Columbus, MN – Overthemoonforyou delivered another scintillating performance on Thursday night (June 19) at Running Aces to capture her 10th win in a row and pad her position at the top of the sport of harness racing by seasonal wins.
The win came in a $9,000 conditioned pace where driver Aaron Lehman sent the 4-year-old mare away sharply from the gate from post three and yielded in the early lead battle to secure the pocket, allowing Ain’t She Special (Luke Plano) to cut the early fractions of :27.3 and :56.4.
Lehman tipped from the pocket as they headed down the backside and quickly drew alongside the leader, while Apple Juice (Brett Erickson) and Always A Dancer (Brady Jenson) saved ground.
Overthemoonforyou took a short lead at three-quarters (1:24.1) but Ain’t She Special countered and was back on top narrowly as they swung for home.
Once in the lane, Overthemoonforyou ($2.60) edged past and proceeded to draw clear late for a 1-1/2 length score while Always A Dancer rallied past Ain’t She Special for the place spot in the 1:52 mile, which is a new career mark for the winner.
Overthemoonforyou (by Karpathian Kid) is owned by QKS Racing and trained by Quentin Schneider. She has won 15 of 16 starts in 2025 and earned $106,266.
Major Trip (Nick Roland, $20.80) posted a huge closing effort to get up in time to win the $8,500 sophomore Open pace in a career best 1:54.2 clocking with Tutto Bene (Scott Cisco) just a neck back in second and Swinging On By (Dean Magee) a close third.
The winner is a gelding by Major Legacy and is owned by Set The Pace Racing and Abby Olsen and is also trained by Roland.
Nick Roland led the program with a driving triple and a training double, while drivers Luke Plano and Billy Mann and trainers Kathie Plested and Bob Lems each had doubles.
Live racing returns to Running Aces on Sunday (June 22) for an 11-race program that gets underway at 6 p.m. (CDT).