Divine Deo found room late and won the Winners Over/Select for pacing fillies and mares at Bally’s Dover on Wednesday night (Dec. 28).
The 6/5 favourite Factory Girl and Divine Deo left quickest off the gate. Factory Girl settled, then retook the lead pacing towards the quarter mile. Divine Deo and driver Allan Davis accepted the pocket trip. It became the winning strategy.
Factory Girl set fractions of :27.3 and :56.3. Cruzinforavictory ground first over past the half and challenged Factory Girl at the three-quarters in 1:25.2. Divine Deo and Allan Davis waited patiently from the pocket and rocketed home in deep stretch to win by a head in 1:54.3. Factory Girl finished second and Cruzinforavictory was third.
Divine Deo is owned by Mulligan Stables of Georgetown, Del. Jason Johnson trains the $7.80 winner. The win puts Divine Deo over $120,000 in seasonal earnings.
Tony Morgan won four races on the betting card.
Thursday’s (Dec. 29) 11th race, the Blue Hen/Open Handicap Pace, features Incaseyoudidntknow. She attempts to make it back to back victories against the boys.
Post Time at Bally’s Dover is 4:30 p.m. (EST).
(Bally's Dover)