by Marv Bachrad, Publicity Director, Dover Downs

Dover, DE — Shartin N stepped up to the $25,000 Mares Open/Handicap on Wednesday (Feb. 7) for a 1:52.3 triumph to end winning streaks for two rivals over a sloppy track at Dover Downs.

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Shartin N struts her stuff at Dover Downs on Wednesday night.

The 5-year-old daughter of Tintin In America-Bagdarin won for the fourth straight time to conclude Divas Image and Terror At Night’s three wins-in-a-row.

With Tim Tetrick at the controls, Shartin N pealed three-wide around the final turn to take the lead on the way to a 1:52.3 victory.

Scandalicious (Jonathan Roberts) moved closer to $500,000 lifetime earnings, finishing second with Divas Image (Tony Morgan) third. Enhance Your Mind was scratched.

Shartin N joins several others owned by Richard Pollucci and JoAnn Looney-King as a top-class performer in the Jim King Stable.

On the undercard: Moments Of Joy, owned and trained by Bryan Truitt with Vic Kirby driving, equaled her lifetime record of 1:54 besting Goin Again (Vince Copeland) at the wire for her second consecutive win and fourth in her last six to win the $15,000 Mares pace. The Lion Sleeps (Russell Foster) was third.

Moments Of Joy is a 4-year-old by Western Terror-Joy Luck Hall.

Montrell Teague guided Use Your Noodle to her fourth win in her last six races registering a 1:53 victory in a $13,000 distaff pace. Henry Faragalli III, Feeney, Johnson and Nanticoke Racing own the 5-year-old Artzina-Lo Gophobia mare who held off a determined challenge by Duneside Chella (Kirby) by a half-length. Skateboard Chic (Russell Foster) was the show finisher.

Tetrick had a triple while Teague and Callahan made the winner’s circle twice.

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