Race favorite The Budster won the $23,000 Open Trot on an longshot filled Wednesday (Feb. 1) at Dover Downs. Also on the night, Tony Morgan picked up one win and is now only six away from the 14,000 milestone. Hall of Famer Ron Pierce steered Jeff Bartels’ The Budster to his first win of the New Year, setting a new race record with a 1:54 conquest in the week’s top trot. Following two straight second-place finishes after a third in his first 2012 start, The Budster, a gelding by Broadway Hall, had little trouble this week once Pierce put him on the point.
Maravich (Corey Callahan) finished second in front of Master In Charge (Brad Hanners), who earned third money.
Wednesday is Dover's biggest day for trotting events and several had high payoffs. Joanna Callahan and Bill Childs’ homebred Race Me Comet won at odds of 42-1. Next, Eugene Landy’s Extracurricular got up for Vic Kirby at 30-1. The Jim Porter trainee won a $10,500 conditioned trot. Then, in a $16,000 winners-over trot, David Neilson’s Gurf, with Allan Davis in the bike, closed from far back to score in 1:55.4 at 10-1.
An 18-1 double-surprise occurred in the $14,000 trot when 18-1 Justherighttouch (Dave Miller) won for Beaver Creek Farm, and Idol Kemp (Ross Wolfenden), racing for Carol and Jim Atkinson, could not be separated in a 1:55.2 win photo. The race was the first dead-heat win of the meet.
On the pacing side, Lilwobbydobby (Ross Wolfenden) jetted down the lane to score a 25-1 upset in a $10,000 pace for 4 and 5 year olds.
Ross Wolfenden and Ron Pierce had driving triples. Jim Morand had two wins. (Dover)
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