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Dover, DE---Use Your Noodle and driver Jim Morand tracked down Apple Bottom Jeans in the stretch to score a lifetime-best 1:51.1 triumph to win the $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund final at Dover Downs on Tuesday (April 12).

 

Apple Bottom Jeans, a winner of both the Harrington and Dover Downs $100,000 freshman finals last fall, quickly assumed command this time nearing the half-mile post. Driver Montrell Teague then led easily along the backstretch until Morand pulled Use Your Noodle, a brown daughter of Artzina-Lo Gophobia, up to challenge heading to the final turn.

 

The pair then dueled until mid-stretch when Use Your Noodle finally got to the front along the inside, notching her third straight victory for Henry Faragalli III, Art Feeney, Trevor Johnson and Nanticoke Racing. For longtime accomplished trainer Les Givens, who has been in the DSBF winner’s circle almost two dozen times since the program began, he said, “This is the first time I’ve ever won the final with a pacer.”

 

Use Your Noodle now is three-for-four this year a winner of $70,920 and a six-time winner, with six seconds and a third her career good for $128,681 in purses.

 

Apple Bottom Jeans finished second with Eternal Ring (Jonathan Roberts) third.

 

Springforth, who has raced in every $24,000 Mares Open pace this season, recorded her third victory in the event, rolling down the passing lane with George Dennis in the bike to notch a 1:51.1 lifetime-fastest victory. Owned and trained by Jeff Clark, the 6-year-old by Artiscape-Spring Morning won a mad dash to the finish line as four female pacers corralled 2015 Dan Patch 3-Year-Old Filly Pacer of the Year Divine Caroline and David Miller nearing the wire. Hostess Lisa (Morgan) closed on the far outside to finish second in front of Scandalicious (Roberts).

 

The Dover Downs 47th season comes to a close with a $100,000 DSBF final every day this week. The top 8 point-getters after two preliminary legs meet. Tuesday, filly pacers are in the spotlight with filly trotters on Wednesday. Closing day, Thursday, April 14 features male pacers going for $100,000.

 

Epic Smash favored in Wednesday's $100,000 DSBF final for 3-year-old filly trotters.

 

The third of four $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) finals headlines a strong Wednesday program. The top eight 3-year-old filly trotters after two preliminary rounds collide in the DSBF final going for $100,000.

 

Epic Smash and driver Pat Berry, winner of both prelim legs drew the rail for owners JCraparotta &  PBerry Racing with another winner last time, Winbak Farm’s Triple Bottom Line, trained and driven by Jeff Fout, alongside. Jane Dunavant’s homebred Cicada’s Song with Carlo Poliseno has been racing well with a pair of close-up second-place finishes. Another prelim winner, Kevin Switzer’s Jasmine K and Montrell Teague must overcome starting from outside post 8 in the competitive final.

 

Don Marine’s Miss Baltimore handled by Tony Morgan is another with a pair of seconds. Iron Mine Branch’s Chestnut Chic piloted by George Dennis, Jane Dunavant’s other finalist Devlin and Ross Wolfenden and Stacy Stafford’s homebred Press Corp with Art Stafford Jr. complete the lineup.