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A quartet of $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund finals highlighted Thursday’s card at Dover Downs, with trotting colts and geldings kicking things off. Air Time (Dusty Winner-I Concur), one part of a three-horse entry of homebreds for owner/breeder Jane Dunavant and trainer Carlo Poliseno, equalled his lifetime mark of 1:56.4 thanks to his victory for driver Art Stafford, Jr. The winner of this year’s Virginia-bred program, Air Time increased his 2020 earnings to $144,987 thanks ...

Foto Won Photo When Eric Fosters teenage daughter Emmy christened one of the familys harness racing homebred filly trotters Emmys Mayflower, Foster was not a fan of the name. "I told her I wish she named her something besides that," Foster said with a laugh. "I didnt think that was a very good racehorse name, a winning name. I said, thats not going to be a good horse. "She said, you just wait and see." Emmys Mayflower, by Anders Bluestone out of Stirling Charisma, was born May 1, 2017. Emmy Fo...

Soho Burning Love A overcame a noreaster and her six rivals to score her second consecutive win against the top mares at Dover Downs, posting a 1:50.1 score in Wednesdays (Dec. 16) featured $20,000 Mares Open Pace. The early pace was highly contested, with three mares fighting for the lead over the sloppy track. Machnhope eventually cleared the lead, but was strung out by Sunny Dee through a blistering :54 first half while Soho Burning Love ceded an eight-length deficit while sixth. Up the back...

Online poker had a tremendous year and Internet gaming revenue continues to hold strong compared to previous years. US poker revenue has stabilized month over month, but overall totals are up almost double year over year. In New Jersey and staying the same in Pennsylvania. Online poker revenue has slowed since the initial boom when the Coronavirus pandemic began. However, these numbers remain high in comparison to recent years. They could also see gains in coming months. Brick and mortar pok...

Fotowon photo Jack Vernon scores back to back harness racing victories in the Select trot at Dover Downs on Tuesday night. Jack Vernon and Whimzical Chapter left alertly at the start of the race.  Jack Vernon was parked to the quarter before eventually, clearing for the lead.   Jack Vernon, the four to five race favorite, set fractions of 27.3 56.2.   Northern Express, angled off the rail from 3rd and trotted 1st up past the half.  The three quarters were reached in 1:24.3. A 28.1 third qu...

When Eric Foster’s teenage daughter Emmy christened one of the family’s homebred filly trotters Emmys Mayflower, Foster was not a fan of the name. “I told her I wish she named her something besides that,” Foster said with a laugh. “I didn’t think that was a very good racehorse name, a winning name. I said, that’s not going to be a good horse. “She said, you just wait and see.” Emmys Mayflower, by Anders Bluestone out of Stirling Charisma, was born May 1, 2017. Emmy Foster’s ...

Jack Vernon scored back-to-back victories in the Select trot at Dover Downs on Tuesday night (Dec. 15). Jack Vernon and Whimzical Chapter left alertly at the start of the race. Jack Vernon was parked to the quarter before eventually clearing for the lead. Jack Vernon, the four-five race favourite, set fractions of :27.3 and :56.2. Northern Express, angled off the pylons from third and trotted first up past the half. The three quarters were reached in 1:24.3, a :28.1 third quarter. At the top ...

The track returns on Monday, December 28. Dovers draw schedule through the holidays is as follows: - draw on Tuesday, December 15 for Monday, December 28 - draw on Wednesday, December 16 for Tuesday, December 29 - draw on Thursday, December 17 for Wednesday, December 30 - draw on Monday, December 28 for Thursday, December 31 (Dover)

Dina Bolt after winning at Albion Park YONKERS, N.Y. – Delaware-based harness racing trainer Dylan Davis’ name doesn’t appear in the Yonkers program regularly. Out of Davis’ 542 starters to date in 2020, only 17 of them have come at the Hilltop. When faced with a long ship each way and stiff competition, Davis wants to ensure that when he does make the trek, he is coming to win. “Personally, I love racing there, it’s just a matter of having the right class of horse,” Davis said. �...

Delaware-based trainer Dylan Davis’ name doesn’t appear in the Yonkers program regularly. Out of Davis’ 542 starters to date in 2020, only 17 of them have come at the Hilltop. When faced with a long ship each way and stiff competition, Davis wants to ensure that when he does make the trek, he is coming to win. “Personally, I love racing there, it’s just a matter of having the right class of horse,” Davis said. “It’s kind of hard for us to just take one horse all the way to Yonke...