Freshmen stars headline Buckeye Stallion Series finale

Grove City, OH – The Delaware County Fairgrounds is hosting the fifth and final harness racing leg of the 2025 Buckeye Stallion Series for freshmen during its five-day meet from Sept. 14-18.

The action kicks off with the filly pacers on Sunday (Sept. 14) followed by the filly trotters on Monday (Sept. 15). The colt trotters will take the track on Tuesday (Sept. 16), and the colt pacers will follow on Wednesday (Sept. 17).

Eyes Up leads the 2-year-old filly pace standings with 154 points. The Lather Up filly has two BSS wins this season, taking a division in the first leg in 1:56.4 and the second leg in 1:54.4. She was a runner-up in the third and fourth legs. Queen Valerie, a winner in the second and fourth legs, is second in the standings with 128 points, and Madetorockette who won in the first and fourth legs, is third with 111 points.

Judy’s Moni is the top 2-year-old filly trotter in the BSS through four legs. The Ready For Moni filly posted wins in the first leg in 1:57.2, second leg in 1:59.4, and fourth leg in 2:00 and was a runner-up in the third leg. She leads the standings with 179 points followed by Joyofmylife As with 153 points and Chasingstardust As and Hangtighthoney L with 128 points each. Joyofmylife As has wins in three of the four legs thus far, while Chasingstardust As and Hangtighthoney L each have two BSS wins on the season.

Ready Made and Okay One More are both two-time winners in the BSS for 2-year-old colt trotters. A Ready For Moni gelding, Ready Made posted wins in the first leg in 2:06.2 and third leg in 1:59.4 and leads the standings with 115 points. A winner in the second and third legs, Okay One More is second in the standings with 90.5 points followed by Eckert Hill Brady in third with 84 points.

Three-leg winner Hunka Hunka and two-leg winner Odds On Phil are tied atop the standings for 2-year-old colt pacers with 154 points each. A Catch The Fire colt, Hunka Hunka posted wins in the first leg in 1:56, third leg in 1:55.4, and fourth leg in 1:52.3. Odds On Phil, a Lather Up colt, recorded wins in the second leg in 1:53 and fourth leg in 1:53.2 and was a runner-up in the first and third legs.

Highlighted by the 80th Little Brown Jug on Thursday (Sept. 18) and the 55th Jugette on Wednesday (Sept. 17), the Delaware County Fair meet also includes all eight divisions of the Ohio Breeders Championship, which is the second leg of the Ohio Triple Crown, and the fifth leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series for sophomores.

The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) will provide live-streaming coverage of “Five Days in Delaware” featuring Trackside Live and Countdown To Post Time segments as well as race coverage and analysis, interviews, and features. Coverage of all five days of racing will be on the OHHA YouTube channel and Facebook page as well as HarnessRacingOhio.com.

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

From Wes Mayberry for the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association