Northville, MI — Two divisions of Michigan Sire Stakes Finals were contested on Friday (Sept. 9) with Cody’s Deal and Chapter Twenty One stealing the show.

Cody’s Deal equaled the Northville Downs track record during Michigan Sire Stakes action on Friday. Renae Parsons Photo.

Two-year-old trotting filly Cody’s Deal (Do the Deal-Cody’s Revenge) and driver/trainer Kim Pluta stormed up at the half mile pole from seventh, cleared tiring leader Johnny May Cruz (Aaron Colley) on the backstretch, then held off a late charge by pocket sitter Krystals Jewel (John Moody) in the lane to hang on for a half-length victory in a track record equaling time of 2:02.2 previously set in October 2021 by Call Me Senorita and driver Larry Smith. By winning, Cody’s Deal took the lion’s share of the $92,094 Michigan Sire Stake Final purse for two-year-old trotting fillies for winning owner Kathy Todd and breeder Jonas Schwartz.

Chapter Twenty One (Fitzmagic–La`sent) was one of only two trotters in the field of seven who stayed flat and captured the $113,918 Michigan Sire Stake Final for two-year-old colt trotters in wire-to-wire fashion for owner/trainer/driver Tim Driver and breeder Libby Myers.

On the early non-wagering card, Grey Lingerie (Western Thorn–It’s a Sham) went wire-to-wire for driver Rick Dobson, trainer Monica Krist, owners Teresa Marotta, Rick Dobson, Melissa Kesler and breeder Libby Myers to take the $111,918 Michigan Sire Stake Final for two-year-old filly pacers in 2:02.4. The win was Grey Lingerie’s fourth in a row and fifth on the season.

Finally, the $110,118 Michigan Sire Stake Final for two-year-old colt pacers was nabbed by Two Birds Onestone (Black Daniels–She B Jeebeez), who also remained undefeated in his eighth lifetime start, in a time of 1:59.3 for driver/trainer/owner Carl Putnam Jr and breeders Brian Boring and Jennifer Vollmer.

Northville Downs races Saturday night (Sept. 10), with four non-wagering divisions of the lucrative Michigan Sire Stake Finals for 3-year-olds beginning at 5:30 p.m. Then at 7:30 p.m., pari-mutuel wagering begins with an 11-race program which features the $10,800 Open Pace in race 9. Northville Downs races every Friday and Saturday night through December 17th.