Hinsdale, IL — As expected, post position played an important component in the outcome of Saturday’s (Oct. 28) Violet ICF stakes at Hawthorne.

In the first $26,550 Violet pace division the 3-5 favorite Chickabell, the recent winner of the $187,000 Incredible Tillie stakes on the Night of Champions, found the outside nine-slot too much to overcome.

The Amy Husted trainee was ducked at the start by driver Kyle Husted and fell more than 11 lengths behind the pacesetting and eventual winner Hypeyourbestie up (Travis Seekman). Chickabell made up about 10 lengths on the Jamaica Patton trained filly but with modest middle quarters of :29.2 and :29.1 fell 1-1/2 lengths short at the end of a 1:54.2 mile.

Hypeyourbestieup’s well-rated victory was her fifth in 10 season’s starts for Patton, who shares ownership of the Somestarsomewhere filly with Cedric Daniels.

In the second Violet pace split it was the Husted stable that benefited from the draw as Fox Valley Sadie ($4.60) was much the best from the pole position as First Of Her Name and Stevie Mae, the second and third place finishers, had more difficult journeys leaving from the 10 and nine-posts, respectively.

Kyle Husted settled Fox Valley Sadie into fourth in the early going, used a quarter move to grab command before the :56.1 half, and was more than four lengths better at the end of her 1.53.4 mile for the winning owners John Schwarz Jr., David Brigham and Husted Racing.

With Whiskey Lou’s regular driver Kyle Wilfong unavailable, the trainer took over the lines on his stable’s 2-year-old state-bred filly and guided her to a one length triumph in the $48,250 Violet trot.

Curt Grummel hustled Whiskey Lou away from the two-post and into a successful two-hole journey for her fourth first place finish in eight outings for proprietor Randy Wilt, who also bred the daughter of Lou’s Legacy.

Calypso Moon had to work hard in the early going to get to the top from the 10-hole and gave up command in the stretch to finish third. Peekaboo Sal (Travis Saekman) came up with a strong effort to take the bridesmaid role, beaten one length in the 1:59 mile.

Triple Sunday Features: It’s another Sunday night Hawthorne program with three Opens on the card. Two will come early with the Open for pacing fillies and mares as the second race and the Open trot to follow.

The D & R Racing Stable’s Rock It Out has her sights set on winning the featured distaff pace for the third time in her last four starts with driver Casey Leonard. She’ll open at 7-5 odds. Her four challengers are Lorraine Smoke (Todd Warren), Double Parked (Brandon Bates), Fox Valley Exploit (Kyle Husted) and two-time Hawthorn Open season winner Tell The Dream (Merv Chupp).

Illinois champion Talk About Valor returns to the races after a week off against five rugged trotters in race three. The Gerald Hansen trained 8-year-old will leave with regular driver Travis Seekman from the outside six slot.

Lousdobb (Branon Bates), Rockyroad Aldo (Kyle Husted), Wilmar Spark (Cordarius Stewart), Annas Lucky Star (Juan Franco) and last week’s open trot runner-up Perlucky (Casey Leonard), the 2-1 programmed favorite, round out the field.

With the speedy Illinois champ He’zzz A Wise Sky taking the week off the sixth race Open Handicap is wide-open for the taking.

After a two-week rest, three-time former Illinois Harness Horse of the Year Fox Valley Gemini (Casey Leonard) is back to pad his $738,474 lifetime purse earnings for the Terry Leonard stable. The now 8-year-old was assigned the five post in the six horse race by the Hawthorne Racing Office.

The outside slot belongs to Perry Snith’s Play Me Rock (Travis Seekman) who had back-to-back Hawthorne Open triumphs earlier at the meet.

Hoping to pull off an upset is Great Seats (Wyatt Avenatti), who was allocated the pole position. Fox Valley Ozzy (Gary Rath), Get E Up (Kyle Husted) and Clearchoice De Vie (Todd Warren), in slots two, three and four, respectively, are stronger Open contenders.