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id="bigspan">Dover, DE --- The combination of driver Tim Tetrick, trainer Jim King Jr. and owner Jo Ann Looney-King ruled both ends of the daily double, each a $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund first leg 3-year-old male pace preliminary on Thursday (March 15) at Dover Downs. 


Burn Brighter held off Mingo to score a 1:56.1 triumph in the opening leg of the DSBF prelims with Sea Bags (Tony Morgan) third. An altered son of Roddy’s Bags Again-Tear Drop, the win came in the second start of the meet for Burn Brighter.


Lightning struck again in the second $20,000 division when the driver, trainer, and owner trio made it to the winner’s circle with a 1:52.4 performance with Evolution Tour in the gelding’s first appearance at three. Sired by Roddy’s Bags Again out of Rare Filly, it was the fifth win of his career with four seconds in nine lifetime starts and $101,550 in purses. Race favorite Slick Tony (Russell Foster) was second in front of Transitioning Joy (Montrell Teague).


Next Monday through Thursday DSBF $20,000 second leg prelims will take place. The top eight point-getters in each of the four divisions race for $100,000 finals on meet closing day, March 29.


Niss Allen Inc. and Crissman Inc.’s Major Uptrend, a Somebeachsomewhere-Tricky Tooshie gelding, overpowered six rivals in the $35,000 Preferred feature. Tony Morgan grabbed the racetrack early with the winner and widened their margin of victory to five lengths in a dominating 1:49.2 conquest, Major Uptrend's third sub-1:50 win of the meet. Little Ben (Tetrick) enjoyed a two-hole trip behind the winner but could not close on the :27.4 final panel. Sicily (Montrell Teague) did not leave from the outside this week, but closed strongly for third place.