Captaincountrystar (Captaintreacherous) vacated the pocket in the stretch and sprinted home to win the harness racing Blue Hen Open Pace at Bally’s Dover on Thursday night.

Captaincountrystar pockets Dover Open 1 — **Captaincountrystar winning the Blue Hen Open (Fotowon Photo)**

Adam Twelve and Captaincountrystar were quickest off the starting gate. Captaincountrystar cleared the lead after being parked to the opening quarter in 26.1 by Adam Twelve. Adam Twelve, the 6/5 betting favorite, pulled from the pocket and regained the lead racing to the half in 55.3 ( 29.2).

Hundred Dollar Man became anxious from fourth and paced 1st over down the backstretch. Itsrockandroll A was carried into a 2nd over trip. Leave It To Leo joined the party and raced 3rd over on the rim. Captaincountrystar watched the action from the pocket. Adam Twelve remained confident on the lead after reaching the three quarters in 1:23.2 (27.4). Driver Pat Berry pulled on the right line of Captaincountrystar in the stretch and collared Adam Twelve at the wire to win by a head in 1:51.1. He paid $14 for the victory.

Adam Twelve was 2nd and Itsrockandroll A was 3rd.

CAPTAINCOUNTRYSTAR REPLAY

Captaincountrystar is owned by Tib Racing LLC of Harrington, Delaware. Traci Berry trained and her husband Pat Berry drove.

There is a pick 5 carryover worth $1,444 to Monday night’s 6th race.

Bally’s Dover races Monday thru Thursday. Post Time is 4:30 pm

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Alex Kraszewski, for Bally’s Dover

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