DSBF 3-year-old stakes headlines racing action

HARRINGTON, DE – Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes for 3-year-olds will headline the June 16-18 harness racing action at Harrington Raceway as nine $20,000 divisions will go post ward to complete the first of two elimination legs.

The top 8 point earners from the eliminations will return to compete in $110,000 finals on July 17, opening night of the Delaware State Fair (special post time 5 p.m.).

The pacing colts and geldings start the action tonight (June 16) with Forrest Bartlett’s Primo Maschio (7/5, Trae Porter) looking to continue his dominance of the division for trainer Walter Callahan.

A trio of pacing filly divisions will be spotlighted on the Tuesday program. A pair of Les Givens trainees, Donna Messick’s Little Miss Peyton (7/5, Corey Callahan)and Nanticoke Racing, Arthur Feeney and Chad Tate’s Bella Artiste (3/2, Jim Morand) standout among the 18 fillies.

Four divisions of trotters will be in action Wednesday with Nanticoke Racing, Jim Magno and Joseph Fonte’s Take It Easy (odds TBA, Ross Wolfenden) and recent Virginia breeders’ champ Jane Dunavant’s Kat’s Fancy (odds TBA,  Cody Poliseno) among the favorites in the filly divisions while a wide-open division among the male trotters awaits. Breakaway Racing’s Legend Of Rock (odds TBA, Corey Callahan) was runner up in the DSBF late closer earlier this year and should among the chief contenders.

Post time nightly is 4:30 p.m. Live racing will continue on a Monday through Wednesday schedule before the summer break after July 2.

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

by Matt Sparacino, for Harrington Raceway