Two $50,000 Ohio Sires Stakes events for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings will be contested Saturday night (June 19) at Eldorado Scioto Downs. The co-featured events have been carded as races five and eight on the program, and both events feature first-leg winners.
Heading up the first division is Four Star Flash, a Brian Brown trainee that captured his May 3 contest at Miami Valley in 1:52. The son of Western Vintage and Keladi Blue Chip was bred by Marion Beachy and is owned by Hutchison Hrns, D. Wozniak, D. Van Dusen and Acadia Farms. A winner of $99,760, Four Star Flash has eight wins, one second-place finish and two third-place finishes in 15 career starts. This youngster is the second foal out of his dam, Keladi Blue Chip p, 3, 1:56.3f ($18,512).
Heart Of Chewbacca in the clear standout in the second division. The son of Bring On The Beach and Jts Chewbacca, conditioned by Ron Burke for Dennis Owens and Norman Rae Racing, captured his first OHSS event handily in 1:51.2. His last outing — a Scioto overnight — saw him pace to a career best clocking of 1:48.4 with Danny Noble at the lines. Bred by Spring Haven Farm, Heart Of Chewbacca has $276,348 in lifetime earnings from nine wins and three seconds in 12 starts. He is the second of four foals out of his dam, Jts Chewbacca p, 3, 1:53.1f ($32,220).
(Ohio Sires Stakes)