A total of 12 Indiana Sires Stakes (ISS) Championships will flood the racing program at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Friday, Oct. 11 featuring purses in excess of $2.4 million. The all-Indiana sired program gets underway at 6:30 p.m. for the 14-race program.
Odds on Osiris and Peter Wrenn cruise home to an Indiana Sires Stakes preliminary round win in September at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. Photo by Linscott Photography
Kicking off the ISS Championships will be the $70,000 Mares Trot featuring the return of world champion Trotter of the Year Hannelore Hanover. The Swan for All mare, trained by Ron Burke, now has more than $3 million on her card with wins in 46 of 82 lifetime starts. Hannelore Hanover will start from post five as the early morning line favorite at odds of 2-1 with Yannick Gingras in the bike.
The first of eight $270,000 ISS Championships gets underway in the fifth race of the night, shifting the focus to three-year-old filly pacers. Trainer Shane Bowermaster will prepare five horses in the final, including Fully A Virgin, who has drawn a tough assignment from post nine. The Always A Virgin filly has won seven of her 15 starts this year with her quickest mile in 1:50.1 taken two starts back. A win in the ISS Championships would make her third victory in a row. Michael Oosting will guide the sophomore filly from post nine at odds of 3-1.
Grand Swan is the overwhelming favorite for the $270,000 ISS Championship for three-year-old trotting fillies. The Swan for All filly has earned wins in seven of 10 starts this season with earnings already over $229,000. LeWayne Miller trains and drives and they will start their journey from post three in the 12-filly final.
Two-year-old trotting fillies will be led by May Baby in the evening’s seventh race. A daughter of Guccio, she has only been defeated once in seven starts and will also begin from post three with trainer-driver James Yoder at the controls at odds of 3-5.
Two-year-old filly pacers will see a nice matchup between Priceless (post five) and Foxy Rigger (post nine). Foxy Rigger has a slight edge on the morning line at odds of 5-2 over Priceless at 3-1. Trained and driven by Brandon Bates, Priceless, a daughter of Rockin Image, has won five of eight this year with a career best time of 1:51.1. Foxy Rigger, by Riggins, has won seven of eight starts, also turning in a best time of 1:51.1. Trace Tetrick drives the filly. The hot matchup falls in the eighth race of the night with a post time of approximately 8:36 p.m.
TJ’s Top Pick, driven by Trace Tetrick, will head the field in the two-year-old colt and gelding trotting ranks from post eight at odds of 7-5 while Odds On Osiris, driven by Peter Wrenn, will head the field in the two-year-old colt and gelding pacing ranks from post three at odds of 2-1. Swandre the Giant (Gingras) heads up the sophomore trotting colts and geldings at odds of 7-5 from post three while Little Rocket Man (Tetrick) has been tagged the favorite for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings. He begins from post six at odds of 5-2.