Magical Muscle Man powers to milestone 25th victory

Northfield, Ohio…October 8, 2026…The Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association (GLADA) continued their Series on Wednesday, October 7 and Magical Muscle Man, driven by Larry Ferrari, proved much the best, scoring by opening lengths in 1:57.3.

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The eight-year-old son of Muscle Hill scored by 8 1/4 lengths over Whiskey Finish, handled by Madison Angus, a half length better than Sadodaka, teamed with Don Sherman and Supreme Rockette, with Susan Miller in the sulky, who finished in a dead-heat for she honors.

Manhattan No Ice picked up the final award for Edward Miller.

On a perfect night for racing, as the wings opened, Whiskey Finish was away alertly from the inside post with Sadodaka and Magical Muscle Man as the field was away in post position order through opening panels of :28.1 and :57.3.

The action picked up “heatedly” during the third panel as Magical Muscle Man began a :29.2 brush from third to engage the leader and stuck his nose in front approaching there three-quarters in 1:27.3 and then sprinting clear from there, widening his lead with every stride to the wire.

In a post race interview, driver Larry Ferrari said, “When I asked the ‘Muscle Man’ for to ‘rock and roll,’ he responded like the very good horse he is. I was really happy with his performance tonight!”

Trained by Cory Kreiser for owners Daniel Schrock and Lucinda Belcher, this was the second straight win for Magical Muscle Man and boosted his bounty to $13,000 in a lightly raced campaign of only sever starts this semester, leaving him a “ns” short of $400,000 in lifetime earnings—now at $398,829. This was his milestone 25th career win, as well.

For Larry Ferrari, it was his first win of the season and 390th career win in 40 plus year of action with wins as far away in Europe in International competition.

The other GLADA event was declared “no contest” with refunds for the bettors as a mix-up half-way through the mile resulted when driver Madison Angus got caught in confusion as her Game On Girls got tangled with Kandy Sweet, driven by Noah Newman, with Ms. Angus thrown onto the track sustaining what was said to be ankle injuries.

The remainder of the Northfield racing program was continued without incident.

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

by John Berry, for GLADA