2021 Illinois fair season kicks off

First-time starter No Way Bombay, who sold for $5,000 last Fall to Bryan Brown and Paul Cavett, won the colt-and-gelding division of the Illinois Big Ten Colt Stakes Two-Year-Old Pace in 2:07.4 with Cavett in the race bike. A son of Major Bombay from the Western Ideal mare The Flying Nun, No Way Bombay (MAJOR BOMBAY – THE FLYING NUN – WESTERN IDEAL) was bred by Fair Meadow Farm and was sold by Fair Meadow Farm in partnership with Jim Scherer.

In the Big Ten Stakes for sophomore pacers, BB’s Choice (MAJOR BOMBAY – TRUCULENT LADY – WESTERN IDEAL) triumphed in 2:07.1 for owners David Williams and Eddie Jarrett Jr., as the daughter of Major Bombay (ART MAJOR – ARMBRO BOMBAY – WESTERN HANOVER) won for the 1st time in eight career starts. Stephen Halford II drove the winner for trainer Jamaica Patton.

Sold under the name Willi Wheeler at the 2019 Illini Classic Sale Co., BB’s Choice fetched a price of $5,500. The filly was consigned by Lavern Schrock as agent for breeder Fair Meadow Farm.

In the Illinois Harness Horseman’s Association race for Illinois-bred pacing horses and geldings, Super Park (DUNESIDE PERCH – PARKONTHEROAD – PARK PLACE) recorded the fastest mile of the afternoon with a 17-length victory in 1:59.3. Jordan Patton drove the five-year-old, gelded son of Duneside Perch (CAM’S CARD SHARK – DUCK DUCK GOOSE – GOALIE JEFF) for trainer Nick Prather and owners Cole Prather, Connor Prather and George Pollock.

Bred and consigned by Fair Meadow Farm, Super Park sold to the late Derek Jacobus at the 2017 Illini Classic Sale Co. for $8,000.

Grand Ole Party (PARTY AT ARTSPLACE – SUMMER SUNRISE – NO NUKES) took the second division of the Illinois Harness Horseman’s Association (IHHA) event for horses and geldings, rallying from 10 lengths off the pace with a stirring stretch rally to prevail in 2:00.1 for trainer RoShun Trigg and driver Jamaal Denson. The four-year-old is owned by RoShun Trigg and D&J Racing Stables, who bought the son of Party At Artsplace (ARTSPLACE – POODLE PARTY – EQUITABLE) from the Jeffers Farms consignment at the 2018 Illini Classic Sale Co. for $6,400.

The Illinois fair tour moves next to the Macoupin County Fair, in Carlinville, Illinois and the Martinsville Agricultural Fair, in Martinsville, Illinois, with both sites scheduled to host racing programs on Tuesday, June 8.

For full race results, click here.