by Pete Medhurst, for Rosecroft Raceway

Ft Washington, MD — Speed It put his name alongside Hambletonian winner Vivid Photo in the Rosecoft record books as the recently gelded 4-year-old trotter took the $25,600 Maryland Sires Stakes 4- and 5-year-old Open trot for Brian Burton in 1:54.

Richard Hans owns the Cam’s Rocket offspring and Arlene Cameron trains the winner who has won at Yonkers, Pocono and now Rosecroft in the last month. His lifetime earnings now stand at $222,832 and he is 20 for 27 lifetime.

Trainer-driver Timmy Offutt won with brother and sister combo Fancy Fraternity and Brock And Brian. Both are by The Fraternity Pan out of the mare DVC Fancy Footwork and were bred and owned by Maryland Racing Commission member Tammy Lafferty and her husband Gerald. Both have been longtime, enthusiastic owners in Maryland.

Driver Corey Callahan has won 220 races on the year. Wednesday night he left the driving to Frank Milby who won with Callahan’s Calladay Road in 1:59.3. Callahan owns with wife Joanna, and the horse is trained by his brother Shaun.

Billy Carter scored with Concert Artist in the fastest mile of the night in 1:52.3.

Finally, 13-year-old Misfit gelding Talbot Redneck got his picture taken for the 53rd time in his 327th start. Ken Schlotzhauer and David Donahue own the veteran whose lifetime earnings now stand just under $310,000. Rosecroft’s leading driver Russell Foster was in the bike.

Burton, Roger Plante and Ricky Still had doubles.