from the Iowa Harness Horse Association

Bloomfield, IA — In seven fields of crowd-pleasing races, six of the winning horses at the Davis County Fair on Tuesday (July 17) had southeast Iowa connections.

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Juxta Antz Pantz won the Free-For-All pace.

Ride A Rocketship soared to victory in the 2-year-old pace with Will Roland in the bike. The gelding didn’t have to travel far to get to the races on the opening night of the fair. He is owned by Gretchen Springer and trained by Roland on their farm east of Floris, Iowa.

Both the 2-year-old trot and the second division of the 3-year-old pace went to horses trained out of the Wapello County Fairgrounds in Eldon. Readyset Go N Spi and Joyous Answer picked up wins for owner/trainer Aaron Mitchell who makes Eldon, Iowa, his home each summer.

The Huffman stable had two wins with driver Rob Anderson. Just B Talking won the 3-year-old pace and Juxta Antz Pantz won the Free-For-All pace for owners Rick and CD Huffman of Sigourney, Iowa and Larry Mather of Webster, Iowa.

The Free-For-All trot went to King Rail who traveled more than 200 miles to race at Bloomfield. King Rail is owned, trained and driven by Cary Sturtz of Humboldt, Iowa.

Iowa harness racing action returns on Thursday with racing at the Jones County Fair in Monticello. Post time is 11 a.m.