Harrington: Apple Valley Art delivers as the favorite in DSBF final

Jo Ann Looney King's Apple Valley Art ($2.40, Tim Tetrick) won the $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) Final for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings Monday at Harrington Raceway in 1:55.

The Artzina-Shake Away gelding led throughout and held off a fierce late charge from American Nitro for the victory, his third straight for trainer Jim King Jr. Aidan was third.

Apple Valley Art has won three of four career starts and was one of five winners on the card for Tetrick, two of which were trained by King Jr.

Tetrick won three consecutive races mid-card, including with Jo Ann Looney-King's Q's Cruise ($3.40), who was a 1:51 2/5 winner in the $12,000 Open Pace, the overnight feature. The Yankee Cruiser 6-year-old was a wire-to-wire winner over Slick Tony and Sicily for trainer Jim King Jr.

--press release (Harrington)