Favorites were shut out in the second round of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series for 3-year-old male trotters at Bally’s Dover as both Pretty Two and Platinum Max upended odds-on choices in their respective $20,000 splits on Tuesday (Dec. 10).
Author: from the Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund
Cal Expo meet opens Friday
Harness racing returns to Cal Expo Friday evening (Dec. 13) under the Watch and Wager LLC banner with 12 races on tap.
Posts drawn for MGM Grand Prix pacing final
On Tuesday (Dec. 10), post positions were drawn for next Monday’s (Dec. 16) $250,000 MGM Grand Prix Pacing Series final at MGM Yonkers Raceway. The final major open stakes event on the North American harness racing calendar for 2024, the MGM Grand Prix Pacing Series final will go 1-1/16 miles and is race eight on the 11-race program.
MGM Grand Prix Pacing Series prelims completed
The third and final leg of the MGM Grand Prix Pacing Series was the feature on Monday night (Dec. 9) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Three $50,000 divisions took place, with each of those events going 1-1/16 miles.
Going Platinum repeats in DSBF prelim
Breakaway Racing’s Going Platinum was again the star of the show on Monday (Dec. 9) at Bally’s Dover, proving the fastest of the three divisional winners in the second round of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series for 3-year-old trotting fillies with a 1:57.3 score in the second $20,000 division.
Incaseyoudidntknow wires Dover distaffers
Incaseyoudidntknow overcame strong winds and welcomed a drop in class to win the $17,000 winners-over feature for pacing mares at Bally’s Dover on Wednesday night (Dec. 4).
Jett Propelled soars to third straight in DSBF prelim
Jett Propelled lived up to 1-20 billing in the second of two $20,000 first-round preliminary divisions of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Bally’s Dover, extending her win streak to three with a 1:55.3 score on Wednesday (Dec. 4).
Chapheart roars home in Dover victory
Chapheart proved to have the heart of a lion and won the $25,000 Open Handicap Trot at Bally’s Dover on a chilly Tuesday night (Dec. 3).
Frank Quillen, 93, dies
Frank Fay Quillen, 93, of Harrington, Del., died Dec. 1, 2024.
Workslikeacharm much the best in DSBF prelim
After claiming a divisional Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) title this summer at Harrington Raceway, Workslikeacharm kicked off the December DSBF series at Bally’s Dover in victorious fashion, posting a 1:58.3 win over seven rivals in the first of two $20,000 first-round divisions for 3-year-old male trotters on Tuesday (Dec. 3).