Dover, DE — Jane Dunavant’s homebred 3-year-old trotting filly Kat’s Fancy is just one race away from a second Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series sweep this season following her facile 1:58.1 win on Tuesday (Dec. 8) at Bally’s Dover in the $20,000 second round of the December DSBF series.
With Cody Poliseno at the lines for trainer Carlo Poliseno, Kat’s Fancy traveled unopposed on the lead through splits of :28.4, :58.2 and 1:28.3 before repelling a first-over challenge from runner-up Take It Easy (driven by Ross Wolfenden) on the far turn and edging clear to win by 2-1/2 lengths. Holly Lou (Allan Davis) finished third, another two lengths behind, after gapping the pocket on the far turn.
Kat’s Fancy, a Dusty Winner-Koala Kat filly with 10 wins and $218,317 in purses earned from 25 starts, returned $2.60 to win as the 3-10 favorite.
On July 17, she completed a sweep of the summer DSBF series at Harrington Raceway with a 9-3/4-length win in the $110,000 final, and she will seek her second DSBF championship of the season in next Monday’s (Dec. 15) $110,000 Dover series final. Also qualifying are: Take It Easy, Holly Lou, Marino Bluestone, Song Master, Peggys Girl, Buttoncandy and Saints Design.
Sophomore male trotters will contest a pair of $20,000 DSBF second-round preliminary races on Tuesday (Dec. 9) at Bally’s Dover, with the first taking place as a non-wagering event at 4:10 p.m., and the second kicking off a 15-race pari-mutuel program at 4:30 p.m.