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Several months after Karen Hauver retired from a 21-year career with the Ontario Sire Stakes program — a job that precluded her from owning a racehorse — her father suggested that she and her mother join him in ownership of a two-year-old filly pacer that was getting ready to qualify.
Hightstown, NJ — Several months after Karen Hauver retired from a 21-year career with the Ontario Sire Stakes program — a job that precluded her from owning a racehorse — her father suggested that she and her mother join him in ownership of a 2-year-old harness racing filly pacer that was getting ready to qualify.
Trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. took both Opens on Friday, May 31 at Eldorado Scioto Downs. In a five-horse mad dash for the finish, Refined came out victorious in the $36,986 Open Trot in 1:53.2, while Strong Poison took the $35,616 Fillies & Mares Open Pace in 1:49.4.
John Ryan Melsheimer was not looking to buy Adamsville Road when he went to the 2020 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale. But Melsheimer’s regard for the trotter’s mother, as well as a bargain price, resulted in the horse coming home with the Ohio-based trainer.
Trainer/driver Ake Svanstedt wound Warrawee Michelle off the pegs in the straightaway to collar her tempo-setting stablemate and hold off a swarm of late pursuers to win the $700,000 Breeders Crown Two-Year-Old Filly Trot at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday night (Oct. 27).