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Morairtime upset the boys in the Open Trot at Dover Downs on Tuesday night (Feb. 16). Morairtime and Jack Parker Jr. blasted off the wings and went right to the top. They set fractions of :28.4 to the quarter and an uncontested half in :57.1 Gillie The Kid was the first to move past the half, but could only offer mild pressure. Morairtime continued to lead the field of seven past three-quarters in 1:25.1. The others were forced three deep to the top of the stretch. Northern Express slid off the pylons from pocket position in the stretch. However, he could not gain on the leader. Morairtime w...

Delaware News Journal Girl Scouts have thought of new ways to deliver cookies to customers during the pandemic, fitting right in with one of the skills the program teaches – decision making. Customers can order online and have cookies delivered, and “contactless” drive-thru events are planned in many areas including Dover Downs and Big Oak Park near Smyrna. “It’s all about making sure our girls, our volunteers and our customers are as safe as possible,” said Lauren Wells, associate director of marketing and communications with Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay, which covers 14 co...

It looks like motherhood can wait for Pat Matters. The six-year-old mare, who is this season’s fastest trotter thanks to her track-record 1:51.2 mile at Dover Downs on Jan. 5, is being pointed toward a Grand Circuit campaign by owner Patricia Stable and trainer Nifty Norman rather than retirement and a career as a broodmare. “We were of two minds about what to do with her,” Norman said. “There was some thought of retiring her and breeding her, but she’s raced so good this year we’re going to press on and stake her. The owner kind of figured she deserved a shot against those better...

Moments Of Joy was game in winning the Mares Select Pace at Dover Downs on Wednesday night (Feb. 3). Moments Of Joy turned misfortune into fortune and found the winner’s circle. Last week, a knee boot slipped and forced her into an equipment break. This week, it was a perfect journey with driver Victor Kirby, which proved the difference between victory and defeat. Moments Of Joy and Edge Of Eternity left alertly and established early positioning at the quarter pole. Driver Andrew McCarthy eased Edge Of Eternity back to the front before blistering the opening quarter in :27. The half was rea...

Fan-favourite JL Cruze came back to his favourite track and took the featured $22,500 high-end conditioned trot in impressive fashion on Saturday (Jan. 30) at The Meadowlands. The Eric Ell trainee rebounded off a sixth-place finish in the Open Handicap at Dover Downs 18 days ago with a crisp performance to get back into the win column for a second-consecutive start at "The Big M", hitting the wire in 1:54.4 on a night where the real-feel temperature was 19 degrees. A 10-year-old gelded son of Crazed-Topcat Hall, driver Dexter Dunn guided JL Cruze away quickly from the rail in the nine-horse f...