Greenville, OH — Divisions of the Dr. H.M. Parshall Futurity for 2-year-old trotters and 3-year-old pacers were contested at the Great Darke County (Ohio) Fair on Wednesday night (Aug. 21), and they yielded some fast miles.

In Love Again’s 1:55.3 mile set a new standard for 3-year-old pacing fillies at the Great Darke County Fair. Conrad Photo.

In the first division of the Dr. H.M. Parshall Futurity for 3-year-old pacers, In Love Again and driver Jeff Nisonger stopped the timer in 1:55.3, a new track record for sophomore pacing fillies. The daughter of Dragon Again is conditioned by trainer Dan Noble, owned by Tim Homan, Sean Raftery and James Caplinger, and bred by Emerald Highlands Farm.

In the second division of the Parshall for 3-year-old pacers, Big See and driver Justin Belanger scored an impressive victory in 1:55.1, a mere two-fifths of a second off of the previous track record of 1:54.4 set last Friday (Aug 16) by Shamma Lamma for driver Peter Wrenn. The gelded son of Big Bad John is trained and owned by Philippe Belanger and was bred by Dettore Farms Inc.

In the first division of the Parshall 2-year-old trotting event, Not The Norm followed up his track record-tying performance from last Friday with an impressive 16-length win in 2:03.2, his third win in a row. The Stormin Normand-Ms Pollyanna gelding is also trained by Noble and is owned and bred by Sandra Burnett.

Heavenly Hope captured the second division for 2-year-old trotters in 2:03.3, giving owner-driver Michelle Caldwell just her third winning drive in her career that began in June. The Wishing Stone-Cosmic Affair gelding is trained by Roger Hughes Jr. and was bred by Amy Loy.

Racing will continue Thursday (Aug. 22), and post time for the final card of the four-day meet is 5:30 p.m. Closing night will feature the $50,000 Gene Riegle Memorial Open Pace and the $25,000 Arnie Almahurst Open Trot.