Hoosier: Always Woggy leads Indiana Sires Stakes elimination winners

A trio of $20,000 Indiana Sires Stakes eliminations for 3-year-old pacing fillies were the headline races on Saturday night at Hoosier Park.

Always Woggy (Peter Wrenn), last year's sire stakes champion for the group, began her 3-year-old season with a 1:52 1/5 victory off a pocket trip in the first elimination. La Always Amartini (Sam Widger) followed in for second, followed by pace-setter Skyway Royalty.

It was the fifth career victory for Always Woggy, an Always A Virgin filly trained by Shane Bowermaster for owner/breeder Emerald Highlands Farm. She paid $2.40 to win as the 1-5 favorite.

In the second elimination it was Voom Or Bang (John De Long), the second-place finisher in the Indiana Sires Stakes Super Final last year, winning in 1:51 1/5. She brushed into the lead at the 1:23 4/5 three-quarters and drew off to defeat Always Artistic (Don Eash) by 4 1/4 lengths, with Debt Motivated (Ross Leonard) back in third.

Roger Welch trains the victorious Always A Virgin filly for owners William De Long, William P. De Long, Jesse De Long, and John De Long. Voom Or Bang is now a four-time winner in her racing career, and she returned $3.40 to win.

It's Time For Fun (Widger) rounded out the elimination winners as she used a 28 second final kicker to get up from fourth to first, prevailing by half a length in 1:52 3/5. Virgin Eyes (Mike Oosting collected second, and public choice Dee Rocks (Tetrick), who led for much of the stretch drive, had to settle for third.

The winner, a daughter of Skydancer Hanover, is trained by Brett Wilfong for owner/breeder Lynn Wilfong. It's Time For Fun, who paid $11.80 to win as a 9-2 offering, made her sixth appearance in the winner's circle.