With the first weekend of May in the books, many of harness racing's top performers from 2021 have started to return to the racetrack for the upcoming stakes season or hit the racetrack in racing action.
Gulf Shores started his freshman year rolling off six straight wins including the $300,000 Ohio Sires Stakes finals on his way to winning the Ohio Triple Crown and being named the Ohio Two-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year.
Northfield Park hosted a total of nine $40,000 divisions of Ohio Sires Stakes (OHSS) for 2-year-old pacing colts and fillies on Saturday night (July 10) at Northfield Park, with multiple national season’s records broken and set.
Secret Side Piece began the night with a bang, winning the first OHSS division for fillies in 1:53.3, a national season’s record for driver Mike Wilder. The daughter of Downbytheseaside is conditioned by Todd Luther for Black Magic Racing and upped her earnings to $57,500 with the victory, the second of her brief career. Secret Side Piece, at 1-9 odds, bested 10-1 second place finisher Fear Our Fayth with 25-1 shot Sleepwithoneyeopen notching third place honours.