Northfield, OH — Two $50,000 Ohio Sires Stakes contests for 3-year-old fillies provided thrills for the Northfield Park crowd on Saturday night (June 5).

Summer Touch notched her second straight victory in the series for driver Chris Page and trainer Ron Burke, clocked in 1:52.3. JJ Zamaiko photo.

In the first division, 1-9 favorite Summer Touch notched her second straight victory in the series for driver Chris Page and trainer Ron Burke, clocked in 1:52.3. The daughter of Well Said had captured her first OSS event in 1:53.1 at Miami Valley for owners Burke Racing Stable, Knox Services, Slaughter Racing and Weaver Bruscemi.

“There’s no other word for this filly than special,” Page said. “Last year she won the Ohio Triple Crown and came back great this year at three.”

Last year’s $300,000 OSS championship winner and homebred lass has $353,800 in her coffers from nine wins and two seconds in 11 starts. Summer Touch scored her triumph in wire-to-wire fashion, besting longshot rivals 68-1 Ball Diamond (Billy Davis Jr.) and 48-1 Lacey (Brett Miller).

Smothastenesewisky, the 7-2 choice, pulled off a mild upset in the second OSS division, stopping the timer in a career best 1:52 for driver Hunter Myers, who was piloting the daughter of Nob Hill High for owner/trainer Brian D. Haynes.

“She didn’t leave the gate the way I had wanted to, so I got a second over trip and then when I pulled her three-wide down the backstretch, she had a lot of go and it worked out,” Myers said.

The victory was the first this season in four tries for Smothastenesewisky, who was bred by Robert Mondillo and Donald Robinson. She now has $109,981 in career earnings. Shameful Eyes was second for Aaron Merriman at 6-1 odds, while 7-1 Rainy Day Chic got up for third with Tony Hall in the bike.