Two double up in BSS third leg

Grove City, OH – Sophomore colt and gelding harness racing pacers took to the Flying Turns of MGM Northfield Park Sunday night (Jul. 24) for the third leg in the Buckeye Stallion Series with Fluff Yeahh (Pet Rock) and Pearl Snaps (Fear The Dragon) picking up their second wins in the series.

In the first of five $17,500 divisions, Fluff Yeahh and Tony Hall set a new life of 1:51.3 winning by 1¼ lengths.

Hall took the pocket trip with the gelding, swinging wide around the final turn and catching the leader down the stretch.

Brett Schwartz trains Fluff Yeahh, who won for the third time this year, raising his earning this year to $45,500.

FLUFF YEAHH REPLAY

The other repeat winner came in the final division as Pearl Snaps and Brett Miller grabbed the lead at the half mile mark and cruised to the win in 1:52.4.  Virgil Morgan Jr. trains Pearl Snaps, who has won nine of 11 this year, earning $74,500.

PEARL SNAPS REPLAY

Hall picked up his second of three Buckeye Stallion Series wins in the second division as Velocity Chaps (Well Said) fought off Mach Out Knockout down the stretch to win by a head in 1:52, a new lifetime mark.  Brian Brown trains the colt who picked up his first win of the season and pushed his lifetime earnings to $103,089.

VELOCITY CHAPS REPLAY

Hall made it three in a row in the BSS in the third division as he piloted Art Of Revenge (Art Official) to his fourth win in nine starts for trainer Mark Winters Jr.  The colt hung on at the wire to win ¾ of a length in 1:51.4.  Art Of Revenge raised his earnings to $38,200 this year.

ART OF REVENGE REPLAY

Willydoitagain (Domethatagain) and Ronnie Wrenn Jr. made it look easy winning for the first time this year in a lifetime mark of 1:52.1.  The gelding went three-wide to grab the lead at the quarter pole and went on to win by two-lengths.  It was the first win of the year for the Dan O’Mara trainee who has now earned $22,349 this year.

WILLYDOITAGAIN REPLAY

Buckeye Stallion Series action resumes Tuesday July 26 at Eldorado Scioto Downs as six divisions of two-year-old filly pacers compete in the second leg.  First race post time is 3:15.

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by Frank Fraas, for the OHHA