Grove City, Ohio – Sugar Instead (Volstead) had a harness racing season that dreams are made of. An $11,000 auction purchase, Sugar Instead rose to be queen of the freshman Ohio filly trotters as she was named the 2023 2-Year-Old Ohio Trotting Filly of the Year. Purchased by Susan Sickle at the Blooded Horse Sale,
Sugar Instead had a season that dreams are made of. An $11,000 auction purchase, Sugar Instead rose to be queen of the freshman Ohio filly trotters in 2023.
When the 2023 season started, Tennessee Tom was not in the Burke Racing Stable. After one of the stable’s top prospects was injured, the search was on for a replacement.
Clever Cody hit the board in nine of his 10 starts in 2023, winning six including the Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championship, on the way to being named the Ohio Two-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year.
The Ohio Sires Stakes season for pacers concluded on Saturday night at Eldorado Scioto Downs with four $300,000 Scarlet Championships, and 2-year-old colt Clever Cody (The Panderosa) was the only favorite to win as Daisy's Star (Racing Hill, 30-1), Tarapasta (Downbytheseaside, 87-1) and Wicked Character (Yankee Cruiser, 10-1) lit up the tote board in the