Harrah's Hoosier: Indiana Sires Stakes galore on Wednesday night

Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing & Casino played host to a stakes-filled card on Wednesday, October 6, featuring the final preliminary rounds of Indiana Sires Stakes action for 2-year-old filly trotters, 2-year-old filly pacers, and 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters. Those horses were on display to solidify their spots in the $250,000 Indiana Sires Stakes Super Finals slated for October 15 at Harrah's Hoosier Park.

M-M's Dream looked every bit the part of a 6-5 favorite as she coasted to a 1:56 victory over Jusmakinyalook and driver Jordan Ross in the opening $65,000 flight for 2-year-old trotting fillies. Driven by Sam Widger, M-M's Dream moved to the lead down the backside and saved a 27 3/5 closing quarter to hold off all challengers. Trained by Henry Graber, the daughter of Swan For All-Trading Places recorded her fifth win from seven starts this season. M-M's Dream is owned in partnership by Eleven Star Stables, F. Baldachino, and Hillside Stables.

In the second split for 2-year-old trotting fillies, Fleurie turned in an impressive effort of her own to score in 1:55 1/5 as the heavy betting favorite with driver Peter Wrenn in the bike. Switching up her tactics from previous starts, Fleurie opted for a trip off-the-pace but still went on to win by nearly four lengths. Trained by Melanie Wrenn, the homebred daughter of Muscle Massive-Renees Pocket recorded her fifth win of the season from seven starts and established a new lifetime mark with the victory.

The 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings followed suit as the heavy favorites prevailed in both of their races. Dover In Motion returned to Harrah's Hoosier Park after racing in the Mohawk Million in his last start and posted a 1:54 2/5 gate-to-wire score. With Ricky Macomber Jr. in the bike, Dover In Motion went to the front and never looked back en route to a 4 1/4 length victory over Yo Mister and James Yoder. Owned by M&M Racing and Norbert Joseph Maza, the gelded son of Dover Dan-Keystone Sadie recorded his seventh win from eight starts for trainer Jamie Macomber.

Ponda Adventure and Trace Tetrick captured the second tilt for the 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings in 1:54 4/5. Ponda Adventure went to the front from post seven and was able to repel a late surge from Head Games and LeWayne Miller to get the victory. Trained by Erv Miller, Ponda Adventure notched his eighth win of the season from nine outs. Owned by Engel Stable, L.A. Willinger, and J.D. Graham, the gelded son of Swan For All-Wildflower pushed his seasonal earnings over the $200,000 mark with the victory.

The biggest upsets of the evening were found in the 2-year-old pacing filly clashes on the card. In the first one of those contests, Lorraine Smoke and James Yoder did the honors and paid $10.20 to win. Utilizing her customary late closing kick, Lorraine Smoke paced home in 26 4/5 to score in 1:52 4/5 over a track rated sloppy. Owned by Cheyenne and James Yoder, Lorraine Smoke has now won two of 12 lifetime starts.

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In the night's last Indiana Sires Stakes event, Always Gonna B You scored her second straight Indiana Sires Stakes win for trainer Jeff Cullipher and driver John DeLong. Scoring in a new lifetime-best of 1:51 1/5 over a sloppy rated track, Always Gonna B You found late racing room up the inside to score. Trained by Jeff Cullipher, the daughter of Always A Virgin-Passing Fancy is owned by Val D'Or Farms in partnership with Roll The Dice Stable, who also bred the filly. She was the 3-1 second choice and paid $8.40 to win.

--press release (Harrah's Hoosier Park)--