Anderson, IN — Harrah’s Hoosier Park is poised to kick off the first of eight rounds of Indiana Sire Stakes for all four sophomore divisions on a special Memorial Day card Monday, May 25. The 15-race program will begin with a first post of 5:30 p.m., featuring seven splits of Indiana Sire Stakes, with the remainder of the card including $16,000 ISS Eligible events.
The Memorial Day card also includes a pair of $10,000 guaranteed pools, with those guarantees offered on both the Late Pick 4 (races 12-15) and Late High 5 (race 15) in partnership with the USTA’s Strategic Wagering Program.
The finale will serve as the main event on the Monday card, with World Champion Odds On Mr Mamba slated to make his 3-year-old debut with Dexter Dunn in the lone $96,000 division for pacing colts. The fastest 2-year-old in the sport’s history with his 1:47.4 clocking at Hoosier Park on Oct. 2, 2025, the Melanie Wrenn trainee has prepped for his debut with a trio of qualifiers at Hoosier including a 1:53.2 (:26 last quarter) clocking with Pete Wrenn driving in his last. The gelded son of Odds On Equuleus only tasted defeat in his career debut at age two, winning his remaining seven starts including the $93,750 Elevation and $250,000 ISS Super Final to bank $314,405 for owner and breeder Odds On Racing. Odds On Mr Mamba will leave from post 2 in the event, which includes rivals Dancingdreamer (Post 8, driven by Aaron Stutzman) and Swiss Lights (Post 9, Trace Tetrick).
On the other end of the program, 3-year-old pacing fillies will kick off the card with the first of two $48,500 splits in the first. The Erv Miller-trained Somemore Blue (Post 2, Marcus Miller) headlines the sextet after she cruised by eight lengths against ISS Eligible company in her sophomore debut with a 1:51.2 career-best effort. The daughter of Rockin Image-Missomebeach Blue won her first seven starts at age two, eventually finishing second in the $250,000 Super Final to arch-rival Whoomp while banking $279,566 last season. Somemore Blue will hook up with Go On BB series champion Klorox Queen (Post 5, Trace Tetrick) and Rock The Charm (Post 6, John De Long) in the lid-lifter…