The Meadows: Odds On Mr Mamba to supplement to Adios

Odds On Mr Mamba is ready to roll.

Trainer Melanie Wrenn on Tuesday (July 14) said North America Cup winner Odds On Mr Mamba has been supplemented to the Grade 1 Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids, presented by 1/ST BET. Adios eliminations are slated for Saturday (July 18) at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. The fee to supplement is $35,000.

The entry box for the Adios, an open event for 3-year-old pacers, closes at 9 a.m. Wednesday (July 15). The Adios final is July 25.

Odds On Mr Mamba, a homebred for Dana Parham’s Odds On Racing, was a perfect 3-for-3 this season after winning the Grade 1 North America Cup in 1:48 1/5 on June 13 at Woodbine Mohawk Park in Ontario. He returned to action on June 26 at his home track, Harrah’s Hoosier Park, for the third leg of the Indiana Sire Stakes, where he finished third.

Following that performance, his connections decided to skip the Grade 1 Meadowlands Pace (July 4 elims, July 11 final) to give Odds On Mr Mamba time to refresh.

This past Saturday, with the addition of Lasix, the record-setting gelding qualified in 1:51 1/5 with Peter Wrenn in the sulky at Hoosier Park. He paced the back half in 54, with a 25 4/5 last quarter.

“He’s not a big dude, and I think he was just a little bit weary from his travels, so we decided not to go to the Pace,” Melanie Wrenn said. “We feel like we’ve got him back ready to go again. He’s digging into his feed tub and everything about him is like it was before.

“He qualified fantastic the other day, much more like himself. He bled a little bit (in his previous start), so we put him on Lasix. Peter turned him loose in the lane (Saturday) and he was a little surprised when he saw the time. He said it just doesn’t feel like he’s going that fast!”

Odds On Mr Mamba, a son of Odds On Equuleus-Honky Tonk Woman, has won 10 of 12 career races and earned $751,805. His wins in 2025 included the Indiana Sire Stakes championship and Grade 3 Elevation, both at Hoosier Park, and his 1:47 4/5 victory in the last preliminary leg of the sire stakes made him the fastest 2-year-old pacer in history.

“He loves to race,” Wrenn said. “He’s just such an easy keeper. He’s one of those horses that’s in the barn but you don’t really know he’s there. He doesn’t make a lot of noise; he just goes out there and does his job. When he gets to the gate, that’s when he’s all business. Just looking at him, you would have no idea that he’s as fast as he is. But he is.”

[EDITOR’S NOTE: The Meadows also announced that top 3-year-old filly Loua Dipa would compete in the Adios.]