Shabby Chic, Gaitway Gal head DSBF filly prelims

Harrington, DE — Let It Ride Stables’ Shabby Chic ($2.10, Tim Tetrick) completed a sweep of her $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) preliminaries with a 1:57.1 front-end romp over Hearty Dragon and Mistatude on Tuesday (Sept. 28) at Harrington Raceway.

Shabby Chic kept her undefeated record intact with a 1:57.1 win in Tuesday’s DSBF preliminary action for rookie pacing fillies. Fotowon photo.

The Badlands Hanover filly remained unbeaten in four career starts for trainer Mike Hall. Tetrick had three wins on the card.

The top eight point earners from the DSBF events will return to compete in the $100,000 final on Oct. 5.

In the remaining DSBF divisions, GTY Stable’s Gaitway Gal ($2.40, Pat Berry) improved to four-for-five lifetime with a 1:58.1 victory for trainer Jeff Smith. The Delmarvalous filly drew away from her rivals effortlessly for a four-length score.

Bryan Truitt, Bryan Truitt Jr. and Victor Kirby’s Bank The Win ($3.60, Kirby) was a 1:57.3 winner in the first DSBF split. The Roddy’s Bags Again filly surged to the lead near the top of the stretch and pulled away from Bluffs Crush and Tahoe to register her first career win.

On the undercard, Nanticoke Racing, Steve Messick and Kevin Evans’ A Delightful Act N ($2.10, Art Stafford Jr.) won her third straight race in 1:54 for trainer Josh Parker.

Stafford won three races on the card, while Berry and Jonathan Roberts each had driving doubles.

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