Two-year-old pacing fillies took center stage at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Wednesday, July 12 with two $68,000 Indiana Sires Stakes divisions on the evening’s 14-race card. The freshman fillies opened their Indiana Sires Stakes series in impressive fashion.
All JK (pictured above) was all business in the opening division and delivered as the heavy betting favourite as she led gate to wire with driver Trace Tetrick in the bike, stopping the timer in 1:51.3.
All JK dictated fractions of :27.1, :55.2 and 1:23.4 with Lets Go Endofanera and driver John DeLong benefitting from the pocket trip. When the field turned for home, Lets Go Endofanera tipped out from the pocket but All JK wasn’t finished. Using a :27.4 last quarter, All JK was able to keep Lets Go Endofanera at bay while Sunny Money rallied up the inside to get third.
Lets Go Endofanera returned $3.40 to her backers at the betting windows.
Trained by Brian Brown, the daughter of Jk Endofanera-Truth Above All is now two-for-two in her young career. Owned in partnership by Country Club Acres, Joe Sbrocco, Milton Leeman and Tanya Nichols, All JK established a new lifetime best and pushed her lifetime bankroll to $39,000.
In the second division, Teelatini used opposite tactics to stop the timer in 1:53.1.
With driver John DeLong in the bike, Teelatini was uninvolved through the early stages of the race before employing an impressive rally late in the lane to get up in the final strides of the mile. The heavily favoured McKira and Joey Putnam rattled off fractions of :27.2, 56.2 and 1:25.1 before ever feeling a threat from the rest of the field. When the field turned for home, McKira appeared to be up to the task but Teelatini was winding up from the back. Using a :26.3 closing kick, Teelatini got the win by nearly two lengths over Topville Ohsolucky, who put together an impressive closing kick of her own for Marvin Luna, while McKira rounded out the trifecta.
Teelatini returned $11 at the betting windows.
Trained by Roger Welch, the daughter of Rockin Image-Nightcap recorded her first lifetime victory from two starts. Owned in partnership by William C. DeLong and William P. DeLong, Teelatini pushed her lifetime bankroll to $36,500.
Live harness racing will return to Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Thursday, July 13 with two divisions of Indiana Sires Stakes for the two-year-old pacing colts and geldings on the evening’s 14-race card.
(With files from Hoosier Park)