Ohio Breeders Championships on Delaware (Ohio) undercard

Delaware, OH — Ohio Breeders Championship action was on the undercard on Thursday (Sept. 19) at the Delaware County Fairgrounds.

Three-Year-Old Colt Pace

Gold Digger King (Brian Sears) scored an upset in the first $54,600 division in 1:51.4 over Native’s Sweet Lou (Dan Noble).

Paying $41.20 to win, Gold Digger King is owned by Linda Van Camp and trained by Scott Mogan.

Rock Candy (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) prevailed in the second elimination with a 1:51.4 win over Bllack Hole (Tyler Smith) and Yankee Boots.

Rock Candy is trained by Brian Brown for longtime clients Country Club Acres, Joe Sbrocco and Richard Lombardo.

Both winners were sired by Pet Rock.

Three-Year-Old Filly Pace

Twinsburg (Yannick Gingras) was the beneficiary of quick early fractions and rallied to defeat a closing Queen Of The Pride (Tony Hall) to win the $100,000 event.

The winning time of 1:53 was a new lifetime mark for the McArdle filly.

Twinsburg was recently purchased by Mark Ford and is trained by Jim Pollock Jr.

Queen Of The Pride was disqualified and placed ninth due to interference. Avaline Hanover (Mike Wilder) and Rose Run Uptowngal (Matt Kakaley) were elevated to the place and show spots, respectively.

Two-Year-Old Colt Pace

The undefeated Elver Hanover (Chris Page) kept his career slate clean with a gutsy win in the second of two $64,200 divisions.

The Yankee Cruiser gelding defeated Stanford Court (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) by a length in 1:52.3.

Elver Hanover is now a perfect 7-for-7 and has earned $288,600 for Burke Racing Stable, Dr. Bridgette Jablonsky, Jason Melillo and J&T Silva-Purnel & Libby.

Mr D’s Rock (Aaron Merriman) overcame a tough trip and held off the upset-minded Big Bretta (Dan Noble) in 1:55.2 to take the first division.

The Pet Rock gelding is trained by Steve Carter for Tammy Carter, Debra Carsey, Scp Stable and Peggy Carter.

The win lifted Mr D’s Rock’s earnings to $108,565.

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