Dover: Cruising Mist, Rynesha deliver in Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund divisions

Legacy Racing of Delaware's homebred Cruising Mist took full advantage of a pocket trip and got the better of Harrington series champ Salty Beaches in the second of two $20,000 first-round Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund (DSBF) preliminary events for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Wednesday (Nov. 11) at Bally's Dover.

With Tim Tetrick at the lines for trainer Wayne Givens, Cruising Mist left from post six to secure the pocket behind Salty Beaches (driven by Allan Davis), who worked clear from post eight to control splits of 28 2/5, 58 3/5 and 1:26 4/5. Just above the eighth pole, Tetrick angled Cruising Mist off the pegs, and the Powerful Mist-Image Cruisingaway filly sped clear of the leader by 1 1/2 lengths to win in 1:56. Unberdnbywhathsben (Jason Thompson) finished third, another 3 3/4 lengths back, after stalking the top pair throughout the mile.

The win was the fourth in nine starts this season for Cruising Mist, who paid $2.60 to win as the 1-5 favorite.

In the first section, Rynesha and driver Ryder Skinner took a pocket tuck behind Jobs Not Finished (Thompson) to draft behind early splits of 28 seconds and 58 seconds, tracked intently up the backstretch as the first-over Sunday Suppers (Montrell Teague) forced the pace to quicken through a 28 1/5 third split, and emerged off the home turn to win by a widening 2 1/4 lengths in 1:56 2/5 over the late-gaining High Prophet (Corey Callahan). Jobs Not Finished was a beaten third.

Land Of The Free (Brandon Givens), who was sent off the 1-10 favorite, failed to sustain a three-wide bid entering the homestretch and finished fifth.

It was the first career win for Rynesha, a Highalator-Hawthorne Hudson filly bred by Willow Mill Stables and owned by trainer Jason Skinner in partnership with Ryan Davila. As the 24-1 fifth choice, she paid $50.60 to win.

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Jett Propelled, Racing Hungry take distaff features

After being upended by pocket rival Lenna last week, Jett Propelled ($4.60) used two-hole tactics to nab pace-setter Remy Brown N by a nose and post a 1:52 4/5 win in the $25,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace. Jason Thompson drove the 5-year-old Roddy's Bags Again-Jett Away mare to her 13th win of the season for owner/trainer/breeder Robert Shahan.

In the $20,000 Fillies and Mares Winners Over Select Pace, Glenn Goller and Stephen Demeter's Racin Hungry ($2.40) brushed to the fore with a circuit to go and evaded Square Deal by 2 3/4 lengths for a 1:52 3/5 win, her seventh of the season and second in-a-row. Pat Berry drove the 6-year-old Stay Hungry-Four Starzz Meliss mare for trainer Traci Berry.

Tetrick, Berry and Chris Scicluna all recorded driving doubles.

The racing week at Bally's Dover wraps up Thursday (Nov. 12) with a 15-race program featuring all four Grade 2 Matron Stakes for 3-year-olds, the second round of the DSBF series for 2-year-old male pacers, and a $27,500 Blue Hen Open Handicap Pace. First post is 4:30 p.m. (EST).

For more information, visit www.ballysdover.com.

--press release (Bally's Dover)--