by Kimberly Rinker, OSDF Administrator
Lebanon, OH — Six divisions of Ohio Sires Stakes (OSS) 3-year-old trotting and pacing fillies highlighted the Miami Valley Raceway program on Friday night (May 4), before a healthy crowd that packed the grandstand and outside apron, witnessing a new track records and a seasonal standard.
Red Storm and Non Smoker each captured a $50,000 OSS contest for sophomore filly trotters. Red Storm, a striking chestnut daughter by Stormin Normand, prevailed at 7-5 odds by a whisker in a brutal stretch drive over 2-1 rival Impinktoo (Kayne Kauffman) in 1:55.4. Aaron Merriman steered the speedy winner.

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Red Storm defeats Impinktoo in 1:55.4 in OSS action at Miami Valley Raceway.
Owned and bred by Sandra Burnett of Wilmington, Ohio, and trained by Chris Beaver, Red Storm has amassed $174,975 in her career from 11 starts, with six wins, three seconds and a third. Alana’s Ways, a 14-1 longshot, was third for Josh Sutton.
Non Smoker, a gorgeous and diminutive My MVP lass, prevailed in a gutsy wire-to-wire effort in 1:54, a new Miami Valley track record with trainer Danny Noble in the sulky. Leaving the gate at 4-1, the grey filly held off the hard-trying 19-1 Risky Deal (Kurt Sugg) by half a length at the wire, with 3-5 favorite Looking For Zelda (Tony Hall) notching show honors. Steve Sexton of Xenia, Ohio, owns the winner of $57,851 lifetime, who now has four wins, one second and one third in 10 career starts. Non Smoker was bred by Stephanie Smith-Rothaug.
McPansy established a new track record and new national season’s mark for 3-year-old pacing fillies on a five-eighths mile track by pacing to victory in 1:51.3 in the third of four $40,000 OSS divisions for sidewheeling distaffers. Trace Tetrick was in the sulky behind the 5-1 Brian Brown-conditioned daughter by McArdle, who is owned and was bred by the Emerald Highlands Farm of Mount Vernon, Ohio. McPansy now has two wins in three career starts and $24,500 in her coffers, after going unraced as a freshman. One to nine favorite Baron Remy (Chris Page) was second with 28-1 longshot Believe In Waco (Aaron Merriman) third.
Earlier in the evening Brown, Tetrick and Emerald Highlands combined to score with 7-2 Queen Me Again in the first $40,000 OSS pacing division, as the Dragon Again filly paced to a winning 1:53 effort. Tetrick used come-from-behind tactics with Queen Me Again, as the filly nabbed her third straight victory after also being unraced at two. Even money favorite Up Front Flor Ida (Kayne Kauffman) was second, while Merciless (Tyler Smith) was third at 13-1. The victory upped Queen Me Again’s earnings to $28,000.
Pet Walker equaled the Miami Vallely track record with a 1:52 clocking in the second $40,000 OSS contest, as the public’s third choice. Dan Noble steered the Gregory Luther trainee for owner/breeder Black Magic Racing of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, as the Pet Rock filly finished three lengths ahead of 5-1 rival Auntmilly’sMartini (Tyler Smith) and third-place finisher, 9-5 favorite, Smiley Dragon (Trace Tetrick). Unraced as a 2-year-old, Pet Walker now has two wins in three starts and $23,720 in her coffers.
In the final $40,000 OSS pacing division, last year’s 2-year-old filly pacing champion, Bad Girls Rule, didn’t let being saddled with the eight-hole stop her, as she paced to a winning 1:54.1 with Dan Noble at the lines. Owned by the 3rd Floor Stables of Springboro, Ohio, the World Of Rocknroll lass upped her lifetime bankroll to $206,566 with the fifth triumph of her career in 12 starts. Jim Dailey conditions Bad Girls Rule, who was bred by Spring Haven Farm of Utica, Ohio.
Noble used wire-to-wire tactics with the sizeable bay filly, who left the gate at 2-1 and finished nearly two lengths ahead of 5-1 Big Bad Goldie (Aaron Merriman), with 12-1 Missplacedrock (Chris Page) nabbing show honors.
Leg Two of this series for sophomores will be as follows: June 2 at Northfield Park for 3-year-old pacing fillies; June 9 at Scioto Downs for 3-year-old pacing colts; June 11 at Northfield Park for 3-year-old trotting fillies; and June 15 at Scioto Downs for 3-year-old trotting colts.