Trotting filly Bella Bellini in 1:53 at Philly
At 0h54, on May 13, 2021 • By HARRAH'S PHILADELPHIE
The Bar Hopping sophomore trotting filly Bella Bellini cemented the impression that she could be one of the top-level misses in her division with a Wednesday afternoon (May 12) victory at Harrah’s Chester in 1:53 – lowering by a tick her own standard as the fastest three-year-old trotter in North American harness racing, regardless of sex or track size.
Dexter Dunn let the stunning filly roll to the lead past the :28.3 quarter, and then proceeded to put up fractions of :56 and 1:23.4 – a :55.1 middle half, losing any opposition down the backstretch. She continued home unaccompanied, missing the local divisional track record of Whose Blues by two-fifths of a second in only her third seasonal start.
Trainer Nifty Norman has certainly figured this filly after an zero for seven campaign at two, and owner David McDuffee must take special pride in Bella Bellini in that her first and second dams are respectively Bella Dolce and Pizza Dolce, two great mares of his for years, both on the racetrack and in the breeding shed. Bella Bellini may take the next step upward here next Friday, as there will be a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for this division.
