DSBF action all week at Harrington

HARRINGTON, DE – The 1st leg of Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes harness racing action for headline the September 26-28 week of racing at Harrington Raceway with ten $20,000 divisions.

The pacing colts and geldings will be featured Monday with four divisions. The filly pacers will battle in a trio of splits on Tuesday with four divisions for trotters on Wednesday to close out the racing week. The top eight point earners from the two elimination legs will return for $100,000 finals the week of October 10-12.

A pick five carryover ($2,851.55) also will spice up the Monday card. The pick 5 starts nightly in race 2. A wide-open group of male pacers will be featured among the 27 horses, with 8 of them already breaking their maidens.

Owner George Teague Jr. and trainer Clyde Francis have 5 horses in the male pacing division.  Among the 18 pacing fillies, Stephen Messick’s Misty Coast (7/5, Art Stafford Jr.) has been the most impressive to date with a 1:55.2 win by 10 lengths over the track on August 30.

A total of 23 trotters will compete in the four divisions Wednesday, two apiece for fillies and colts and geldings. While most among the group are very lightly raced or are making their 1st starts, George and Tina Dennis’ I Got It Made (Mike Cole) had a progressive 2nd start with a 2:03 win over the track on September 21 for trainer Joe Columbo.

Cliff Green has 5 trainees including Robert Allison Jr.’s Perfect Twenty (Tim Tetrick) who trotted in 1:56 recently at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

Live racing will continue on a Monday through Wednesday schedule until October 19. Post time nightly is 4:30 p.m.

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by Matt Sparacino, for Harrington Raceway