Buckeye Series Saturday at Northfield Park

Grove City, OH – Four divisions of 36 three-year-old filly harness racing trotters will take to the MGM Northfield Park harness racing track Saturday evening in search of a win in the second leg of the Buckeye Stallions Series.  A total of $70,000 will be on the line with each division carrying a purse of $17,500.

The second division will be a rock ‘em sock’em affair as four of the five first leg winners will square off.  Gracious Triumph (Triumphant Caviar), I’ll Annie Up (Uncle Peter), Lady Camryn (What The Hill), and Lady Is Great (Creatine) were winners at Miami Valley on May 1.

None of the four are the early favorite as that honor goes to Brekkenridge (Break The Bank K) at 5-2.  Chris Beaver trains her and will have Aaron Merriman in the sulky.  Brekkenridge has won two of seven this year and earned $25,550.

Gracious Triumph (Triumphant Caviar) is the second choice at 4-1.  Trained by Rosy Weaver with Don Irvine Jr. driving, the filly has hit the board in six of seven starts with three wins.

The ladies in the race, Lady Camryn and Lady Is Great are co-third choices at 5-1.

Lady Camryn has won three of four for trainer Virgil Morgan Jr.  Mitch Cushing will drive the filly.

Lady Is Great will be looking for her third win of the season.  Ryan Stahl will drive the filly for trainer Matthew Burkholder.

The other first leg winner will race in the fourth division.  Alana Hill (What The Hill) will try to stay perfect this year as she looks for her fifth win.  The filly is trained by Morgan Jr. and will be driven by Cushing.

Alana Hill is the second choice in the race as Reichers Caviar (Triumphant Caviar) is the favorite at 3-1.  The Beaver trainee will have Merriman driving.  The filly is coming off a win at the Paulding County Fair.

In the other two divisions, Beaver will have another race favorite in Rosana (What The Hill).  The filly is the 3-2 favorite and will start for the second tier.  She has hit the board in five of seven starts with one win.

The favorite in the other division is Purple Aura (Creatine).  The 2-1 favorite has one win in five starts this year for trainer Jason McGinnis.  Anthony MacDonald will drive her.

First race post time for the 15-race card from MGM Northfield Park is 6:00 PM.

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by Frank Fraas, for the OHHA