Hastings, MI — On Tuesday’s (Sept 30) program at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center, former Michigan Stakes champion Two Birds Onestone and driver Jennifer Main blistered the all-age track record that they just set one week ago.
In the afternoon’s 15th race, Two Birds Onestone, a 5-year-old Black Daniels-She B Jeebeez gelding left alertly from post 5 and settled on the lead. He and Main never looked back following fractions of :27.4, :55.2 and 1:24.1 and went on to win by a widening 4-3/4 lengths in 1:53. This established a new divisional and overall track record at the Hastings, Mich., oval. Both records were lowered 1-2/5 seconds from the previous week.
Two Birds Onestone is owned by Carl Putnam Jr. and is trained by Steve Main. He has now earned $342,288 and secured a record of 33 wins from 80 starts.
Earlier on the program, Not Fake New’s (Manhardt-Lock Up’s Galley) and driver David Lake lowered the record for a 3-year-old gelding pacer to 1:59.3. Not Fake New’s is trained by Marvin Craft and owned by Eugene Schrauben.
Thirteen-year-old Celebrity Pegasus (Andover Hall-Celebrity Athena) lowered his previous track record for an older trotting horse to 1:58.3 and established the newest trotting record with Kody Massey aboard for owner/trainer Samuel Eicher.
Racing Glory (Racing Hill-Rock For Glory) closed from a pocket trip to win and add her name to a now three-way tie for the older pacing mare track record of 1:56.4. She is owned by Marjorie Deshetsky and trained by Kent Hess.
And finally, Rankin (Enterprise-Luvyaformiles) lowered his previously set track record for 4-year-old trotting geldings from 1:59.1 to 1:58.4. Charles Taylor drove Rankin, who is owned and trained by his breeder, Judy Roegner.
David Lake led all drivers on the afternoon with three wins while Charles Taylor, Ty Goodell, Tim Roach and Kody Massey each had two. Tim Roach had a training doublel.
Racing in Hastings resumes Wednesday (Oct. 1) with a first-race post time of 1 p.m. (EDT).