Primo Maschio remains unbeaten winning DSBF Elim

HARRINGTON, DE – Forrest Bartlett’s Primo Maschio (Badlands Hanover, $2.10), Trae Porter) completed a sweep of his 2-year-old Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) $20,000 harness racing divisions Monday at Harrington Raceway in 1:55.4 to remain unbeaten.

 The Kevin Lare-trainee and Badlands Hanover gelding was an easy winner on the front end and has won all 7 career starts. Lew Not Lou was second with Strange Brew third.

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 The second DSBF split also went to the favorite, as George and Tina Dennis (Badlands Hanover, $2.10, Montrell Teague) overcame an early miscue to prevail in 1:57.4 over Shore Not Beach and Badlands Boogie. The gelding, recorded his 2nd career win for trainer Joe Columbo, who is just 2 wins away from 1,000 in his career. It was one of 3 driving wins on the card for Teague. The top 8 point earners from the DSBF eliminations will return to compete in the $110,000 Finals on October 7-9.

 In the $22,500 Free-For-All Pace, Tlb Racing’s Sprocket (Sportswriter, $6, Pat Berry) was a wire-to-wire winner in 1:52 over Layton Hanover and Ats Hanover. The 9-year-old gelding notched his 37th career win in his 200th start.

 Live racing will continue on a Monday through Wednesday schedule (post time 4:30 p.m.).

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

by Matt Sparacino, for Harrington Raceway