Fullfullnmydestiny breaks Hoosier record

ANDERSON, Ind.— August 27, 2021— Three divisions of the third leg of Indiana Sire Stakes for two year old harness racing pacing colts and geldings were held at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday, August 27.

The pacing colts highlighted a 14-race card on a Friday evening that started hot and humid before a thunderstorm halted the action for nearly an hour and left a sloppy racetrack for the second half of the evening’s card.

Fulfullnmydestiny and James Yoder took full advantage of the dry conditions on the first half of the night, smashing the track record for two-year-old pacing geldings in the $47,500 first division in the fifth race of the evening. Leaving from post two, Fulfullnmydestiny and Yoder floated off the wings of the gate, settling mid-pack in fourth as Odds On Blockchain and Peter Wrenn led the field through a snappy 26:4 opening panel. As the pace slowed a bit on the backstretch, Yoder launched Fulfullnmydestiny with a quick backside brush to the front end, taking the field through the halfway point in 55:3.

On the far turn, the gelded son of Tellitlikeitis began to separate from the field, opening up by six at the three-quarter station in 1:23:0. In the stretch, Fulfullnmydestiny maintained his lead, using a 27:0 quarter to stride home to a convincing seven length 1:50:0 victory over Paw Patrol and Yourwishisgranted. The time serves as the new track record for two-year-old pacing geldings at Harrah’s Hoosier, the previous mark of 1:50:3 was set in 2019 by former Indiana Sire Stakes champion and Milstein winner, Odds On Osiris.

“I felt pretty good about him(Fulfullnmydestiny) coming in, he had been training great heading into tonight,” driver and trainer James Yoder would say, “He’s versatile colt that you can do what you want with and there is just no bottom to him.”

FULFULLNMYDESTINY REPLAY

Fulfullnmydestiny is a Brett Boyd Racing homebred out of the Fox Valley Gallant mare, Driven By Destiny. It was the second victory in five seasonal starts for the freshman and with the win, Fulfullnmydestiny has now banked $73,940 on the season for his connections.

Following the severe weather delay after the evening’s six race that left the track sloppy once racing restarted, Iwannabewithyou pulled off the 24-1 upset following a disqualification of second choice JK Victory. In the early stages of the mile, undefeated Soaring Now skirmished with JK Victory before clearing to a 27:0 first quarter. The field remained in straight alignment up the backstretch, with Iwannabewithyou and John De Long trailing the field at one point by 15 lengths as the field went through the half in 55:1. On the turn, Iwannabewithyou began to narrow the gap, still trailing the field but within a more manageable eight lengths as Soaring Now led the field into the stretch through three quarters in 1:23:3.

In the stretch, Peter Wrenn squeezed the Nancy Takter trained JK Victory through the passing lane to be first across the line, however upon review, the judges deemed that JK Victory interfered with Topville Somrocket and Brandon Bates when making their move to the front and would be placed fourth. In the meantime, it was Iwannabewithyou and John De Long who swept the remainder of the field following a powerful 26:1 final quarter for the second placed first victory in 1:51:2. The gelded son of first crop sire, Luck Be With You, picked up his second victory in three career starts for trainer Dylan Davis and owner John Schmucker. Out of the Dragon Again mare, Bo Tox Hanover, Iwannabewithyou was bred Black Creek Farm and Hickory Hollow Stables of Indiana. The $8,000 Hoosier Classic Yearling purchase has now banked $31,000 on the season and returned $50.00 for his supporters at the betting windows.

IWANNABEWITHYOU REPLAY

Sire Luck Be With You picked up his second Sire Stakes victory on the evening, with Big Law pulling the mild upset in the $47,000 third and final division. Leaving aggressively from post 3, Sam Widger guided Big Law to the lead in the early stages, pacing the field though a 27:2 first quarter. Pressure came in the form of undefeated and heavily favored Ponda Warrior and Brandon Bates who cleared on the backstretch to a 55:0 half. Ponda Warrior held the lead at three-quarters in 1:23:2 under pressure from second choice the Longest Yard and Mike Oosting, with Widger continuing to wait patiently in the pocket awaiting racing room in the stretch.

Room would could in the stretch as Widger steered Big Law to the passing lane, capitalizing on a 28:0 final quarter to score the victory by a quarter of a length in 1:51:4 over a hard charging Incredible Badger and John De Long. Dalby Hanover would round out the trifecta, finishing fourth placed third after contact with The Longest Yard in the stretch.  Trained by Randy Hatton who co-owns the gelding along with the breeder of the rookie, Oldfield Farm Inc., Big Law is out of the Fox Valley Barzgar mare, Miss Lucy O. Big Law has picked up three victories now in six starts in 2021, earning $57,545 in doing so. Big Law paid $21.20 to win race 10.

BIG LAW REPLAY

Racing action will continue at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Saturday, August 28, with action kicking off with a $15,000 guaranteed Early Pick 5 in races 1-5 following a $3,893.14 carryover from Thursday’s Late Pick 5. With a daily post time of 6:30 pm, live racing at Harrah’s Hoosier Park will be conducted through December 4.

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From Harrah’s Hoosier Park