Alexachase, Scootndowntheriver win Dover Monday distaff features

Dover, DE — Alexachase overwhelmed seven rivals to win the $16,000 Mares Winners Over Pace while Scootndowntheriver scooted down the inside in the $15,000 distaff sub-feature at Dover Downs on Monday (Nov. 19).

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Alexachase was a 1:52 winner on Monday at Dover.

Racing outside for almost three-quarters, Bret Brittingham kept Alexachase live alongside front-pacing Freedom Crossing (Corey Callahan) until taking the lead after entering the homestretch. The smallish Johnny and Kimberley Waite-owned 4-year-old daughter of Bettor’s Delight-Jett Away won for the fourth time this year with a 1:52 effort, upping her seasonal earnings to $40,135 and $196,859 lifetime. Alice’s Restaurant (Vic Kirby) closed with a rush to finish second with Freedom Crossing holding on for third.

Montrell Teague and Scootndowntheriver saved the best for last, coming along the inside to get up in 1:53.2 in the $15,000 Filly and Mare Pace. Whistler Seelster (George Dennis) was right there in second. Pacific Date (Allan Davis) was the show finisher. The winner is a Riverboat King–Prymetyme 3-year-old owned and trained by George Teague.

The track’s leading driver Corey Callahan, second-place Ross Wolfenden and Ben Stafford, Jr. each won three races while Allan Davis had a double. Trainer Ben Stafford, Jr. haltered three winners, while Josh Green and Johnny Waite had doubles. Owner Ben Stafford also had two winners.

— Marv Bachrad

Pompano Park
Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park is about 30 miles north of world-famous Biscayne Bay in Miami, but the five-eighths-mile oval has its own Bay Girl who in just three weeks has taken the track by storm. Bay Girl, a 5-year-old daughter of Royal Mattjesty, is three-for-three in the weekly Fillies and Mares Open Pace since bringing her act from Vernon Downs to Florida at the beginning of November. The most recent victory on Monday night was the ninth of the season for owner Michael Sergi’s fine mare and pushed her 2012 earnings to $103,448. Rick Plano took over the training and driving of Bay Girl in mid-September and now has four wins, two seconds and a third in his first seven starts with her. Driver Kevin Wallis, a former Pompano Park driving champion, is making a triumphant return to South Florida after a several years absence. The blue and yellow clad 56-year-old reinsman notched a hat trick on the Monday card, winning with Somewhere Fast for trainer Noreen Paulin, Feel Like A Gator for conditioner Jim Langley and Say Uh-Huh for trainer Willis Clark. The three wins give Wallis a total of 28 and push his UDR to over .350 in less than a month since his return to Florida for the winter months. Beginning Nov. 20, Tuesday has been added to the weekly live racing schedule at Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park. Post time is 7:05 p.m. every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday through the winter months.