Sophomore colts shine in Ohio Sires Stakes

Two $50,000 Ohio Sires Stakes divisions were contested for 3-year-old pacing colts on a steamy hot Saturday night, July 18 at Scioto Downs.  It was the third round of the four leg series for sophomore harness racing sidewinders with both divisions featuring seven contestants each.

Stanford Court enjoyed a front-stepping steer by Ronnie Wrenn, Jr. to notch his second victory in this series, clocked in 1:50.1.  

The son of Nob Hill High, who is trained by Brian Brown for Robert Mondillo, Richard Lombardo, Hen-Shaut Stable and Lightning 5 Racing was second in Leg 1 and captured Leg 2 in 1:50.3.

The homebred bay colt now has $157,210 in career earnings.  

Stanford Court left the gate as the 1-5 favorite, with 7-2 Can Be Perfect second (Tyler Smith) and longshot Gray Dragon third.

The second OSS division saw Ocean Rock devastate the Scioto Downs track record with a 1:48.4 performance for driver Danny Noble.

The son of Rockin Amadeus broke the record set in 2000 by Gallo Blue Chip (Dan Dube) of 1:50. 

 Owned by breeder Sandra Burnett, Ocean Rock left the gate at 3-5 odds for trainer Christi Noble and now has $266,677 in career earnings.   

The hard-trying Elver Hanover was second at 4-5 for Chris Page, while 90-1 Worthabuck (Josh Sutton) was third.

Ocean Rock

By Kimberly Rinker, OSDF Administrator