Speedbewithyou stuns at 62-1 in $123,200 Ohio Breeders Championship

Speedbewithyou (Mission Accepted) scored a 62-1 harness racing upset in the $123,200 (div.) Ohio Breeders Championship for three-year-old filly trotters on a damp, windy afternoon on Monday (Sept. 21) at the Delaware County Fair.

The top two bettor’s choices, Mooter Tooter (Chris Page) and Chip Shot (Ronnie Wrenn, Jr.) battled for early command of the field of 7.

Mooter Tooter led past the opening quarters of :30.3, 1:01.1 and 1:31.3 over the ‘sloppy’ surface.

The leader started to tire and the challengers started to bunch up around the final turn.

Driver/trainer Ken Holliday sent the eventual winner wide and drew off by 2 lengths over a pocket sitting Chip Shot. Guardian Doll (Ronnie Gillespie) rallied for third.

SPEEDBEWITHYOU REPLAY

The Mission Accepted filly is co-owned by Greg Luther Racing and breeder David Wills.

The first $61,600 division, Sarah’s Mission (Chris Page) used a gate-to-wire effort from post #6 to record the 1:59.1 win.

Readi Two (Hugh Beatty) made a late bid, but came up a neck short. Seven Lick Range (Tyler Smith) was third.

SARAHS MISSION REPLAY

Ron Burke trains the homebred Mission Accepted filly. Burke Racing Stable, Knox Services and Weaver Bruscemi share ownership.

 

Envious Queen Takes $140,300 OBC Freshman Filly Trot

Brett Miller and Envious Queen (Long Tom) used a four-wide move around the final turn and got by the heavily-favored Made For More (Ronnie Wrenn, Jr.) by a head in the final strides of the 2:02 mile.

Steady Mind (Ken Holliday) led the bulky field of 10 past the opening quarter in :29.2 and half in 1:00.2.

As they trotted down the backstretch the second time, Made For More was able to flush Rose Run Cybill (Kurt Sugg) off the rail before the three-quarters in 1:31.1.

Made For Money went three-wide and Envious Queen four-wide in the far turn to finish in the top two positions. Rose Run Cybill held on for third.

ENVIOUS QUEEN REPLAY

Steve Carter trains and co-owns the Long Tom filly with Hatfield Stables and Cass Gallagher.

Envious Queen has three wins in eight seasonal starts and has now earned $144,775.

Racing continues Tuesday with a 21-race card, starting at 1:00 pm.

The card features a $5,000 guaranteed Pick 4 pool. Free past performance programs are available at LittleBrownJug.com.

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

by Jay Wolf, for the Little Brown Jug