DOVER, Del. — Empress Deo seeks to continue a three race win streak facing eight other distaffs in the $21,000 Mares Open Handicap pace at Dover Downs on Tuesday, Jan. 3.
Legacy Racing's Empress Deo, trained by Wayne Givens for his Legacy Racing stable and driven by Allan Davis, starts the New Year, after finishing 2016 with three straight impressive wins.
Her only loss in her last four races came losing a photo by a nose. Lightning Mach N finished second last week her first loss after three wins since arriving in North America from New Zealand for owners Rich Lombardo and trainer Josh Green. Yannick Gingras, fresh from a short vacation will be in the bike. CC Raciing's Tyra An Tony Morgan brings a three race wins streak herself into the feature.
Josh Parker, B Spedden, K Evans and Nanticoke Racing's Elliesjet N has been sharp in all her local races for Jonathan Roberts but has only four second-place finishes to show for it. Scott Woogen's homebred KJ's Caroline closed well last time in her first start locally. Owner-trainer Chris White's Fashion Showdown steps up after a wire-to-wire win last start and gets the rail with Jim Morand. Olympic Medal leaves alongside driven by Montrell Teague. Latenite Rendezvous and Corey Callahan drew post 9 in second tier in her first pari-mutuel start since last June for Jerry Daugherty, Roger Hall and Chris Page.
Owner-trainer Bryan Truitt's Enhance Your Mind, after a front-pacing easy wins last week lead the $15,000 distaff pace on a strong undercard..
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by Marv Bachrad, for Dover Downs