Ultimate Bet repeats at Dover; Tetrick wins six
DOVER, DE — For the second straight week, Ultimate Bet was an upset winner in the $32,000 Mares Open pace at Dover Downs, covering the mile in 1:53.4 over sloppy going. Fionavar Hanover and Lockes Of Love won Mares Winners-Over events, and Tim Tetrick was back in gear, locking up a six-win night.
Last week, Ultimate Bet was a wire-to-wire winner at 25-1 odds for Sean Bier in the week’s top distaff event. This week, the Bettor’s Delight five-year-old was overlooked at 9-1. Bier drove Ultimate Bet from off the pace as Pacific Philly (Eddie Davis Jr.) and race favorite Ideal Weather (Tim Tetrick) battled head-to-head up the backstretch and through the far turn. Ultimate Bet came from fifth, thundering four-wide, to overtake the leaders in the lane to score her fourth win in eight starts this year for Three Point Acres and trainer Chuck Crissman. Dream-A-While took a three-wide shot around the final turn, out-pacing Ideal Weather to the finish line for second money.
In a $25,000 Mares Winners-Over pace, Fionavar Hanover with Tim Tetrick at the controls, notched a 1:53.2 triumph for Sylvia Burke, Frank Baldachino and Howard Taylor. A five-year-old by The Panderosa, she was chased home by Eric Goodell-driven Bikini Bottom and Flirtwithedealer and Jonathan Roberts.
Lockes Of Love proved to be much the best in the $23,000 Mares Winners-Over pace. Tim Tetrick drove the Blissfull Hall four-year-old owned by Cantwell Bridge Stable to her second win in the last three starts. Poker Mom came on for Corey Callahan to finish second. Love And Lust N, with Brandon Givens, was the third horse
Tim Tetrick posted his fourth of a six-win night guiding Mike and Ann Tait’s Tug River Aussie out of sixth in front of the grandstand and into the lead on the clubhouse turn. The Cambest four-year-old then continued on for a 1:54 conquest in a $16,500 Mares pace. Millwood Ashley N (Brandon Givens) closed well to finish second in front of Sixteen Candles (Bob Kinsey Jr.).
Arty Foster Jr.’s Dainty’s Away N, teamed with Eric Goodell, took a $14,000 Mares pace in 1:55.3. Driving’ Miss Rudee (Jim Morand) won a photo finish for second beating Keystone Rhythm (Corey Callahan).
Peggy Martin’s Vital Flyte sat alongside leader Front Tier Power (Tony Morgan) from the backstretch until turning for home when Jim Morand urged the Badlands Hanover mare clear and on the way to a 1:56.3 triumph in an $11,000 Mares pace. Talia’s Character (Joe Sullivan) closed along the passing lane to edge Front Tier Power for second.
Mozzi Hanover, another of George Teague’s emerging three-year-old pacers, scored his third straight career victory in a $10,500 3,4&5-Year-Old Filly and Mare pace. Jim Morand drove the daughter of Jenna’s Beach Boy, owned by Clyde Francis, Jim Bernstein and Teague Inc., shaking off a challenge from Deborah And Barak (Tim Tetrick) by the final turn and the waltzed to a 3-length victory in 1:56.1. Deborah And Barak held on for second with Fashion Virtue (Bran Burton) third.
Kathleen Weller’s Famed Artist returned to the winner’s circle for the fifth time in her last six starts as the Mark Markus trainee recorded a 1:53.4 victory with Tim Tetrick driving in a $20,000-$25,000 Mares Claiming Handicap. Isn’t She Fancy (Jim King) came on strong to finish second. Mapua Magic N (Corey Callahan) took the show spot.
Corey Callahan drove both ends of a 5-5 daily double. In the 1st, Doris Marine’s Briar Creeks Angle won her maiden victory in 1:57.2 in a $7,000 3&4-Year-Old Maiden pace. Next, Cosmo Madness, owned by Emma Butler and trainer Deweese Butler, came on in an $8,500 3,4&5-Year-Old pace for a 1:54.4 victory.
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– Marv Bachrad, Dover Downs