Northfield, OH — Guinevere Hall established a new track and world record of 1:53 in the first of two $50,000 Ohio Sires Stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Friday (July 10) night at Northfield Park.
With a front-stepping performance, Guinevere Hall (Peter Wrenn) set a new Northfield Park track record and a world record for a 3-year-old filly on a half-mile track. The former track record of 1:54 was set in 2018 in an Ohio Sires Stakes by Looking For Zelda (Tony Hall).
Guinevere Hall, who left the gate as the 2-5 favorite, won her previous OSS legs and is the leader in this division for trainer Melanie Wrenn. Tootie (Brett Miller), the 7-2 choice, was second, while 35-1 longshot Delovely Hall (Aaron Merriman) got up late for third.
Guinevere Hall, a daughter of Cash Hall is owned by the M T Pockets Stable and Dave McDuffey and has $199,181 in career earnings and $65,000 in seasonal earnings. She was bred by Alan j. Leavitt.
A Fancy Face (Chris Page) stormed to the lead at the 1:26 three-quarters capturing the second OSS division easily in 1:54.3. Trained by Ronnie Burke, the 9-1 sophomore daughter by My MVP notched her first career victory in just her fourth-lifetime start.
Bred by Spring Haven Farm, A Fancy Face is owned by Burke Racing, Hatfield Stables, J&T Silva-Purnel&Libby and Weaver Bruscemi. Dream Change (Greg Grismore), a 50-1 longshot was second, while 2-1 Kikimora (Merriman) was third.