Itsrockandroll A powers to Blue Hen Handicap victory

Itsrockandroll A (A Rocknroll Dance) raced first over and powered to harness racing victory in the Blue Hen Handicap Pace at Bally’s Dover on Thursday night.

Sweet Angel Boy rushed to the top easily and set all the early fractions.

The opening quarter was 26.2.  The field remained in single file as Sweet Angel Boy coasted to the half in 54.4 (28.2)

Itsrockandroll A, the 4/5 betting favorite, pulled to the outside from 3rd and rushed up the backstretch in pursuit of the pacesetter Sweet Angel Boy. Leave It To Leo followed 2nd over and Wehadababyetzaboy shadowed 3rd over on the rim.

Sweet Angel Boy and Itsrockandroll A raced as a team reaching the three quarters in 1:23 (28.1)

At the top of the stretch, Itsrockandroll A cleared and started to draw off late.  He won by three quarters of a length in 1:51.1 and paid $3.60 for the win.

Itsrockandroll A is owned by Elizabeth and Bret Brittingham both from Delaware.  Don Brittingham trained and Allan Davis drove.  Leave It To Leo finished 2nd. Wehadababyetzaboy finished 3rd.

Tim Tetrick drove five winners on the night.  Tim parlayed winning 4 races on Wednesday and 8 winners on Tuesday.

Live racing at Bally’s Dover will be dark from December 20 thru December 29.  Live harness racing will resume on Monday December 30

Post time is 4:30 pm

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

by Alex Kraszewski, for Bally’s Dover