Harrah's Hoosier Park: Sugar Instead romps in Bally's Randy action
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Ohio-sired standout Sugar Instead picked up her second straight stakes victory against open company at Harrah's Hoosier Park in her $27,300 division of the Bally's Randy for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Friday night.
Driven by Kyle Wilfong, Sugar Instead led through fractions of 26 4/5, 56 3/5 and 1:26 and pulled away in a 29 second final quarter to win by ten lengths in 1:55. Danger (Robert Taylor) and Tove Palema (Andy Miller) were second and third, respectively.
The Virgil Morgan Jr.-trained daughter of Volstead was bred by Elmer Miller and is owned by Joyce McClelland and Larry Wills. Sugar Instead has a summary of 21-2-1 from 27 outings, has earned $901,914 and paid $2.80 to win.
The other $27,600 Bally's Randy split for trotting fillies saw Pizelle (Trace Tetrick), a daughter of Walner owned by trainer Chris Beaver in partnership with Donald Robinson, rally from sixth at three-quarters to a three length triumph over Green Mercedes (Miller) in a 1:55 1/5 mile. Stella Volo (Peter Wrenn) was third. Brittany Farms bred Pizzelle, who captured last year's Goldsmith Maid final.
Local star Gruesome Twosome captured his $50,000 Bally's Randy flight for trotting colts and geldings from first-up in 1:54 4/5 with co-owner/trainer/driver Daryl Bontrager in the bike. Victor Laszlo (John De Long) and Gypsy Hill (Miller) rounded out the trifecta. Ira Steinberg is the co-owner of Gruesome Twosome, a You Know You Do colt bred by Merle Yoder.
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Jada Caroline (Marvin Luna) converted a cover trip into a 1:52 1/5 score over favored Lets Go Endofaera (De Long) in the $52,000 tilt for pacing fillies. A daughter of Tellitlikeitis, Jada Caroline is co-owned by trainer Erv Miller with partners Lou Willinger and Never 2 Late Stable. Joseph Nissley of Indiana is the breeder.
Zeppole Hanover (Miller) led and won the first $33,800 section for pacing males in 1:53 1/5 for co-owner/trainer Andrew Harris and partners William Pollock and Bruce Areman, and then Noblesville (Brandon Bates) turned a two-hole jounrey into a 1:52 2/5 victory in the other $34,100 grouping. Zeppole Hanover, a Stay Hungry gelding bred by Hanover Shoe Farms, defeated M-m-s Bud (Jay Cross) by three-quarters of a length with Gorgeous Big Guy (Marcus Miller) third, while Noblesville, a Ron Burke-trained JK Endofanera gelding, topped Dale Yeah by 3 1/4 lengths, with Play Action Pass (Tetrick) back in third. Burke Racing Stable LLC. and Weaver Bruscemi LLC. bred and own Noblesville.