Harrington: Primo Maschio polishes off sweep of DSBF elims, final

Forrest Bartlett's Primo Maschio ($2.10, Trae Porter) improved to eight-for-eight in his young career with a 1:54 1/5 win in the $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders (DSBF) Final for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings Monday at Harrington Raceway.

The Badlands Hanover gelding went right to the front from post six and never looked back in his wire-to-wire triumph over Shore Not Beach and Lew Not Lou. Trained by Kevin Lare, Primo Maschio has banked nearly $110,000 lifetime.

On the undercard, Andrew Glassmeyer's Sweet Angel Boy ($5, Tony Morgan) was a 1:51 4/5 winner in the $50,000 Bobby Quillen Memorial. Trained by his owner, the 6-year-old Sweet Lou gelding emerged from the pocket a winner over Mack and Ats Hanover. Sweet Angel Boy also won the $50,000 Governor's Cup earlier in the year at Harrington.

Quillen, who passed away in 2004, was a popular local legislator who loved harness racing and was on the Board of Directors at Harrington Raceway and the Delaware State Fair.

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Art Stafford Jr. had four wins on the card. Allan Davis, Montrell Teague and Bart Dalious each had a driving double.

The 2-year-old pacing fillies will compete in a $110,000 DSBF final in addition to the $50,000 Kathleen Cain Pace to headline the Tuesday (October 8) card. On Wednesday (October 9), a pair of DSBF finals will be contested for 2-year-old trotters, while the $50,000 Allen Cook Memorial for older trotters awaits on the undercard.

Live racing will continue on a Monday through Wednesday schedule (post time 4:30 p.m.) until October 23.

--press release (Harrington)--