Grove City, OH – Our Grey Heart headlined the winners of the four $20,000 divisions of the third leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series for freshman filly pacers Monday (Aug. 17) at Northfield Park Racino.
The Heart Of Chewbacca filly is now 3-for-3 in the BSS this year after taking the second division in gate-to-wire fashion in a lifetime-best 1:55.1. With Tyler Smith in the sulky, she recorded fractions of :27.4, :57.3, and 1:26 en route to winning by 3 lengths. Moondance Sara (driven by Chris Page) and Poseformiki (Justin Irvine) rounded out the top three.
Our Grey Heart is trained by Jeff Nisonger for owner Cis Racing. She has hit the board in all nine seasonal starts with a 6-2-1 record while banking $37,940.
Midnight Haze (Chris Lems) recorded the fastest mile of the four BSS races, winning the first division by three-quarters of a length in 1:54.3. Miss Miki (Page) was second followed by Lyons Cartier (David Miller) in third. Midnight Haze is a Dancin Yankee filly trained by Edward Miller, who co-owns with Dr. Michael Latessa and Ashley Miller. She has two wins and one third with earnings of $18,400 in four seasonal starts.
You Go Cocoa (Aaron Merriman) took the third division by 2 lengths in 1:55.4 for her first career win in her second start, increasing her earnings to $11,000. The Well Said filly is owned and trained by Jason Thompson. Apple By The Sea (Luke Hanners) and Fran The Flame (Dan Noble) finished second and third, respectively.
Sea Jazz (Ronnie Gillespie) also scored her first career win, improving her record to 1-1-1 and increasing her earnings to $16,123 in five starts. Going off at 25-1 odds, the Downbytheseaside filly was in fourth place at the three-quarter pole before rallying to win the fourth division by half a length in 1:55.4. Well Intentioned (Irvine) was second followed by Brie Blue Chip (Merriman) in third. Sea Jazz paid $52.20 to win. She is trained by Ryan Miller for owners Miller Racing Stable, Chris Gilbert, Redracer, and Roger Miller Jeff Bankey.
The Buckeye Stallion Series continues Wednesday (Aug. 19) with the fourth leg for freshman male trotters at Northfield Park Racino.