Nominees released for Burning Blaze Series

The list of nominees to the 2023 Burning Blaze Pacing Series at Running Aces has been released by the race office, with a total of 15 nominations. The harness racing event is for non-winners of $12,500 lifetime as of April 15, 2023. (with allowances for Fillies and Mares and for Minnesota-sired horses).

The first leg of the series is set for Thursday (May 25) and second leg action will go on Thursday (June 1) with $8,000 offered in each division of the early rounds. The top nine horses from legs 1 & 2 will advance to the $16,000 Final on Thursday (June 8).

Here is a full list of the nominees (with trainer):

1. AMERICAN CRUISER (Williams Hernandez)
2. BLINDED BY DELIGHT (Gordon Graham)
3. BLUEBIRD AFFECTION (Bob Johnson)
4. FOX VALLEY SIDECAR (Brett Ballinger)
5. IDEAL POPPY (Larry Feilbach)
6. JEREMYS ALIBI (Nick Roland)
7. JOHNNY FREIGHT (Rick Huffman)
8. MELANIES JACKSON (Brady Jenson)
9. MONEYMAN MIKKI (Brady Jenson)
10. OMADOME (Brett Erickson)
11. RIVER OF LIFE (Gerald Longo)
12. SNEAK PEEK HANOVER (Liberio Pacheco)
13. SPEAKDOLLARSNCENTS (Rick Lancaster)
14. THE LAST WALTZ (Rene Goulet)
15. TOOPRETTYFORPRISO (Brady Jenson)

Running Aces offers live racing every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday with first post at 7 p.m. (CDT).

by Darin Gagne, for Running Aces