Cicero, IL — A total of 42 different Illinois Conceived and Foaled (ICF) 2-year-old filly pacers have gone to the gate thus far in the Incredible Tillie series, and Saturday’s (Oct. 7) fourth and last leg, at Hawthorne Race Course, will determine which 10 are left to move on to next week’s Night of Champions showdown with an estimated $150,000 purse up for grabs.

Fox Valley Sadie (150 points) and Chickabell (125), a pair of talented young gals from the Amy Husted stable, have already sewed up starting berths in the Incredible Tillie championship, and so has Sleazy Sister (112) from the barn of Gary Rath.

Fox Valley Sadie, who heads up Saturday’s seventh race, captured all three of her Incredible Tillie legs. Her stablemate Chickabell has two “Tillie” leg wins and a second while Sleazy Sister has chalked up a pair of leg triumphs to go along with a third-place finish. Interestingly, Sleazy Gal (Casey Leonard) and Chickabell (Kyle Husted) square off in the ninth race with “Sleazy” leaving from the pole position while Chickabell must buck the outside nine-hole.

The fourth race is where some of the fillies “on the bubble” to make the final could make up some ground. The 2-1 morning line favorite, Fox Valley Taran (Casey Leonard), has the eight-slot in the nine-horse field and there’s no clear choice who will be second choice in the wagering.

An upset win, worth 50 points, by either First Of Her Name, Fox Valley Gina, Platinum, Cupid’s Revenge, Adalecia, Karatop Mooss, Amy Moose or Fox Valley Tatum would likely propel that filly into a top-10 finish. In some cases, a 25-point second-place finish will suffice.

The final leg of the Plum Peachy series, for state-bred sophomore pacers, has a pair of $25,000 divisions on the card starting with the sixth race.

Time Dancer champion My Daddy’s Revenge (Brandon Bates) and The Magical Woman (Cordarius Stewart) with a second and two thirds in the series will slug it out.

Later on the card, in race 10, eight fillies will try to keep the Erv Miller stable’s Fox Valley Leah (Cordarius Stewart) from her ninth consecutive win. The Somestarsomewhere offspring won her last Plum Peachy leg from the eight-hole, parked the mile, and still much the best in 1:53.4.

The 2002 ICF filly champion, Fox Valley Kia (Phil Knox), fresh off her own Plum Peachy triumph (1:53.3), with the seven slot, looks like Fox Valley Leah’s main threat.

Friday’s NOC Wrap-up: The Fox Valley fraternity had it all their way in the first division of the $25,000 Robert F. Carey Memorial series Friday night (Oct. 6) as the 3-5 favorite Fox Valley Landen got up in time for the Amy Husted stable by a half length in 1:51.4.

Kyle Husted gave “Landen” a second-over trip behind the runner-up Fox Valley Patriot (Casey Leonard), who raced first-up. The front-stepping Fox Valley Cayman (Brandon Bates) was third. The first three finishers are all sons of the Fox Valley Standardbreds stallion Somestarsomewhere.

The win was Fox Valley Landen’s eighth in 10 trips to the gate for owners David Brigham, John Schwarz and Kyle Husted.

The second Carey split for ICF 3-year-old colts and geldings saw Todd Warren nicely rate Illini Jetset ($3.60) to a neck victory over Fox Valley Steeler (Brandon Bates) in 1:54 for owners Doug Overhiser, trainer Erv Miller, and Sara Miller. Illini Jetset held off a strong bid by his stablemate Fox Valley Jasper (Cordarius Stewart) in the lane, who ended up third.

The first of two $25,000 Incredible Finale series events for state-bred freshman pacing males turned out to be a comfortable three-length triumph for the Erv Miller stable’s Gorgeous Big Guy at 1-2 odds. Cordarius Stewart gave the Ashlee’s Big Guy gelding a pocket trip behind the pacesetting runner-up Fox Valley Julian (Casey Leonard) in the 1:53.4 mile. Gorgeous Big Guy is owned by Floridan Doug Overhiser and Mark Winship.

It was a clean sweep in the Incredible Finale final series leg for the Midwest division of the Miller stable when Fox Valley Durhan ($5.40), also handled by Cordarius Stewart, took the second $25,000 grouping in 1:53.3. Erv Miller and Doug Overhiser share ownership of the Time To Roll gelding who finished almost two lengths ahead of You Can Never Tell (Robert Smolin). Betting favorite Guitar Man (Kyle Husted) ended up third.