Delaware, OH — Dexter Dunn gave Warrawee Michelle a first-up trip after the half and tracked down leader Walspea (Yannick Gingras) late in the mile to take the $132,500 Ms. Versatility Final, presented by Allerage Farms, topping the undercard action on Thursday (Sept. 24) at the Delaware County Fair.
Miracle Maven (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) held off Woman Of Passion (Scott Zeron) for third.
Åke Svanstedt Inc., Santandrea, Inc. and Young Guns own the 5-year-old Walner mare.
Trainer Åke Svanstedt has a record four Ms. Versatility titles.
Old Oaken Bucket (Grade 3) – 3-Year-Old Colt Trot
Untouchable As benefited from early breaks in stride by his top two competitors, Who’s Eyes Blues (Wrenn) and Kingman (Jason Bartlett), and cruised to a 3-3/4 length win in the $96,000 Old Oaken Bucket (Grade 3), for sophomore colt trotters. Tymal Kryptonite (Brady Brown) picked up the second-place check and Gare D’orsay (Scott Zeron) was third.
Anette Lorentzon trains the homebred son of Walner for ACL Stuteri. Untouchable As has been first or second in eight of 11 seasonal starts.
Buckette (Grade 3) – Three-Year-Old Filly Trot
Driver Lamar Wingard and Pony Chrome didn’t see a pylon for the first three-quarters of the mile, but that didn’t matter thanks to a game effort from the Southwind Chrome lass in the $79,350 Buckette, for sophomore filly trotters.
Wingard, who was making his first trip around the Delaware half-mile oval, poked Pony Chrome’s nose in front at the three-quarter pole and defeated Kerstin (Gingras) by 4-1/4 lengths in 1:55.2 Wendalyn Hanover (Tim Tetrick) finished third, another 2 lengths behind.
LeWayne Miller trains the filly for the partnership of Equine Spa and Thomas Jeff Carey.
Ohio Breeders Championship – 3-Year-Old Colt Pace
David Miller and Virgil Morgan Jr. — the leading driver and trainer, respectively, in the history of the Delaware County Fair — teamed up to take the first division of the $132,200 (div.) OBC for three-year-old colt pacers with Tsunami Seas.
Miller sat patiently as Caillou Hanover (Atlee Bender) and Skull N Crossbones (Chris Page) battled for early control.
Tsunami Seas used the cover of Skull N Crossbones around the final turn and swept past a tiring Caillou Hnaover to score a 1-3/4 length win over stablemate Odds On RPJ (Luke Hanners) and Crocodile Station (Dexter Dunn) in 1:52.2.
The gelded son of Downbytheseaside is owned by Jeffrey Rector, Larry Wills and Hutchison Harness.
Tsunami Seas now has a three-race win streak and $313,757 in his bank account.
Fire Run received a perfect first-up trip and wore down the pacesetting When Is Parade (Wrenn) to win the second division in 1:52.
When Is Parade was a length back in second; Thunder Nation (David Miller) was another length behind in third.
Fire Run is trained by Hall of Famer Erv Miller, who shares ownership with Mark Winship and Bryn Campbell.
Ohio Breeders Championship – 3-Year-Old Filly Pace
The lightly raced Prtynproud Hanover made her presence known in the second split of the $126,000 (div.) OBC for sophomore filly pacers thanks to a 5-length score in 1:52.
Making just her fourth start of the season, Prtynproud Hanover and driver Yannick Gingras hustled off the gate’s wings from post 5 and kept the field of seven in check, going gate-to-wire.
Rodeo Dancer (Brett Miller) was the runner-up and KB Wrecking Ball (Mike Wilder) was third.
Brian Brown trains the winner for Kenneth Jacobs.
The Downbytheseaside filly as a 2-1-1 record in four seasonal starts.
In the first division, Seaside Shuffle (Chris Page) dominated the field of six and recorded a 4-1/2-length win over Estuary (Bender) and Odds On Trickster (Hanners).
With the $31,500 first-place check, Seaside Shuffle increased her career earnings to $697,492 for Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, Knox Services and RAS Racing.