Freshman back to battle in ISS

ANDERSON, Ind.—August 23, 2023— Indiana-sired two-year-old trotters were the featured harness racing attraction at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Wednesday, August 24 as the evening’s 14-race card was highlighted by a pair of Indiana Sires Stakes divisions for the freshmen filly trotters and two divisions for the trotting colts .

The driver-trainer, husband-wife combination of LeWayne and Susan Miller teamed up to sweep both divisions for the two-year-old trotting fillies. In the first division, Skyway Paige (Swan For All-Prismatica) went gate to wire from post eight to score by two lengths in 1:55.3. It was the second win in seven starts and a new lifetime best for the filly.

Trained by Susan Miller, the filly has now earned $73,545 in lifetime purse earnings. Skyway Paige is owned in partnership by Hoosier Stbd Fm, R. Raber, L&S Racing and A. Swartzentruber.

In the next division, Crystal Swan (Swan For All—Tymal Hurricane) staged an incredible late rally to track down the heavily favored and undefeated Ponda Title in the final strides of the mile.

Stopping the timer in 1:55.4, Crystal Swan narrowly got the victory over Ponda Title and Kyle Wilfong while Ponda Grace and Trace Tetrick finished third.

Also trained by Susan Miller, Crystal Swan recorded her third win from seven starts and established a new lifetime best in the process. The filly is owned in partnership by First Chance Stable, Platinum Stbs, D. Postman, and R.Raber and has now earned $77,458 in lifetime purse earnings.

The trotting colts were up next and it was Dashing Danny (Dover Dan—Sashay) who turned in an impressive performance to take the opening division in 1:55.

Making his first start for new connections, Dashing Danny and driver Kyle Wilfong utilized an impressive late closing kick to track down the pace-setting Topville Sebastian and Joey Putnam to get the victory.

Now trained by Harrah’s Hoosier Park’s leading trainer, Jeff Cullipher, Dashing Danny recorded his ninth win from 12 lifetime starts. Owned in partnership by Pollack Racing LLC and Jeffery Cullipher, the gelding now sports a lifetime bankroll of $76, 087.

In the final division, driver, trainer Daryl Bontrager utilized similar tactics to steer Gruesome Twosome (You Know You Do—All Set Lets Go) to victory in 1:56.1. Using a :28.3 closing quarter, Gruesome Twosome outsprinted his rivals to get the victory by a head. Owned by Ira Steinberg and Daryl Bontrager, Gruesome Twosome has now won three of five lifetime starts. The colt of has earned $88,625 in lifetime purse earnings.

Live racing for Thursday, August 15 has been cancelled out of an abundance of caution with forecasted excessive heat in the area. Live racing will resume on Friday, August 25 with a 14-race card featuring Indiana Sires Stakes action. First post for Friday’s live racing card will be 7:00 p.m. For more information on the upcoming entertainment and live racing schedule, please visit www.harrahshoosierpark.com.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

From Harrah’s Hoosier Park