Currie and Oldford close International Series with wins

Delaware, Ohio…September 20, 2026…The Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association (GLADA) wrapped up their International Event against harness racing drivers from The Netherlands and Sweden with Stacey Currie and Steve Oldford winning the two final events in the competition over the iconic half-mile oval at the Little Brown Jug Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio.

Currie kicked off the festivities by guiding her recent arrival, Dirty Money, to a 2:02.4 trotting win over a track labeled “good” with her victory measuring three-parts-of-a-length over Unclejohnnysecret, driven by Nico Post, representing The Netherlands, with Skyway Slick a nose better than Four Wheelin, handled by Christina Johnson. Della Grande picked up the nickel in the opener.

The finale of the International competition went to You Found Out, driven by Steve Oldford, in a wire-to-wire effort in 1:57.4 over K J Todd, with Jazmin S short in the bike.

Fanatic, driven by Christina Johnson, finished third while Dublins Dragonfly, teamed with Sweden’s Sune Hansen, finished fourth, a neck better than Countryofmars teamed up with Jason Borossky.

Little Brown Jug week kicked off the festivities this opening day with Dirty Money and Currie coming from near the back of her pack—7th—at the opening quarter and began grinding forward thereafter reaching fourth half way through the mile and began looking the leader, Unclejohnnyssecret, right in the eye at the third station before engaging in battle with that one to the wire.

Ms. Currie, known for her training prowess with a lifetime “batting average” in the area of .400, got her second driving win in 2026 in nine tries.

DIRTY MONEY REPLAY

Dirty Money, a seven-year-old gelded son of CashHall. owned and trained by Ms. Currie, improved his 2026 resume to 3-1-2 in 19 stars, vaulting his seasonal bankroll to $20,287 and $236,714 lifetime.  He paid $7.60 to win.

Oldford took the wire-to-wire route in taking You Found Out, a five-year-old altered son of Cantab Hall, in his event by a length and used a :28.3 finale after giving his charge superior rating of :282.3, :59.2 and 1:29.1 along the way.

You Found Out , owned by Oldford, is trained by Allen Cisco and pumped up his season record to 4-5-5 in 29 starts, good for $37,261 this year and $105,699 lifetime. You Found Out returned $4.80 to win as the slight favorite.

YOU FOUND OUT REPLAY

It was Oldford’s 214th career success in the bike.

In a post-race interview, Oldford reflected on the entire experience lamenting, “The competition is secondary to the camaraderie that is shown by everyone.

“These folk from The Netherlands and Sweden are true horsemen and it is an honor to be in there presence when they come here to America.

“The racetrack was fantastic despite the amount of rain that it had to swallow and Tom Wright and his crew performed a miracle to make it as great as it was.

“It kind of reminded me the stories of Curly Smart performing magic then Bret Hanover set his world records way back when (1965).

“Tom and Patty Sweeney are preparing to carry the festivities even further with their cooking skills and it couldn’t be better!

“After all, IT’S JUG WEEK!”

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

By John Berry for GLADA