{"id":11181,"date":"2025-05-30T05:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T10:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=11181"},"modified":"2025-05-30T05:33:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T10:33:36","slug":"local-horses-win-at-martinsville-and-carrollton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/uncategorized\/11181-local-horses-win-at-martinsville-and-carrollton\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Horses Win at Martinsville and Carrollton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><div>The first week of Illinois county fair harness racing for 2025 is in the books, and stables from Effingham County have already scored five victories.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Trixies Sugar Baby got things started by winning the Illinois Standardbred Association three-year-old filly trot at the Martinsville Agricultural Fair on Sunday (May 25), trotting a mile in 2:06.4 for owner-trainer-driver Darla Martin Lohman of Effingham. Chuck Doehring of Brownstown also owns an interest in the filly, which led all the way to win by a margin of nearly seven lengths.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lohman returned on Monday at Martinsville to capture one of the crown jewels of the Illinois fair circuit, training and driving Bettingonyou to a win in the 75th anniversary edition of the Great Midwest Trot. Owned by Larry Longnecker of Sumner, the three-year-old trotting filly went wire-to-wire in a lifetime best of 2:06.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also on Monday, Lohman won the Topline Stakes for trotters age three and older, as Fireballs Pride went the distance in 2:06 for the 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0win of his career. Owned by Lohman and Doehring, the four-year-old gelding has won over $70,000 lifetime.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At the Greene County Fair in Carrollton Wednesday evening, Altamont&#8217;s Bart Seales sent three horses to the post, and all three came home winners. Variant and Fox Valley Barbie swept both divisions of the ISA two-year-old filly pace, while Truly A Winner won her division of the ISA event for sophomore filly pacers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Seales&#8217;s sister Penny White of Altamont also owns an interest in Fox Valley Barbie, which represents her initial venture as a racehorse owner.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Horses owned by Jackson Loy and Kandi Herzog of Beecher City, as well as Jacob Roedl of Edgewood, have also scored top-three finishes during the first week of fair season.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The racing circuit moves next to the Macoupin County Fair at Carlinville on June 3, as well as the Macon County Fair at Decatur on June 4 and 7.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first week of Illinois county fair harness racing for 2025 is in the books, and stables from Effingham County have already scored five victories. 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