF prelims on the card.

As expected prohibitive favorite Alleigh Girl won the first DSBF prelim easily romping to a 1:59.3 victory with Ross Wolfenden driving the daughter of CR Commando-French Doll owned by Art Stafford and Art Stafford Jr. It was the first 2012 start and win for the Les Givens trainee who now has accumulated eight wins in 11 races. She has now earned $136,440 in her career. Jodi Lin (Justin Vincent) finished second. Bosston Bell (George Dennis) came in third.

Cruisin Susan cruised down the lane to emerge from a crowd of trotters to win the second $20,000 prelim in 2:01.4. LaVita Loca Rusty (Brad Hanners) was second with JA’s Charmer (Jon Wagner) was third. David Hoover trains the Linbo-Ragland Road filly for Meadow Creek Stables.

The 2nd and final leg of the DSBF sophomore events are set to begin on Monday. The top eight-point getters in each of the four divisions return during the final week of the current meet ending April 12 for $100,000 finals.