Jailhouse Pearl named Ohio 3-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year

Grove City, Ohio – Banking more than $300,000 in earnings, Jailhouse Pearl has been named the 2025 Ohio 3-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year.

Owned and bred by Casey Clemens, the Long Tom filly out of Jailhouse Broad hit the board in 12 of 14 seasonal starts. She tallied five wins, five seconds, and two thirds while earning $309,317 and recording a lifetime mark of 1:52.2 in winning the $300,000 Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championship at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway on Sept. 27. Leading up to the Scarlet Championship, she posted victories in the second and fifth legs of the OSS and also won the $72,000 Ohio Stake Fair Stakes at Eldorado Scioto Downs. 

In 29 lifetime starts, she has a record of 15-10-2 with earnings of $372,694. She is trained by Eric Nesselroad. 

“As a 2-year-old, we didn’t know whether we should stake her, but we continued to train her, and we found out that she really likes to pass. My son, Brady, drove her at the fairs as a 2-year-old, and he would try to let her have to pass, and she won most of the fair races she was at. And things have all worked out,” Clemens said. “She’s just a nice horse, and everybody likes her.” 

Jailhouse Pearl will be honored at the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association Annual Awards Banquet on Jan. 10 at the Renaissance Columbus-Westerville in Westerville, Ohio. 

The 2025 Ohio Horse of the Year will be announced at the awards banquet. 

 From Wes Mayberry for the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association