Second time turned out to be the charm for Dashing Dover and Peter Wrenn. The freshman trotter rallied home to his first win in his second career start Wednesday, July 22 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.
Beginning from post nine, Dashing Dover had a little speed at the start, but so did a herd of horses to his inside. Like a Rock G and Atlee Bender got the first lead before Rollin Giannis and Marcus Miller took over at the quarter in 30.2. Dashing Dover became the third leader heading down the backstretch and led the field to the half in 1:02.0. Opponents were out around the final turn as Dashing Dover kept leading the way.
In the stretch, Rollin Giannis moved out to challenge before going off stride as did Bluebird Hemi and Kyle Wilfong. Dashing Dover kept his mind focused on the finish and was a winner by three-quarters of a length over Like a Rock G, who moved out late in the lane to finish second. Topville Hamilton and Jay Cross finished third in the 2:01.1 mile.
Dashing Dover paid $9.40 for the win. The Dover Dan son is owned by Stone Crest Farm of Loogootee, Ind. The homebred gelding was bred by Vernon Ray Wittmer and is now trained by Melanie Wrenn.
Dashing Dover is the latest foal of Muscle N Beauty, who is the dam of Help N Beauty, a daughter of Helpisontheway and a winner already this year in 2:02.1. Dashing Dover now has $9,000 on his card from two starts.
Also a winner on the Wednesday card was Woggy in the conditioned claiming pace. The three-year-old son of Tellitlikeitis got away in mid pack for driver John DeLong before getting flushed out for the second half of the race. In the lane, he took over at the head of the lane and fended off his rivals at the wire for the win in 1:54.3. Stop the Vanity and Kiwon Waldron, who cut the mile, finished second over Lou’s Beach Body and Kevin Lambright for third.
Woggy paid $7.40 for the win. He is owned and trained by Alvin Miller. Jeff Jones of Illinois bred the gelding, who earned his first career win. He is the latest foal from several tough racehorses, including Always Woggy, a winner in 1:52.1 with $371,000 on his card and Woggy Rocks, who earned more than $137,000 during his racing career and took a mark of 1:51.4. Overall, the family has five winners from six foals.
