I Ain't No Fool repeats at Dover

For the second consecutive week and third time this meet, I Ain't No Fool won the $26,000 open pace on Monday at Dover Downs.

In a carbon copy performance, I Ain't No Fool, this week from post eight, took the lead at the start and cut out all the fractions for a 1:51.2 victory. Tim Tetrick was in the bike for trainer Kevin Lare and owners Tom Lazzaro and Harness The Power. JK Lullabye and Ron Pierce took a shot at the leader in the stretch to no avail. Cool Cal with Jon Roberts finished third.

An altered son of The Panderosa-Fool That I Am, I Aint No Fool has won $27,300 in three starts this year and $291,547 lifetime.

Tim Tetrick moved Arty Foster's Devils Ivy to the outside in front of the grandstand and raced alongside leader Brian P (Brandon Givens) until the top of the stretch when he pulled away for a 1:53 score in a $22,000 winners-over pace. The win was the first of 2009 for the Camluck-Idylwood Legion gelding. Truly Chris (George Dennis) closed strongly for second. Floyd Bromac N (Justin Hite) was third.

Caerleon Hanover continued his ascent up the class ladder by scoring a 1:52.3 triumph in the first of two $22,000 winners-over paces. Claimed in early December for $30,000 by Max Walton and Greg Papaleo, the Western Ideal-Carmellos gelding recorded his fourth win in a row as Ron Pierce drove the front-stepping win. Fields Of Honour A (Brian Sears) finished second with The Midnight Owl N (Jon Roberts) taking show honors.

Itchy, with trainer Vince Copeland driving for Gee Stables Inc., held off a cavalry charge behind him for a 1:53.1 victory in an $18,500 male pace. The Keystone Raider-China Shop gelding was overlooked at 13-1 after posting a win in his previous start. Classic Cullen N (Mike Cole) came on to finish second with The Phantoms Guest (Ross Wolfenden) third.

Allamerican Karnak came on strongly in the stretch for Jim Morand to notch a 1:54.3 victory in a $15,500 male pace. Kovach Stable and Teague Inc. own the Artiscape-Kandyapplered five-year-old. Sageinmotion (Tony Morgan) was the second finisher. Crystal Art (Pierce) took show. (Dover Downs)

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