Four In A Row For Divas Image

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Published: January 24, 2018 09:15 pm EST

Starting from the outside post proved no problem for Divas Image on the way to her fourth straight $25,000 Mares Open Handicap win at Dover Downs on Wednesday (Jan. 24).

With last season’s Horse of the Meet leading at the quarter, Tony Morgan moved Divas Image up to take the front and never was headed the rest of a 1:52.1 mile. Jenn Bongiorno trains the five-year-old daughter of Bettors Delight-Rocknroll Diva who turned in a convincing victory for Our Horse Cents Stables, Stable 45, and J&T Silva Stables. A 14-time winner who has amassed $338,082 in her career, Divas Image has now won six of her last eight races. Enhance Your Mind (Vic Kirby) followed the winner to finish second in front of Newborn Sassy (Tim Tetrick), who streaked down the passing lane to take third money.

Tim Tetrick debuted a new member of the Jim King stable, driving Shartin N to her first North American start and win chalking up a 1:52.1 success in a $17,000 distaff pace. Now owned by Rich Poillucci and JoAnn Looney-King, the Down Under-bred five-year-old crossed the Pacific with an impressive Australian record seven wins and three seconds in 13 races. Roselily (Art Stafford, Jr.) finished second with Rockin BB (Eddie Davis, Jr.) the show horse.

Tetrick racked up the first of three wins guiding Stormtracker to a new record 1:52.4 performance in a $15,000 mares pace. The triumph was the third straight for the four-year-old by Big Jim-Stonebridge Breeze trained by Linda Toscano for John Mehlenbacher, Enviro, Ltd. and Bay’s Stables. Absolutely Best (Davis) was the runner-up; Going Again (Vince Copeland) was third.

Corey Callahan had a four-bagger and Tim Tetrick won three, while trainer Nick Callahan and the Breakaway Stable each had two wins.

Highalator makes his first start of the year in an $18,000 four-year-old open handicap, while Cyclone Kiwi N seeks his fifth consecutive win in one of two $25,000-$30,000-$35,000 claiming handicaps on another powerful Thursday (Jan. 25) program.

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(Dover Downs)

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