Harness Racing Underway Sunday at Eff. Co. Fair

Harness racing gets underway Sunday at the Effingham County Fair. Due to the hard-working crew at the fair, there will be harness races six straight days, unheard of in the state of Illinois fair racing anymore.

Sunday's card includes Big Ten races with post time at 1 p.m. Post time will be 1 p.m. each day except Friday when post time changes to noon.

There will be 10 races on tap Sunday.

Tune your radio to 97.9 XFM to hear Greg Sapp and George Flexter announce Sunday's races and the rest of the week to KJ Country 102.3.

Following are Sunday's races:

Race One

Big 10 3-Year-Old Filly Trot

Total Purse: $1,529

1. Fox Valley Elicit (Darla Martin Lohman), 2. Lous Mistress (Jerome Daniels), 3. Lou Scion Lou (Freddie Patton Jr.)

Race Two

Big 10 3-Year-Old Colt Trot

Total Purse: $1,545

1. Big Garcia Vega (Jerome Daniels), 2. Ec Big Guy (Ray Gash), 3. Frontier Manard (Freddie Patton Jr.), 4. Battleshoe (Buddy Simpson)

Race Three

Big 10 3-Year-Old Filly Pace

Total Purse: $1,506

1. Stellabration (Harold Caughran), 2. D B Sparkle (Larry Plank), 3. Black Rushin (Darla Martin Lohman)

Race Four

Big 10 3-Year-Old Colt Pace

Total Purse: $1,618

1. Cooter Luke (no driver listed), 2. Ole Swamp Master (Jerome Daniels), 3. Frontier Muffler (Freddie Patton Jr.)

Race Five

Illinois Harness Horsemen Association Trot

3-Year-Old & Up ICF

Total Purse: $2,600

1. Queen Kong (Wyatt Avenatti), 2. Shady Maple Valley (Ray Gash), 3. Freddie Da Fox (Matthew Avenatti), 4. Primed N Powerful (Marcus Turner)

Race Six

Fillies & Mares Pace

Total Purse: $1,125

1. Rockn' With T (Wyatt Avenatti), 2. Bombay Baby (Harold Finn Jr.), 3. Brookletsfoolsgold (Jerome Daniels), 4. Truly Real (Harold Finn Jr.), 5. Laugh Out Loud (Richard S. Finn)

Race Seven

Fillies & Mares Pace

Total Purse: $1,125

1. Annie's Sidekick (Matthew Avenatti), 2. Fox Valley Maya (Marcus Turner), 3. Queen Beatrice (David Lohman), 4. Duneside Life (Freddie Patton Jr.), 5. Seawind Kerry (Matthew Avenatti)

Race Eight

Open Pace AE: NW $2,500 In '19

Total Purse: $1,500

1. Rockin' Blue Star (Richard S. Finn), 2. Hardhead' slilchris (Larry Plank), 3. Mr Bojangles (Marcus Turner), 4. Mickey Hanover (Wyatt Avenatti), 5. Heisenberg (Jerome Daniels)

Race Nine

Open Maiden Pace AE: ICF NW2

Total Purse: $1,500

1. Frontier Lola (Richards S. Finn), 2. Pink Champion (Matthew Avenatti), 3. She's So Funny (Wyatt Avenatti), 4. Invisible Man (Freddie Patton Jr.), 5. Frontier Willie (Richard S. Finn)

Race 10

Open Maiden Trot AE: ICF NW 2

Total Purse: $1,500

1. Evita's Doll (Wyatt Avenatti), 2. Raybar Dustin (David Lohman), 3. Hotel Whiskey (Cassidy Whitton)