After posting impressive debuts in the opening round of Indiana Sires Stakes action, trainer Erv Miller’s two-year-old pacing fillies were back in the spotlight at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Wednesday (July 27) as they made another clean sweep of the stakes action on the card.
Two $68,000 divisions of Indiana Sires Stakes for the two-year-old pacing fillies were featured on the evening's card as the fillies squared off in the second round of their six-round series. Fillies from trainer Erv Miller’s barn finished first and second in both divisions.
Beauty N Grace — with driver Atlee Bender in the bike — made her second trip to the winner’s circle in her second lifetime start in the opening division, scoring impressively in 1:51.1. Beauty N Grace benefitted from a pocket trip while her stablemate Sleazy Mama, driven by Trace Tetrick, dictated fractions of :27.1, :56, and 1:24.1. When the field turned for home, Bender tipped Beauty N Grace from the pocket and stablemates battled all the way to the wire. Beauty N Grace was a two-length winner over Sleazy Mama while Polks Image and Peter Wrenn rounded out the trifecta. Sent as the 8-5 second choice, Beauty N Grace returned $5.20 at the betting windows.
Trained by Erv Miller, the daughter of Tellitlikeitis-Safta Perry pushed her lifetime bankroll to $69,000. With the victory, Beauty N Grace is now undefeated in two starts and established a lifetime best in the process. Beauty N Grace is owned by R. Ruffolo, Bowie Racing, L. Willinger, and R. Howles and was bred by Victory Hill Farm.
Not to be outdone by her stablemate, JKs Lucky Lou turned in an impressive performance of her own to capture the second split of the stakes action in a lifetime best of 1:51.2 with driver Trace Tetrick in the bike. JKs Lucky Lou is now undefeated in three starts this season.
Tetrick sent the 3-5 favourite to the front from post 7 and she never looked back. JKs Lucky Lou utilized a :27.3 closing kick to hold off a late charge from her stablemate Tells On A Roll and driver Atlee Bender. Tells On A Roll was forced to settle for second place honours while Layallourloveonme and John DeLong utilized a ground saving trip to finish third. JKs Lucky Lou returned $3.40 for the victory.
With the win, JKs Lucky Lou has now bankrolled $74,000 lifetime from three starts. Owned in partnership by Douglas Overhiser, Rocco Ruffolo and Rick Howles, JKs Lucky Lou was bred by David Wayne Yoder and Daryl Lehman. Jks Lucky Lou and Beauty N Grace’s victories were two of three training victories on the program for trainer Erv Miller.
Indiana Sires Stakes action will continue at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Thursday (July 28) with two divisions of Indiana Sires Stakes for the two-year-old pacing colts and geldings.