by Kimberly Rinker, Administrator, Ohio Standardbred Development Fund

Columbus, OH — A pair of $40,000 leg two Ohio Sires Stakes divisions will be featured Saturday night (June 17) at Northfield Park. A total of 16 sophomore trotting fillies will line up behind the starting gate for the two events — set as races three and seven — with a post time of 6 p.m. (EDT).

Of those 16 diagonally-gaited distaffs, only three will be making their first start in OSS competition this season, while the remaining 13 all vied in first leg contests. Looking for their second straight victories in the four-leg series are leg one winners Chim Swift, Gabbysloosechange and Rose Run Sydney.

Ohio sires Triumphant Caviar and Dejarmbro are represented by four daughters each, while stallion Break The Bank K has three of his progeny competing. Ohio-based stallions And Away We Go, Chip Chip Hooray, Full Count, Iron Duke and Neely Dunn all have one foal each looking for a victory Saturday night.

Owner/breeder Robert J. Key owns three of the OSS-eligible sophomore trotting lasses: Amuse’s and Pennys N Dimes in the first division (race three) and Monee Bank in the second division (race seven).

Trainer Chris Beaver will harness three of the fillies: Bamaslastchance in the first division and OSS leg one winners Gabbysloosechange and Chim Swift in division two.

Conditioners Marty Wollam and Norm Parker will tighten the girth on two of the OSS starters: Wollam has Purple Sona in the first division and Full Of Pride in the second division, while Parker has Pennys N Dimes in the first and Monee Bank in the second.

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Rose Run Sydney is the clear standout in division one (race three).

Rose Run Sydney is the clear standout in division one (race three) for owners Steve Carter, Adam Friedland, and Rbr Racing LLC. Carter trains the Triumphant Caviar lass, who has a trio of victories under her belt coming into this OSS event. She captured OSS leg one on May 1 at Miami Valley Raceway in 1:58.1 with a come-from-behind effort for driver Jason Brewer, who drives again from post two.

Bred by the Rose Run Farm, Rose Run Sydney has amassed $137,067 lifetime from 10 wins, four seconds and two thirds in 17 career starts. She is the fifth of seven foals out of the Angus Hall mare Stonebridge Dancer 3,1:57.3f ($34,902) and is a half-sister to a trio of Kadabra siblings: Magic Dancing 3,1:59.3f ($52,664); Magic Hat 4,Q,1:57.3s ($38,951); and Whitegloves 4,1:57s ($33,145).

Purple Sona, a daughter by Dejarmbro who hails from the Marty Wollam Stable, will vie against Rose Run Sydney from post six with Kurt Sugg aboard. She was a smart second to rival Gabbysloosechange in leg one of this series on May 1 at Miami Valley. This winner of $75,362 lifetime has two overnight wins — one each at The Meadows and Northfield — as she goes postward for Acadia Farms, Inc., Dale Sweet, and G&B Racing.

A winner of four races and a trio of second-place finishes in 12 starts, Puple Sona is the first foal out of the unraced Donato Hanover mare Sonalona Hanover. She was bred by the Double Spring Farm.

Bamaslastchance and driver Aaron Merriman leave from post five in this same division for trainer Chris Beaver. This Iron Duke filly was third to Rose Run Sydney in OSS leg one at Miami Valley before scoring a neck victory in a Scioto Downs overnight on May 10 in a career best 1:55.3. Owned by Beaver, Synerco Ventures, Steve Zeehandelar, and Michael Robinson, Bamaslastchance has career earnings of $90,861 from two wins in 11 starts.

Bred by Vernon E. Miller, Bamaslastchance is the third foal out of the Kadabra mare Sweethomeourbama 3,Q2:04.1h ($1,238) and is a full sister to the 2014 OSS champion (she won all four OSS legs and the championship) Sunrise Nibbles 3,1:57.4h ($223,764) and to the gelding SR Radar 3,1:56.3 ($57,246).

Beaver will then harness OSS leg one winners Chim Swift (post one-Aaron Merriman) and Gabbysloosechange (post five-Jason Thompson) in the second OSS division.

Chim Swift, owned by Beaver and breeder Wilbur Stoll Lang, is a daughter of Triumphant Caviar who tripped the timer in a seasonal best 1:57.2 at Miami Valley on May 1, holding off the game Saw Mill Road by a neck. A winner of $133,870 in her career, Chim Swift won an Ohio Sires Stakes leg, an Ohio Fair Stake and the $57,220 Ohio Breeders Championship last season as a freshman.

Chim Swift is the second foal out of the unraced Credit Winner mare Blackrock and is a full sister to the speedy and prolific Kestrel 4,1:52.1f ($384,998), who won OSS legs at ages two and three.

Gabbysloosechange is co-owned by Beaver and breeder Johanna Beaver. The first foal of the Credit Winner mare Gabby’s Creditcard 4,1:58h ($135,694), this filly was unraced at two and has five seasonal starts to date with three wins and a second and $28,500 in 2017 earnings. She won her OSS leg one division at Miami Valley on May 1 in 1:57.2 (the fastest division) and captured an overnight at Hoosier Park in 1:57.2 in commanding fashion on May 24.

Ohio Sires Stakes continue on Monday (June 19) with 3-year-old trotting colts in the spotlight in a Scioto Downs matinee program. Post time is 2 p.m. (EDT).