Suggs Get Henry County Fair Wins
Training Family of No Pan Intended Wins in Ohio Local Harness Races
Aug 22, 2009
Standardbred driver J. Duke Sugg, of the family Sugg from Deshler, Ohio that trained 2003 Triple Crown champion pacer No Pan Intended, got a make-up full afternoon of harness racing off to a flying start Wednesday, August 19 at the 156th edition of Napoleon, Ohio's Henry County Fair, winning two of the day's first three races.
J. Duke subbed in for regular cart jock Pat Karcher and brought Western Jack handily first to the finish line in the initial race. In Race No.3, Sugg dashed to the winner's circle driving his own charge, Hi Hopes Cruiser.
Rain-outs On Monday and Tuesday
Monday and Tuesday evening racing cards were postponed to Wednesday afternoon following midday and overnight thunderstorms bursting with pyrotechnics that soaked the race track with more than three inches of rain.
Races seven through ten scheduled for Monday, and nine through eleven set for Tuesday were all canceled on the Wednesday program, which had to be shortened to accommodate other previously scheduled fair events.
The cancellations resulted in shifts in driving assignments. In the shuffle, J. Duke picked up the unplanned drives in Wednesday's No.1 and No.3 races.
J Duke Wins Behind Own Schoolee
Sugg hopped aboard the bike behind Hi Hopes Cruiser, whom he also trains, in the third race of the day, replacing scheduled driver Mark Headworth, and scored for the second time. Hi Hopes Cruiser crushed his four rivals, pacing the mile for two-year-old colts in 2:07-2/5.
Western Jack completed his triumph in 2:09-2/5, holding off Max On The Sax in the final quarter.
Yankee Cruiser and Jailhouse Jesse Get Three Winners
Overall on the day, offspring of sires Yankee Cruiser and Jailhouse Jesse got six victories.
Chip Chip Hooray chipped in two progeny winners. Towner's Big Guy and Ilooklikemymom also scored with two victors, while Trainforthefuture got a win from three-year-old filly Inforthewin.
From Monday's original card run first on Wednesday:
- Race No.1 -- Western Jack (2-year-old colt pace), by Western Spirit--Ms Cookie, sired by Equitable
- Race No.2 -- Hustlin Hooray (3-year-old filly trot), Chip Chip Hooray--Hustlin Halfmoon--Diadem
- Race No.3 -- Hi Hopes Cruiser (2-year-old colt pace), Yankee Cruiser--Odds On Elaine--Jate Lobell
- Race No.4 -- Rompaway Beau (3-year-old colt trot), Chip Chip Hooray--Rompaway Stacey--N V Worthy
- Race No.5 -- Cruisin N Surfin (2-year-old filly pace), Yankee Cruiser--Channel Surfer--Chairmanoftheboard
- Race No.6 -- Inforthewin (3-year-old filly trot), Trainforthefuture--Golly Golly--Nearly Perfect
Arkansas and Michigan Racers Win
In Wednesday's second race of the day, Hustlin Hooray rallied all the way from Arkansas to put the hurt on Hicksville's D T M. Hustlin Hooray challenged D T M from the outside in the stretch and overcame her foe a few strides from the wire to win in 2:05-3/5.
Mark Headworth, winningest driver on the day, triumphed in the bike for the Prairie Grove, Arkansas stable of Natasha A. Brande. Headworth scored in five of the day's 14 races.
From the Battle Creek, Michigan stable Rompaway Farms, Inc., Rompaway Beau won in a romp, going away to a five-length lead to beat his four opponents in 2:07-2/5 in the day's fourth race.
Tuesday's original card was run in the second set Wednesday and featured a Precious Bunny filly, Precious Dreamer. Precious Bunny won the 1991 Little Brown Jug, the second jewel of the Triple Crown for Pacers annually campaigned in Delaware, Ohio.
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