All the action from the Little Brown Jug undercard

The Delaware Ohio Fair hosted 24 races on Thursday, Sept. 21 and along with the three heats and the final of the Little Brown Jug, there were numerous other stakes events on the harness racing card. Here are some of the bigger stakes results.

Janelle Granny and Rose Run Zane take Ohio Breeders Sophomore Colt Pace Divisions

Janelle Granny (Fear The Dragon, Brett Miller) rebounded from a third-place finish in the $300,000 Ohio Sires Stakes Final (September 9) and held off a persistent Racing Rebel (Sam Widger) and Outer Banks (Chris Page) to win the opening division of the OBC for three-year-old pacing colts.

Betty Jo Clegg owns and trains the colt, who has finished on the board in all but one of his 15 starts this season.

JANELLE GRANNY REPLAY

The lightly raced Rose Run Zane (Racing Hill, Austin Hanners) took the final $75,000 division in a lifetime best 1:51.1.

Unraced at two and making only his sixth start of the season, the Racing Hill gelding went gate-to-wire to defeat a challenging Fear The Image (Tyler Smith) and Midwind Beach Boy (Yannick Gingras).

The winner is owned by John and Leann Saunders and trained by Dan Venier.

ROSE RUN ZANE REPLAY

OBC 3CT to Jet Hill and John Dutton

Jet Hill (What The Hill, Ronnie Wrenn, Jr.) got some redemption from Grand Revival (Brett Miller) and took the opening division of the Ohio Breeders Championship for three-year-old colt trotters.

The winner benefited from breaks in stride in the final turn by Grand Revival and K J Alexander (Austin Hanners) and cruised to a four length win over Rose Run Yorick (Chris Page) and Jogging Full Trot (Dan Noble).

The gelding is owned by the Serenity Racing Stables and trained by Edward Miller. He has won eight of 12 seasonal starts.

Jet Hill finished second to Grand Revival in the $300,000 Ohio Sire Stakes championship (September 9).

JET HILL REPLAY

Chris Page sent John Dutton (What The Hill) to the early lead and never looked back in the second $59,000 division.

John Dutton was a half-length better than Black Magic (David Miller) and Burton’s Hill (Dexter Dunn).

The gelding is trained by Ron Burke for Burke Racing Stable, Knox Services, Johnny Yoder and RAS Racing. The $29,500 first place check pushes his career earnings to over $400,0000.

JOHN DUTTON REPLAY

Stakes Record Broken in OBC 3FP

McSeaside (Downbytheseaside, Chris Page) and Somwherunderheavn (Nob Hill High, Tony Hall) both broke the stakes record with their 1:51.4 victories in the OBC for three-year-old filly pacers.

Somwherunderheavn won the first $63,500 division by 2 1/4 over Celebrate Me Home (Chris Page) and Cruise Alert (Brett Miller).

The Steve Carter trainee is co-owned by Jeff Fought Racing, Brian Carsey, Adam Friedland and Patty Carter.

McSeaside is trained by Ron Burke for Burke Racing Stable, Beasty, J & T Silva Stables and Knox Services.

She defeated Fear The Britches (Trevor Smith) and Kassagi (Sam Widger) by 2 1/2 lengths.

MCSEASIDE REPLAY

Racing Rampage and Rockmelikeyameanit Score OBC Wins in Sophomore Colt Pace

It was a long time coming, but the 2022 Ohio ‘Two-Year-Old Pacer of the Year’ was back in the winner’s circle in the Ohio Breeders Championship for sophomore colt pacers in a lifetime best 1:51.

Brett Miller drove Racing Rampage (Racing Hill) to a gate-to-wire victory by three lengths over Somewhere Vintage (Dexter Dunn) and a closing Trooper L (Hank Levan).

The gelding is co-owned by trainer Darren Dowler and Lawrence Bettler.

Racing Rampage picked up his first win of the season and the sixth of his career. He has more than $318,582 on his card.

RACING RAMPAGE REPLAY

The first $61,500 division went to Rockmelikeyameanit (Mcardle) who survived a wild finish in 1:52.2.

Rockmelikeyameanit was 1 1/4 lengths better than Dynamite Dylan (Brett Miller) and Act Fast (Chris Page) who hit the line together in a dead heat.

Dan Noble drove the winner, who is trained by Christi Noble, for Dennis R. Owens, Norman Rae Racing and James F. Morris. He has earned $422,103 during his career.

ROCKMELIKEYAMEANIT REPLAY

Bird And Grenade Breaks His Maiden in the Standardbred

Bird And Grenade (Father Patrick) was winless in his first eight starts but broke his maiden in the $50,000 Standardbred trot for two-year-old colts.

Brady Brown steered the winner for trainer Steve Schoeffel and co-owners Kathy Schoeffel and Four Cousins Stable.

Flirtnwiththepilot (Peter Wrenn) and Vanguard (Tim Tetrick) was second and third.

BIRD AND GRENADE REPLAY

Silken Sweet was smooth in Standardbred

Silken Sweet (Betting Line, Yannick Gingras) won the non-wagering $40,000 Standardbred for freshman pacing colts in 1:52.3.

The pacesetting Solid Character (David Miller) was second and Special Menu (Dexter Dunn) was third.

D Racing Stable and Donald G. Mac Rae are the owners of the Betting Line gelding. He is trained by Deborah Daguet.

Silken Sweet was a $15,000 yearling purchase and now won three of his ten two-year-old starts.

For complete non-wagering race results, click here: US Trotting results.

For complete pari-mutuel race results, click here: US Trotting Results

by Jay Wolf, for the Little Brown Jug