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Thursday’s (November 8) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Dover Downs.

Nova Artist overpowers foes in Delaware Special at Dover

Dover, DE — Nova Artist picked right up where he left off last meet with a powerful 1:50.2 performance to win the $30,000 Delaware Special on Thursday, Nov. 8 at Dover Downs.

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Nova Artist turned in a 1:50.2 mile and coasted to victory in the Delaware Special on Thursday at Dover Downs.

Last season’s ‘Horse of the Meet’, trained by Martin Davis, moved to the outside after a:54.2 first half and Allan Davis blasted past front pacing As Bad As Thunder and Bret Brittingham midway down the backstretch and then opened up a three-length lead and coasted home with his sixth success of the year. The Real Artist-Avon Lady 5-year-old lifts his seasonal earnings to $135,670 for Eddie and Kathy Davis. Rusty’s All In closed strongly for Matt Kakaley to finish second while As Bad As Thunder held on for third.

Tim Tetrick guided Harry von Knoblauch’s Mainland Key to a 1:51.2 triumph in a $24,000 Open pace. The Peter Tritton-conditioned Shiney Key-Eastwood Bluejeans gelding scored his eighth win of 2012 and now has won $166,265 the campaign. Valentino (Ron Pierce) led through the early stages and held on for the place while Nob Hill High (Eric Carlson) spent much of the contest on the outside and finished third.

— Marv Bachrad