Dover: Workslikeacharm delivers in his DSBF final

Brett MacDonald's Workslikeacharm braved a first-over journey en route to a lifetime-best 1:56 3/5 win in Tuesday's (Dec. 17) $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund (DSBF) series championship for 3-year-old male trotters at Bally's Dover.

Tim Tetrick ensured a close early spot for Workslikeacharm, floating forward out of midfield as Ronnie Ridge (driven by Tony Morgan) and Pretty Two (Cody Poliseno) alternated on the lead through a 27 4/5 first quarter. With nine-sixteenths to go, Tetrick angled Workslikeacharm off the pegs from third, and the pair began their ascent as Pretty Two clicked off a 57 1/5 half.

Workslikeacharm gained into second over a gapping Ronnie Ridge midway up the backstretch, reached Pretty Two's flank at three-quarters in 1:26 4/5, and pushed to the fore midway on the final turn. The E L Platinum-Charming Oaks gelding made easy work of Pretty Two and held off a three-wide rally from runner-up LG's Bluestone (Ross Wolfenden) to win by a diminishing 1 3/4 lengths. LG 's Jaxon (Jim Morand), who chased the winner's cover up the backstretch, finished third.

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Workslikeacharm, who paid $3.20 to win and is now an eight-time winner with $197,560 in career earnings, is trained by Jim King Jr.

Tetrick also won the $20,000 DSBF consolation for sophomore male trotters, steering Portnoy to a 5 1/4 length, 1:58 1/5 victory over Daddy Wags and Jetsam. Deshawn Sample trains the Rolls Blue Chip-Mica colt, who paid $2.40 to win, for owner-breeder Dawn Amiss.

--press release (DSBF)--