Woodstock, VA — John’s Dream, Hot Hot Jenna and Speedy Taxi won respective $10,000 Virginia Breeders races for older competitors Saturday (Oct. 10) at Shenandoah Downs as the Woodstock oval completed its fourth weekend of a five-week fall season.

John’s Dream continued a remarkable streak of success at the Shenandoah County Fairgrounds oval with a victory in the first older pace division. The 7-year-old Dream Away gelding wired the field in 1:54.1 and beat runner-up Rusty’s Houdini by 1-3/4 lengths. Hillbillyfairytale finished third.

With his 36th lifetime win, John’s Dream’s bankroll went over the $300,000 mark. Since 2015, he has made 30 starts in Virginia — 28 in Woodstock and two at Oak Ridge in 2015 when he was a freshman — and won 22 of those. John’s Dream won a Virginia Breeders championship title as a 2- and 3-year-old and has won an older Breeders race in back-to-back years. Chuck Perry owns, trains and drives the consistent pacer.

Hot Hot Jenna scored a close win over Sketcher and One Proud Diamond. Seth Dowling photo.

Mark Gray’s Hot Hot Jenna, a 7-year-old pacing mare, wired the field in the second Breeders division in 1:57.4. Sketcher finished second and One Proud Diamond was third.

The daughter of Jenna’s Beach Boy also has a strong history in the Commonwealth. She was a Breeders runner-up as a 2-year-old at Oak Ridge in 2015, finished third in the 2016 final at Shenandoah as a sophomore and has won an older race, like John’s Dream, in consecutive years. She now has 15 wins, 14 seconds and 14 thirds from 119 starts and with Saturday’s score, saw her earnings top $90,000. Gray owns, trains and drives Hot Hot Jenna.

Speedy Taxi edged Zsa Zsa Dabor by a half-length in the older trot to win his ninth career race. Flaming Trix was third.

Also seven, the Gregory Pecs gelding crossed in 2:01.1 and was able to remain flat after encountering previous breaking issues at Shenandoah this year. He also has had success in past Breeders events. The Renfrow Hauser trainee was second in 2015 as a freshman, then won the 2016 title as a 3-year-old. Chuck Perry was in the sulky and Arthur Hauser owns Speedy Taxi.

The final racing weekend kicks off Friday with a card at 2 p.m. and continues Saturday at 1 p.m.