High Flyin’ Filly scores for fourth time in Buckeye Stallion Series

Grove City, OH — The four $20,000 divisions of the Buckeye Stallion Series for sophomore filly pacers at MGM Northfield Park Monday night (July 17) saw four repeat winners. Onederfulbeach, Racing For Three, and Beautiful Seaside each picked up their third Buckeye Stallion Series win, while High Flyin’ Filly scored for the fourth time.

In the first division, Aaron Merriman took Onederfulbeach to the lead off the gate and held off a late surge from Honey Buzz at the wire to win in 1:51.3. Trained by Braiden Rhoades, the Beachtrea filly was the 1-9 favorite. It was the fourth win in 11 season’s starts for Onederfulbeach who has earned $83,100 lifetime for owner Chris Beaver. Type A Dragon finished third.

In the second division, Racing For Three with Tyler Smith made her move heading up the backstretch and grabbed the lead mid-stretch to win by 1-1/4 lengths in a new lifetime mark of 1:52.1. It was the fourth win in 10 starts this year for the daughter of Western Terror. AJ Carlo trains Racing For Three for the ownership group of Carlo Racing and C2G Stable. Racing For Three raised her lifetime earnings to $56,470. Lofty Treasurer was second with Tre Rock third.

In the third division, High Flyin’ Filly and Chris Page shot down the lane and caught My Red Sea deep in the lane to win by a half-length in 1:52.2. It was the 11th win in 19 season’s starts for the Ron Burke trainee. The daughter of Domethatagain is owned by Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi. High Flyin’ Filly raised her lifetime earnings to $134,238. Yankee Nudge finished third.

The final division saw Beautiful Seaside and Ronnie Wrenn Jr. reel in the leader at the top of the stretch and draw away to win by 3-1/2 lengths in a new lifetime mark of 1:50.3. The Downbytheseaside filly has won seven of 12 races this year. Beautiful Seaside is owned by Matt Rowe and trained by Melby Ober Jr. Beautiful Seaside raised her lifetime earnings to $79,210. Rumor Has It was second with Apple Martini third.

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