Plainville, MA — With the Massachusetts Sire Stakes on hiatus this week, several eligible horses were in overnight events to stay sharp when the big money is back on the table next Sunday (Oct. 16). Two of those entrants were 3-year-old pacing fillies who both scored impressive victories while taking new lifetime marks in the process.

In the $13,500 event for 5-year-old and under female pacers, Shakeitoffscarlet (Kevin Switzer Jr.) went right for the lead to set solid fractions of :27.4, :57.2 and 1:25.3 before turning for home and holding off the tripped-out Always Beachy (Bruce Ranger) to win by a neck in a career best 1:54.4.

Shakeitoffscarlet led a big day for driver Kevin Switzer Jr. and trainer Elisha Lafreniere, both of whom won three races on the Sunday card at Plainridge Park. Tom Melanson photo.

Shakeitoffscarlet ($3.80) is owned by KDK Standardbreds and is trained by Elisha Lafreniere.

Switzer and Lafereniere later won with Mossdale Lotte N (1:54.4, $3.20) and Sweet Sally Sue (1:52.4, $4.40) to register a driver-trainer hat trick for the afternoon. Sweet Sally Sue’s win was her fourth in a row.

Later, in an $11,000 conditioned event for 4-year-olds and under, Halleysbigcomet (Drew Campbell) also used a front-end performance to beat five opposing fillies. Halleysbigcomet easily cut the half in :56.3 with Little Judith (Kevin Switzer Jr.) in pursuit before picking up the pace and extending her lead to three lengths at the head of the stretch. Heading for home, Campbell let the filly go and she paced away to a 6-1/2-length victory in 1:54.1, lowering her lifetime mark by three full seconds.

Halleysbigcomet ($3.40) is owned by Kevin Gee and Robert Kopack and is trained by Randy Bickmore.

Campbell and Bickmore also teamed up to win with Dark As Night (1:55.2, $2.10), who ran off the screen by 7-1/2 lengths to claim his first lifetime win.

The $17,500 feature race for distaff pacers went to Mexican Hanover (Luke Hanners), who moved second-over at three-quarters behind Roaring Kitty (Jim Hardy) in pursuit of the front-running Skyler Hanover (Drew Monti), who both went by in mid-stretch. Then Mexican Hanover caught Roaring Kitty at the line to win by a neck in 1:53.2.

Mexican Hanover ($14.20) is owned by Marc Reynolds and Rick Cortese and is trained by Jimmy Nickerson.

Nickerson and Hanners joined the “double club” by adding Flying Formation (1:58.2, $2.60) to the win column after he got his first lifetime victory by seven open lengths.

Live racing resumes at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (Oct. 10) at 2 p.m. Free full past performance race programs for all live race days can be downloaded by visiting the track’s website.