Scioto: Ohio Sire Stakes featured this weekend

Nine Ohio Sires Stakes divisions are set to be contested this weekend at Scioto Downs, with 2-year-old trotting colts and fillies featured Friday night, July 17 and 3-year-old colt pacers in the spotlight on Saturday night, July 18. Post time each night is 6:30 pm, ET.

A total of 37 trotting fillies are set to battle in four $40,000 Leg 2 divisions, while 25 trotting colts will wage war in three $40,000 Leg 2 divisions. Stallions represented in these OSS contests Friday night include 18 by Uncle Peter (9 colts/9 fillies); seven by MVP (3 colts/4 fillies); seven by Triumphant Caviar (2 colts/5 fillies); five by Full Count (1 colt/4 fillies); and four by Break The Bank K (1 colt/3 fillies).

The stallions Cash Hall and Wishing Stone both have three foals each in these OSS divisions, while Corragioso, Deep Chip, Dontyouforgetit and Southwind Spirit are represented by two foals each. As well, the stallions And Away We Go, Big Rigs, Credit Fashion, Spring Goal, Stormin Normand, Victory Sam and Winning Fireworks are all represented by one foal each.

In the first trotting filly division (Race 1), Swizzle Hanover leaves from post four for trainer Randy Bendis, who conditions the Uncle Peter lass for partner Reed Broadway. Swizzle Hanover won her OSS Leg 1 handily in 1:57 1/5 on July 3 at Northfield Park.

Herculisa heads up the second filly division (Race 7) from post nine for trainer Virgil Morgan, Jr., and the Jesmeral Stable. A winner of two races lifetime with $21,812 in earnings, the daughter of My MVP won her OSS Leg 1 division in 1:58 1/5.

In the third filly trotting division (Race 10) a pair of Leg one winners return. More Spirit (post 2), a daughter of Southwind Spirit trained by Charles Myrick for the Second Chance Stable, won in 1:58 3/5, while the Break The Bank K lass Chip It In (post 7) scored in 1:58 2/5 for trainer Chris Beaver who co-owns her along with Meolia, Robinson and RBH Ventures.

A Doll Face starts from post three in the fourth filly division (Race 12) for trainer Kayne Kauffman and owner Doug Millard. This Dontyouforgetit lass captured her OSS Leg 1 test in 1:59 4/5.

Among the colt trotters, returning OSS Leg 1 winners include Spyder The Striker (Post 3) and Shouldaknownbetter (Post 7) in Race 3. Spyder The Striker is a son of Uncle Peter conditioned by Chris Beaver for the partnership of Beaver, Beaver, Fleming and VIP Stable. This youngster won his Leg 1 in 1:56 3/5 by 6 1/2 lengths. Shouldaknownbetter, a Deep Chip colt, is trained and owned by Shane Arsenault and captured his division in 1:58 2/5.

Perron, a son of MVP who is also conditioned by Chris Beaver, heads up Race 14, leaving from post 7. Owned by Stewart, Wright, Wilcox and Doherty, Perron won his Leg 1 division in 1:58 4/5.

On Saturday night, two $50,000 OSS divisions of OSS sophmore pacers are set as races Three and Eight. Of the 14 OSS eligibles moving postward, three are by Ohio stallions Dragon Again and Pet Rock, while two are by Rockin Amadeus. Stallions represented by one foal each include: Big Bad John, Big Risk, Mr Wiggles, Nob Hill High, Western Vintage and Yankee Cruiser.

In the first division (Race 3) Stanford Court, a son of Nob Hill High, leaves from post seven for trainer Brian Brown. Owned by Mondillo, Lombardo, Hen-Shaut and Lightning 5 Racing, Standford Court was second in Leg 1 to Ocean Rock in 1:50 4/5 and captured Leg 2 in 1:50 2/5. He has career earnings of $132,210.

Elver Hanover (Post 3) will face off against Ocean Rock (post 7) in the second division (Race 8). Elver Hanover, a son of Yankee Cruiser, is trained by Ronnie Burke for Burke Racing, Jablonskyk, Mellilo, J&T Silva-Purnel-Libby and won Leg 2 in 1:51 and sports a lifetime bankroll of $388,450. Ocean Rock is a Rockin Amadeus colt trained by Christi Noble for breeder-owner Sandra Burnett. This colt captured leg 1 in 1:50 2/5 and was second in Leg 2 in 1:50 4/5 to Stanford Court, and has amassed $201,677 lifetime.

-edited release (Kimberly Rinker for OSDF)