Anderson, IN — Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino played host to a stakes filled card on Monday (May 30) as the evening’s 13-race card featured 10 divisions of Indiana Sires Stakes for the 3-year-old competitors. It marked the start of the 2022 stakes season and also a successful evening for the track’s leading driver, Trace Tetrick, who won six of the evening’s races.

Tetrick kicked things off with a win in the first race on the program but his first Indiana Sires Stakes win wouldn’t come until the ninth race.

Bluebird Dove and driver Peter Wrenn came out on top in the $47,000 opening division. Dean Gillette Photography.

The 3-year-old trotting fillies were the first to square off and it was Bluebird Dove and driver Peter Wrenn who came out on top in the $47,000 opening division. Stopping the timer in 1:53.2, Bluebird Dove sat the pocket on the heavily favored Luv Lorelei and Robert Taylor before getting up in the final strides of the mile for the win. The 1:53.2 score bested her lifetime mark by nearly three seconds. The daughter of Swan For All-Goosebump Hanover is trained by Melanie Wrenn and owned by David McDuffee and L&L Devisser.

Driver Wrenn had a double on the program as he also scored in the very next stake, the first $34,500 stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies, with Alloutblitz for trainer Jeff Cullipher. It would once again be a late stretch showdown between favorites. After grinding the mile first up, Alloutblitz would valiantly fend off Marvelous Marshia and John De Long to score in a lifetime best 1:51.4. The JK Endofanera filly is trained by Jeff Cullipher and picked up her first win in three tries on the season and pushed her career bankroll to $109,334 for owners Pollack Racing and Jeff Cullipher.

Trainer Cullipher had a double on the program as he also sent out Always Gonna B You, who was victorious in her split of the stakes action for 3-year-old pacing fillies in 1:49.4. With John DeLong in the bike, Always Gonna B You converted a pocket trip into a new lifetime best score. Owned in partnership by Roll The Dice Stable and Val D’Or Farms, the daughter of Always A Virgin-Passing Fancy scored her second win of the season and fifth lifetime victory.

The final division of the stakes action for the 3-year-old pacing fillies went to Trick Of The Light and Tetrick. Trick Of The Light went gate-to-wire and held off JK’s Rollin Baby with Atlee Bender to win in 1:50.3, a new lifetime best for the Brian Brown trainee. The daughter of Odds On Equuleus-Gordjus has now won two of three seasonal starts.

Driver Tetrick teamed up with trainer Erv Miller to record two victories in stakes action. The Longest Yard made his seasonal debut a winning one after he stopped the timer in 1:50.2 in a spit of the 3-year-old pacing colts. The gelded son of Rockin Image-Balinska Hanover used a :26.2 closing quarter to hold off Fulfullnmydestiny and driver/trainer James Yoder. With the victory, The Longest Yard established a new lifetime best and recorded his fourth lifetime win for owners Rocco Ruffolo and Douglas Overhiser.

The sophomore trotting gelding Ponda Adventure also made his seasonal debut a winning one for trainer Miller as he looked every bit the part of a 3-5 favorite. Stopping the timer in 1:53.3, the son of Swan For All-Wildflower went gate-to-wire to score in a new lifetime best and also get the win by nearly three lengths over Flat Out Foxy and Sam Widger. Ponda Adventure is owned in partnership by Engel Stable of IL, Jerry Graham and Louis Willinger.

Tetrick’s also scored behind 3-year-old pacing colt JK Victory for trainer Ron Burke. The gelded son of JK Endofanera-GT Miss Royal converted a sharp, front-running effort into his first seasonal victory for 3 Brothers Stables and Caviart Farms. The 1:49.1 winning time was also a new lifetime best for JK Victory.

Dover In Motion was victorious in the opening division of the stakes action for 3-year-old trotting males. Dean Gillette Photography.

The 2021 Indiana Sires Stakes 2-year-old trotting colt champion Dover In Motion was victorious in the opening division of the stakes action for 3-year-old trotting males. Dover In Motion was in a race of his own as he stopped the timer in a new lifetime best of 1:52.4 and won by nearly six lengths. Driven by Ricky Macomber Jr. and trained by Jamie Macomber, the son of Dover Dan-Keystone Sadie has now won nine of 10 lifetime starts.

The 2021 Indiana Sires Stakes 2-year-old trotting filly champion, M-M’s Dream, also opened her 3-year-old season in impressive fashion with a victory of her own. With regular pilot Sam Widger in the bike, M-M’s Dream used a :27 closing quarter to track down Swan Trixie and Wrenn late in the lane. Trained by Henry Graber Jr., the daughter of Swan For All-Trading Places stopped the timer in 1:54.4 to establish a new lifetime best and her first win of the season.

Ponda Warrior established a new lifetime best of his own after a 1:49.1 front end score in the opening split of the stakes action for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings. Driven by Jimmy Whittemore for trainer Jay Hochstetler, the son of Rockin Image-Sweetnsinful went to the front and never looked back en route to his second consecutive victory this season. Ponda Warrior is owned by Jay Hochstetler, Finkelberg Racing and South of the Tracks Rac Inc.

Live racing will continue at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Wednesday (June 1) with a 14-race card. For more information on live racing at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, guests are encouraged to visit www.harrahshoosierpark.com.