by Bill Peters

Edgerton, OH — Both of this week’s Ohio Ladies Pace Series races were contested on Wednesday (Aug. 1). Rhonda Patrick found the winner’s circle at the Auglaize County Fair at Wapakoneta while Alesha Binkley emerged victorious at the Greene County Fair at Xenia.

Patrick piloted her own 5-year-old mare Lyons Gingerninja (Santanna Blue Chip-Lyons Lass) to a winning mile in 2:00.4. The mare is also conditioned by Patrick.

The 8-year-old mare Astarisontheway (Dontgetinmyway-Bikini Star) provided the driving win for Binkley. The mare toured the Xenia oval in 1:58.4. Binkley also co-owns Astarisontheway with Trent Stohler Stable Inc. and Benjamin Graber. Trent Stohler is the trainer for the mare.

Thirteen legs of the Ohio Ladies Pace Series are now in the record books with Mandy Jones still leading in points with 329. The point totals for the other 19 ladies who have competed thus far are as follows: Emily Hay (263), Alesha Binkley (240), Mariah Wright (178), Rhonda Patrick (174), Amy Eubanks (160), Mary Dawson (151), Mary Birkhold (98), Amy Wengerd (95), Jayne Weller (75), Ulrika Karlsson (57), Sierra Graham (51), Renee Bauslaugh (45), Kacey Burns (35), Jamie Coffy (35), Diane Hartsook (35), Patricia Stull (22), Bobbie Jo Brewer (15), Keely Moore (15), and Meredith Noble (10).

The only action in the Series next week will take place at the Attica Independent Fair at Attica on Wednesday (Aug. 8). That race along with the race at the Miami County Fair at Troy on Aug. 13 will be the final chances for the ladies to earn points to get into the $3,000 Annie Oakley Shoot Out at the Darke County Fair at Greenville on Aug. 23. That race is limited to the top eight point leaders who enter.