Ohio Sires Stakes bonanza on tap Sunday at Northfield
At 0h03, on August 10, 2025 • By Ohio Harness Horsemen's Association
A battle between Odds On Chesapeake and Odds On Hialeah headlines six Ohio Sires Stakes races at MGM Northfield Park on Sunday (Aug. 10).
The pair of Virgil Morgan Jr. trainees are in the $100,000 fourth leg for 3-year-old filly pacers.
Odds On Chesapeake (Luke Hanners) is three-for-three in the OSS this season and has six wins overall in seven starts. She posted a lifetime best 1:50 in the second leg at Northfield and has 10 wins and $317,700 in earnings in 17 lifetime starts. The Downbytheseaside filly enters as the 4-1 co-third choice with Bubblles Out (Justin Irvine). The 2-1 morning line favorite is Odds On Hialeah (Tyler Smith), who won the first two legs and was a runner-up in the third leg. Overall, the Lather Up filly has three wins and one second in four seasonal starts. She has 10 victories and two seconds in 12 career starts with $441,500 in earnings.
Rose Run Aimee (Dan Noble), the only other sophomore filly pacer to score an OSS win this season, is the 3-1 second choice. Her OSS win came in the third leg in a lifetime-best 1:49.4. The Racing Hill filly and James Ehrsam trainee has hit the board in all seven seasonal starts with four wins. She has seven victories and $117,631 in earnings in 17 career starts.
As the lone horse who is two-for-two in the OSS for freshman colt trotters thus far, Ready Russell (Noble) is the even-money morning-line favorite in the third of three $50,000 divisions on Sunday and will leave from the rail. Trained by Deborah Swartz, the Ready For Moni gelding won the opening leg in a lifetime best 1:55 and added a victory in the second leg in 1:56.4. He has three wins in four seasonal starts. Max The Mighty (Aaron Merriman) has one win and three seconds in five starts this season and is the 5-2 second choice.
Ur Ride Is Here (Chris Lems) is the early 3-2 favorite in the first division of 2-year-old colt trotters. The Steve Schoeffel trainee posted a victory in the opening leg of the OSS in 1:59. The Ready For Moni gelding also has one second- and one third-place finish in his three seasonal starts. Another son of Ready For Moni, second-leg winner Special Moni (Smith), is the 2-1 second choice and will leave from the rail. Trained by Chris Beaver, his OSS win came in 1:58.3.
First-leg winner Rose Run Banker (Chris Page) and second-leg winner Water Slide (Merriman) are in the second division. Leaving from the rail, Super Mind (Anthony MacDonald) is the early 2-1 favorite for trainer Jason McGinnis. The Creatine gelding has one win in four seasonal starts. Rose Run Banker is the 5-2 second choice. The Ron Burke trainee’s OSS win came in 1:56.1. The In Range colt was the runner-up to Special Moni in the second leg. Water Slide, a Beaver trainee, has 3-1 odds. The Ready For Moni gelding took his OSS win in 1:58.1.
Sunday’s card also includes two $65,000 divisions in the third leg of the OSS for freshman filly trotters. Both horses who are two-for-two thus far in the series — Lucky Lady Volo and Demonic Niko — are entered.
Lucky Lady Volo (Noble) is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the first division. Her two OSS victories came in 1:56.2 and 1:57.3, respectively. The In Range filly is trained by Erv Miller. Rose Run Brooke (Hanners) is the 3-1 second choice. The Vernon Beachy trainee has a pair of runner-up finishes in four seasonal starts.
Demonic Niko (Noble) opens as the 4-5 favorite in the second division and will leave from the rail. Another In Range filly and Miller trainee, she won her OSS races in 1:55.4 and 1:57.1, respectively. She has four wins and one second in five starts this season. Speedbewithyou (Austin Hanners), a winner in the first leg in 1:55.1 and the runner-up to Demonic Niko in the second leg, is the 5-2 second choice and will leave from the far outside. The Mission Accepted filly is trained by Todd Luther.
Sunday’s Ohio Sires Stakes races are part of a 15-race card at MGM Northfield Park. First-race post time is 6 p.m.
