Green not only won the feature races but all four of his trainees made it to the winner’s circle -- three of them owned by Green.
Triple Command, who won the DSBF $100,000 title at age two, swept both his preliminaries prior to adding this year’s big one with a 1:58.4 clocking. It was a wide-open dash rounding the final turn when Solo Command (Jim Moran) broke stride, disturbing several contending trotters.
Ross Wolfenden was able to skirt the incident while racing for the lead on the outside, and then unmolested continued to the finish line. It was the second straight DSBF Final victory for Wolfenden. Royal Briefing, driven by Art Stafford Jr., also avoided trouble and finished second with Command Flight (Brad Hanners) coming in third.
Josh Green and Richard Lombardo purchased Triple Command early last fall and the CR Commando--Triple T Carmel colt steadily improved.
Two races later, Traverse Seelster and driver Corey Callahan become a winning team. The Angus Hall--Travelin Lavec 5-year-old gelding became the fastest trotter in track history with a powerful, 1:51.2 performance to win the $16,000 winners-over trot for the second straight week.
Allmar Surprise (Vic Kirby) was second best. Keystone Thomas (Daryl Bier) took third. Spunky Vic was scratched.
The former track trotting record was set early at this meet when Big Rigs (David Miller) won in 1:52.1 on Nov. 21, 2012. The former gelding record of 1:52.2 belonged to Enough Talk (George Brennan) set Jan. 7, 2008.
In addition to winning the day’s top two trots, trainer Green conditioned two pacing winners, and is an owner, or part owner of three of them. The winning day clinched Green’s ninth Dover Downs training crown, including the last eight meets in a row.
George Dennis drove both winners of the Daily Double, Brad Hanners, Eddie Davis Jr. and Ross Wolfenden had driving doubles.
The fourth and final $100,000 DSBF finals, featuring 3-year-olds, and a $35,000 Preferred pace, will headline the Thursday program.