by Kimberly A. Rinker, Administrator, Ohio Standardbred Development Fund

Columbus, OH — Four $40,000 divisions of sophomore fillies wage war in Ohio Sires Stakes contests at Northfield Park this Friday night (Aug. 14). The events for trotting and pacing Buckeye-breds are part of the undercard alongside the featured $405,000 Carl Milstein Memorial.

In the first of two trotting divisions (race two), Like Old Times hails from post five for trainer Don McKirgan. Bred and owned by Keith Ross, the daughter of Chip Chip Hooray-Royal Two-Royal Troubadour has earned $88,512 this season from 11 starts with eight wins and three seconds. Her top efforts came with a 1:57 victory in the second leg of this series on June 12 at Northfield and in an Ohio Breeders Stake on June 19 at Scioto Downs.

A winner of $152,617 in her career, Like Old Times will be trying for her 12th lifetime triumph against seven rivals for driver Ronnie Wrenn Jr. She is a half-sister to the $236,257 earner and 19-race winner Cool Colby 1:54.1f (by Jailhouse Jesse).

Student Of Life, a Marty Wollam trainee, will leave from post two with Kurt Sugg behind. The Full Count lass has five wins to her credit this season, including victories in her last two starts. She won a $9,900 Ohio Fair Stake on Aug. 1 in 1:57.1 at Northfield and followed that up with a 1:57.3 score at Scioto in a $53,150 Ohio State Fair test.

Bred by Marvin Raber, Student Of Life has $76,300 in season’s earnings and $141,406 in her career coffers from seven wins, six seconds and a trio of thirds in 18 trips postward. She is owned by Acadia Farms Inc. and G&B Racing.

Wollam and Sugg team up again in the second OSS division (race seven) of diagonally-gaited specialists with another daughter of Full Count — Dark Roast — from post two. This winner of $98,288 lifetime has only been off the board once all season in seven starts — in her last when she made an uncharacteristic break in a Fair Stake test at Scioto Downs on Aug. 7.

Both of Dark Roast’s two wins this year have come in OSS competition — the first on May 1 at Miami Valley, when she was clocked in 1:58 and the second at Northfield on June 12, when she scored in 1:57.3. Owned by Acadia Farms, Inc. and G&B Racing, Dark Roast was bred by Marvin Raber.

Lisa Jane, a Neely Dunn-Personal Trainer-Muscles Yankee daughter hails from post eight with Ryan Stahl at the lines for trainer Scott Cox. A winner of $45,205 this season from three wins in eight starts, Lisa Jane won an OSS event at Northfield on June 12 in a career best 1:55.4, and one week later captured a $12,500 Breeders Stake at Scioto Downs in 1:56.3. Owned by the Parent Racing Stable and G Peters, Lisa Jane has $155,330 in career earnings. Lisa Jane was bred by Henry Burkholder and sold for $10,000 at the Aug. 2013 Blooded Horse Sale.

Karlee Sue, a winner of $79,227 in her career, headlines the first (race eight) of two OSS pacing divisions from the rail. Trained by co-owner Al Tomlinson for partners Daniel Mitchell and Dennis Stolz, Karlee Sue has a trio of wins this season in ten starts. Her last triumph came on June 12 at Northfield, when she paced in 1:54.2 en route to winning the second leg of this series.

Bred by Midland Acres, Tim Tetrick will pilot the daughter of Feelin Friskie-Magical Jeanie-Magical Mike, who was a $20,000 yearling purchase at the Nov. 2013 Blooded Horse Sale.

Siebert Steele’s Tolatetoapologize will leave from post six with trainer Kayne Kauffman in the sulky. This daughter of Feelin Friskie-Lord I Apologize-On The Attack has a trio of wins and $39,519 in seasonal earnings, including an Aug. 7 triumph in a $51,350 State Fair race at Scioto Downs, when she was clocked in a career best 1:54.2.

Tolatetoapologize also captured a $4,049 Ohio Fair Stakes on July 23 at Lebanon by 7-1/2 lengths in 1:59. Bred by Timothy Lane, she was an $11,000 yearling purchase at the Aug. 2013 Blooded Horse Sale.

Crosswinds Cupcake, a David Elliott trainee, hails from post two for driver Dan Noble in the second (race 10) OSS pacing division against seven rival fillies. Bred and co-owned by Crosswinds Farm, along with Stephen Sexton, this daughter of Stand Forever-Keystone Mulberry-Artsplace will be trying for her third consecutive win.

Crosswinds Cupcake comes into this OSS fresh off a $51,350 State Fair triumph on Aug. 7 at Scioto Downs, when she was timed in 1:51.4. One week earlier she had scored a 12 length victory at Sidney in a $7,994 Fair Stakes, in 1:58. Crosswinds Cupcake has $104,254 in earnings from seven lifetime victories.

Trainer Brian Brown will harness $228,190 winner Friskie Lil Devil from post four. Ronnie Wrenn Jr. will be in the sulky behind the daughter of Feelin Friskie-Devils Desire-Cole Muffler as she looks for her third seasonal win and fifth lifetime victory. Friskie Lil Devil captured a $7,413 Fair Stakes at Marysville on July 25 for the Lil Devil Stable. Bred by Midland Acres, Friskie Lil Devil sold for $20,000 at the Nov. 2013 Blooded Horse Sale.

Leg four of Ohio Sires Stakes action for 3-year-old trotting and pacing fillies will be contested Friday (Aug. 28) at Scioto Downs, while the $225,000 championships for all 2- and 3-year-old divisions of trotters and pacers, colts and fillies, will take place on Sept. 12 at Scioto Downs.