Harrington, DE — Harrington Raceway’s 76th season of live harness racing opens Monday (April 11) with a 4:30 p.m. post time.

A Monday through Wednesday schedule will cover most of the season, save for a few two-day weeks in the summer. Free daily racing programs will be available online courtesy of the Delaware Standardbred Owners Association via the Harrington Raceway website here.

A 13-race card will start the 65-day schedule on opening day. Full fields await racing and wagering fans. A 50-cent based Pick-5 wager will begin in race two, and as has been customary, the last four races will feature a 50-cent based Pick-4.

New this season, will be pending changes to the carryover structure for those popular wagers as well as for superfecta bets. If no one correctly selects all winners in the Pick-4, Pick-5 or top four finishers in the superfecta, 100 percent of the net pool will go towards the carryover. The changes will enable a faster build-up for carryovers.

The opening day feature race is the $20,000 Open (seventh race), which boasts an accomplished group of pacers with career earnings near $2 million.

Dylan Davis will send the likely post time favorite Shoobee Doo A (5/2, Corey Callahan) to post from the rail. Fotowon photo.

Co-owner/trainer Dylan Davis will send the likely post time favorite Shoobee Doo A (5/2, Corey Callahan) to post from the rail after facing stiff competition at Yonkers in the MGM Borgata Series. The 7-year-old Shoobee’s Place gelding is coming off a season in which he earned nearly $200,000.

Co-owner/trainer Gary Ewing’s McBoogity (4/1, Tony Morgan) will start from post two, riding a two-race win streak. His driver, Morgan, is just 11 wins from 17,000 all-time, second most of any driver, trailing only Dave Palone who is approaching 20,000. Driver Mike Cole is also approaching a milestone, as he is 11 wins shy of 2,000.

Alton Lynch Jr.’s Sweet Sun Daze (5/1, Lynch Jr.), George and Tina Dennis and Curtis Larrimore’s Balder Son (7/1, Cole), Vincent Ferriero Jr.’s Grand Cayman (7/1, Ross Wolfenden), Edwin Gannon Jr.’s Sprocket (5/1, Pat Berry) and Mark Salerno’s Seventh Secret (6/1, Allan Davis) will complete the field.

Last year’s leading driver, Davis, and leading trainer Chuck Crissman Jr., who also won the title at the recently completed meet at Bally’s Dover, are among a deep group of drivers and trainers competing at the meet.

Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund stakes action for 3-year-olds will start June 13. The $100,000 DSBF finals will take place on the annual July 28 Governor’s Day program during the Delaware State Fair. DSBF stakes for 2-year-olds kick off Sept. 26 with finals on Oct. 10-12.