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.
Help Page, who made 8-1 look like easy money in the most recent top dance for the trotters, goes from the rail to the demanding post 10 in the featured $8,800 Open Trot on Saturday, Dec. 30.
The 76th Annual Fall Blooded Horse Sale saw a 13 percent year-over-year increase with an almost identical 300 harness racing horses sold vs 302 last year. "We knew we had a good group of horses catalogued," said sale manager Jerry Haws. "We appreciate the stables that consigned nice racehorses and the breeding farms that sent