Cruising Mist spoils Salty Beaches' winning run

DOVER, Del. — Legacy Racing of Delaware’s homebred Cruising Mist took full advantage of a pocket trip and got the better of Harrington series champ Salty Beaches in the second of two $20,000 first-round Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) preliminary harness racing events for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Wednesday (Nov. 11) at Bally’s Dover.

With Tim Tetrick at the lines for trainer Wayne Givens, Cruising Mist left from post 6 to secure the pocket behind Salty Beaches (driven by Allan Davis), who worked clear from post 8 to control splits of :28.2, :58.3 and 1:26.4. Just above the eighth pole, Tetrick angled Cruising Mist off the pegs, and the Powerful Mist-Image Cruisingaway filly sped clear of the leader by 1-1/2 lengths to win in 1:56. Unberdnbywhathsben (Jason Thompson) finished third, another 3-3/4 lengths back, after stalking the top pair throughout the mile.

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The win was the fourth in nine starts this season for Cruising Mist, who paid $2.60 to win as the 1-5 favorite.

In the first section, Rynesha and driver Ryder Skinner took a pocket tuck behind Jobs Not Finished (Thompson) to draft behind early splits of :28 and :58, tracked intently up the backstretch as the first-over Sunday Suppers (Montrell Teague) forced the pace to quicken through a :28.1 third split, and emerged off the home turn to win by a widening 2-1/4 lengths in 1:56.2 over the late-gaining High Prophet (Corey Callahan). Jobs Not Finished was a beaten third.

Land Of The Free (Brandon Givens), who was sent off the 1-10 favorite, failed to sustain a three-wide bid entering the homestretch and finished fifth.

It was the first career win for Rynesha, a Highalator-Hawthorne Hudson filly bred by Willow Mill Stables and owned by trainer Jason Skinner in partnership with Ryan Davila. As the 24-1 fifth choice, she paid $50.60 to win.

Jett Propelled, Racing Hungry take distaff features

After being upended by pocket rival Lenna last week, Jett Propelled ($4.60) used two-hole tactics to nab pacesetter Remy Brown N by a nose and post a 1:52.4 win in the $25,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace. Jason Thompson drove the 5-year-old Roddy’s Bags Again-Jett Away mare to her 13th win of the season for owner/trainer/breeder Robert Shahan.

In the $20,000 Fillies and Mares Winners Over Select Pace, Glenn Goller and Stephen Demeter’s Racin Hungry ($2.40) brushed to the fore with a circuit to go and evaded Square Deal by 2-3/4 lengths for a 1:52.3 win, her seventh of the season and second in a row. Pat Berry drove the 6-year-old Stay Hungry-Four Starzz Meliss mare for trainer Traci Berry.

Tetrick, Berry and Chris Scicluna all recorded driving doubles.

The racing week at Bally’s Dover wraps up Thursday (Nov. 12) with a 15-race program featuring all four Grade 2 Matron Stakes for 3-year-olds, the second round of the DSBF series for 2-year-old male pacers, and a $27,500 Blue Hen Open Handicap Pace. First post is 4:30 p.m. (EST).

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