Anderson, IN — Harrah’s Hoosier Park is poised to kick off round one of eight of Indiana Sire Stakes for all four sophomore divisions on a special Memorial Day card on Monday (May 26). The 14-race card will begin with a first post of 6:15 p.m., featuring two divisions each of Indiana Sire Stakes for all four three-year-old divisions, in addition to six $16,000 ISS Eligible races to be contested on the evening.
The Memorial Day card also includes a trio of $10,000 guaranteed pools, with guarantees in the early pick 5 (races 1-5), late pick 4 (races 11-14) and late Hoosier high 5 (race 14).
The $49,000 first split of ISS for three-year-old trotting fillies will get the Monday card started, seeing Martz Seven leaving from the rail, making her first start since her 33-1 upset in the $250,000 ISS Super Final last fall with Mike Peterson driving for Walter Haynes Jr. She’ll be joined by Miracle Maven (John De Long) who has been nabbed as the even-money favorite on the morning line, having only missed the board once in 10 career outings while banking $152,420 for trainer Henry Graber Jr.
Two more Henry Graber Jr. trainees highlight the $49,500 second division for trotting fillies in race nine, with Classical Jane (Trace Tetrick) established as the morning line favorite from the rail following her 1:54.3 romp in the $25,000 Msnaughtybynature Final, while her stablemate Better Tak’em (Jordan Ross) makes her sophomore debut after winning half of her eight starts at two, and banking just shy of $120,000.
The first of two $49,500 divisions for trotting colts will go in race five, with the Ron Burke trained On To Norway (John De Long) tabbed as the 4-5 morning line favorite from post six, riding a five race win streak which includes victories in the $20,000 Chad E Carlton Trotting Series Final and $25,000 Expresson Final.
On To Norway’s stablemate, Starlitfranknstein, headlines the second division in race eight as the 3-5 ML favorite from post four. Trace Tetrick gets the call for the son of Swan For All that has won two of three on the season after finishing second in the $250,000 ISS Super Final last year behind Eugene The Genius.
The first of two $49,500 ISS divisions for sophomore pacing fillies will see Tarshish (Marvin Luna) look to remain unbeaten on the year as the 8-5 ML choice from the rail for trainer Walter Haynes Jr. After finishing second in last year’s Super Final, Tarshish has begun her three-year-old campaign with three straight scores, including wins in the first two legs of The Go On BB series before being scratched sick from the final on May 17.
The second division in the 13th race of the evening sees the return of the 2024 divisional champion in the Hoosier state, as Can’ttouchthese (John De Long) returns at age three from the rail for trainer Roger Welch. A winner in six of eight at two, the daughter of JK Endofanera banked $255,370 and enters her first parimutuel start of the season off two winning qualifier efforts.
The first of two $49,000 divisions for sophomore pacing colts sees a red-hot Rawtn Tale (Mike Oosting) enter at 6-1 on the morning line following victories in both the $20,000 Jerry Landess and $25,000 Hal Dale Finals this spring for trainer Michael Johnson and is yet to miss the board through six starts in 2025. Deal The Odds (Joey Putnam) is tabbed as the 5-2 ML favorite following a runner-up effort in his three-year-old debut against ISS Eligible company.
Last year’s Super Final champion, Chandler Bing, will look for his first score at age three in the second division in race 12 as the 5-2 ML choice. Regular pilot Jay Cross gets the call on the Alvin Miller trained son of Tellitlikeitis who reeled off five-straight to end his rookie campaign last year and banked $216,790.
Free online programs are made available nightly on the Hoosier Park website by clicking on the racing tab. The Hoosier Park website additionally offers free access to race replays, while qualifier replays are made available on the Hoosier Park AV YouTube channel.
For more information on the 2025 live racing season at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, guests are encouraged to visit www.harrahshoosierpark.com.