Northfield, OH — The fifth leg of the Ohio Sires Stakes for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers was contested on Wednesday (August 27) at MGM Northfield Park.
Sippinonsearoc (Yannick Gingras), a $77,000 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale purchase, showed his class in the $100,000 Sires Stakes, and won impressively.
Downbythewater (Chris Lems) was aggressively driven and defended the pylon position when the field entered the first turn.
As the field paced through the backstretch, Downbythewater held the lead, but pressure mounted in the form of a parked-out Swingtown (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) and a second-over Sippinonsearoc.
Swingtown powered to the lead, but Sippinonsearoc drove on and made the front entering the far turn for the first time. They hit the opening quarter in :27.3.
Gingras smartly rated the second quarter and Sippinonsearoc reached the half in a leisurely :56.
Entering the backstretch, Ohohoh Im On Fire (Austin Hanners) tipped outside first-over, with Rick Wink in tow, but he began to back pedal as they approached the three-quarters.
Sippinonsearoc led his rivals to the three-quarters in a demanding 1:23.4. With an eighth of a mile to race, Swingtown took a swing at the leader and vacated the pocket.
Sippinonsearoc’s lead was never in doubt and the Downbytheseaside colt needed no urging through the stretch to win by two lengths in 1:50.4.
The Ron Burke trainee now has career earnings of $770,900 with 10 victories in 21 starts. He is owned by Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, R A S Racing and Knox Services