Dover, DE — Embrace The Grind set blistering early fractions on his way to a 1:53.1 win in Tuesday’s (Feb. 7) $25,000 Open Handicap Trot at Bally’s Dover.

Embrace The Grind sprinted quickly to the lead from post four and seated Northern Express in the pocket. Even-money favorite JL Cruze could not find a seat entering the first turn and was parked into early fractions of :26.4 and :55.2 before fading up the backstretch. After hitting three-quarters in 1:24, Embrace The Grind remained loose on the lead entering the lane. The 7-year-old Keystone Activator gelding won by two lengths and paid $17.20 to win, with Tony Morgan driving for owner-trainer Bobby Glassmeyer.

Embrace The Grind capped a driving hat trick for Tony Morgan with a front-end win in Tuesday’s Open Handicap Trot at Bally’s Dover. Fotowon photo.

Fifty Ways (driven by Michael Cole), the second longest shot on the board at 33-1, rallied from a three-hole trip to finish second over Northern Express.

JL Cruze finished last in the eight-horse field.

The feature win capped a driving triple for Morgan.

In the final race, Cash Hudson paid $133.20 to win, prompting a $10,392.15 pentafecta payout and also leading to a $4,368 carryover in the Pick-4 on Wednesday (Feb. 8) at Bally’s Dover. First post is 4:30 p.m.