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Grove City, Ohio – It was an action-packed night of Ohio Sires Stakes harness racing at MGM Northfield Park Wednesday (July 26). Two $55,000 divisions for freshman filly trotters were contested along with three $40,000 divisions each for two-year-old filly pacers and colt trotters. Sugar Instead (Volstead) continued to show her dominance over the filly

Team Schillaci continued their dominance of the Open ranks this weekend as Camouflage Money made a big four-wide bid around the final turn to win the $20,000 co-featured Open pace at MGM Northfield Park on Sunday night (June 18).

Many storylines were in play leading to the $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie on Saturday (June 10). The most significant storyline of the week happened to be Lauren Tritton, as she would try to become not only the first female to participate in Northfield's storied event, but the first to win it.

Local Adorabella will look to return to winning form in Saturday's (June 10) $50,000 MGM Buckeye Distaff, an invitational for top veteran Ohio-sired pacing mares.

For Once Inmy Life made it two-for-two in Ohio Sires Stakes action as he rolled to victory at MGM Northfield Park on Saturday night (June 3). In the other $55,000 division for three-year-old colt pacers, Seafire made his first Sires Stakes start of the year one to remember as he picked up the win.

Driver Yannick Gingras masterfully rated the mile with 7-5 favourite Keg Stand, who scored a measured victory by a neck in the $150,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Final for four-year-old trotting horses and geldings — one of four $150,000 finals contested on Monday at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel.

Driver Yannick Gingras masterfully rated the mile with 7-5 favourite Keg Stand, who scored a measured victory by a neck in the $150,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Final for four-year-old trotting horses and geldings — one of four $150,000 finals contested on Monday at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel.

A much-anticipated rubber match between I Did It Myway and All Or Nothing — both two-time preliminary winners — headlines the culmination of the Kentucky Standardbred Development Fund four-year-old series on Monday, May 29 at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.

The Open trotting class at MGM Northfield Park proved challenging once again on Sunday (May 21), as the co-featured event not only produced the third different winner in three weeks but, for the third week in a row, a world record was set over the "Home of the Flying Turns."

The absence of Keg Stand from Monday's fourth and last preliminary round of the Kentucky Standardbred Development Fund Series for four-year-old male trotters has the potential to set up a showdown between Golden Wall As and Longshot in the $50,000 event at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, one of four such preliminary splits on the card.