Tim Tetrick recorded four wins for the second straight day as he drove Ideal Cowboy to his second consecutive $30,000 Preferred Handicap victory to highlight a strong harness racing program on a chilly Thursday, Dec. 15 at Dover Downs.
With the racing officials giving a 2-second speed allowance due to the cold and strong winds, Ideal Cowboy was clocked in 1:50.2 to win the $30,000 Preferred Handicap pace. Tim Tetrick raced the American Ideal-Trend Setter gelding trained by Jeff Bamond Jr. for J&T Silva Stables and Bamond Racing to his eighth win of 2016. It was his second straight Dover feature, third in four weeks and fifth win in his last eight outings. Tetrick started for post 8 and got away sixth. The five-year-old worked his way on the backstretch and then circled the field at the top of the stretch before pulling off to victory. Bushwacker (Corey Callahan) in his first start in two months finished second in front of Dancin Yankee (Tony Morgan) third. Bettor's Edge (Yannick Gingras) was fourth.
In the $27,500 Delaware Special. Seventh Secret, a recent acquisition by George&Tina Dennis Racing, is no more a secret to local fans. With George Dennis in the bike, the Allamerican Native-Secret Song horse, who finished second at 43-1 odds last week, set a lifetime mark of 1:50 beating Sweet Rock (Allan Davis) and Blazing Bobby Sox (Art Stafford Jr.) flor his fifth win of the season raising his seasonal earnings to $69,996 and 24,656 lifetime.
Corey Callahan took Arque Hanover right to the lead and led the rest of 1:50.2 mile to win the $18,000 3&4-year-Old Open Handicap. Abe Basen, Tom Lazzaro and Robert Cooper Stables own the four-year-old Rock N Roll Heaven-A Pippin Hanover horse who won for the sixth time this campaign. He has banked $79,500 this year and $304,861 lifetime.
Earlier Tetrick drove Bamond Racing's Flem N Em N home in 1:52.3 in a $15,500 Male pace. The 11-year-old Courage Under Fire-Equuos Franco gelding is a $769,005 career winner. Special T Rocks (Morand) was runner-up with Major Uptrend (Montrell Teague) the show horse.
Enoch, an altered son of Panpacificflight-Kieanna's Angel, made it six-straight victories, with Tetrick at the controls in a $15,000 3,4&5-Year-Old Male pace. Trained by Ron Burke, the Baldachino, Collura, Weaver Brucemi and Burke Racing Stable's gelding has not lost since late October. Enoch has now won $105,690 in this his first year of racing. Bad Gamer (Yannick Gingras) and Swapportunity (Jim Morand) finished second and third respectively.
In addition to Tim Tetrick who won four races for the second straight day, Corey Callahan, is a three-time winner for the second day, George Dennis and owner George&Tina Dennis and trainer Joe Columbo of the Dennis Stable, Dylan Davis, Doug Lewis and Jeff Baymond Jr. and Baymond Stables had doubles, .
Dover Downs is now dark through Christmas day as annually Delaware harness horsemen observe the yearly Holiday Break Week. Live racing resumes on Monday, Dec. 26.
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Marv Bachrad