Columbus, OH — Two-year-old filly pacers held court at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday (Aug. 16) in Ohio Sires Stakes action, and both winners — The Word Is Out and Odds On Hialeah — took their $65,000 divisions in 1:53.
Prolific Fire (Austin Hanners) took the early lead in the first division towards the :27.1 opening quarter. The Word Is Out (Dan Noble) got away third and was first-up just before the :57.3 half. Midway up the backside, Noble edged The Word Is Out in front, but Prolific Fire fought back going to the 1:24.1 three-quarters. The Word Is Out would not go away, kept the pressure going to the stretch, and won by three-quarters of a length over a fast-closing Odds On Chesapeake (Kayne Kauffman); Prolific Fire held on for third.
The Word Is Out, who won The Next Generation, is trained by Ron Burke for Burke Racing, Knox Services, Beasty and R A S Racing. The Well Said filly is now four-for-five with $179,750 in earnings. She was a $24,000 Ohio Selected Yearling Sale purchase bred by Shaffer & Sons.
Odds On Hialeah took the second division to stay a perfect four-for-four with Brett Miller up for trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. The Lather Up filly got away third towards the :26.2 opening quarter. The outer flow developed quickly with Rose Run Ashleee (Noble) coming first-up to take over from Queen Of Fear (Kurt Sugg) before the :55.3 half. Coming up the backside, towards the 1:23.2 three-quarters, Odds On Hialeah was second-over and then went three-wide around the last turn. She won by a half length over another Kauffman-driven closer, Seaside Wishes; Rose Run Ashlee was third.
Odds On Hialeah is owned by Odds On Racing and now has $103,500 in lifetime earnings.
Racing continues on Saturday (Aug. 17) with a 5:45 p.m. first post. Highlighting the card is the $100,000 #SendItIn Invitational Pace for older horses, the $100,000 Cleopatra Invitational for aged mare pacers and the rescheduled Ohio Sires Stakes for 2-year-old filly trotters. The Open Trot and Filly and Mare Open Pace, which are normally held on Fridays, will also be on the card, along with the Open Pace. The 16-race card will start out with a $5,802 superfecta carryover in the first race. More information about racing at Scioto can be found on the Eldorado Scioto Downs website.