Travel Nurse earns repeat title, Luke Hanners scores 1,000th win to focus on BSS Finals for trotters at Northfield – U.S. Trotting Information

Grove City, OH — Travel Nurse repeated as champion with Luke Hanners scoring his 1,000th profession driving victory to focus on the 4 $75,000 divisions of the 2025 Buckeye Stallion Series for trotters at MGM Northfield Park on Saturday (Oct. 4).

The BSS freshman filly trot champion a yr in the past, Travel Nurse led on the first three calls in :28.3, :58.1, and 1:27.1 as she seemed to repeat as a sophomore. But securing the win could be removed from simple. She led by two and a half lengths getting into the ultimate stretch earlier than holding off a robust closing cost from Pretty Lil Penny (Chris Page) to win by half a size as each horses tripped the wire in 1:56.3. Volstarita (Justin Irvine) was third. Travel Nurse is an Enterprise filly educated by Virgil Morgan Jr. for proprietor Joyce A McClelland Stable. She entered Saturday with two wins on the season, together with one within the BSS, and was sixth within the BSS standings. She has hit the board in 13 of 26 lifetime begins with six victories and $203,028 in earnings. Hanners, who will flip 25 years outdated on Oct. 11, scored his 1,000th profession victory in his 8,880th begin. A local of Columbus, Ohio, who at present resides in Chillicothe, Hanners started his driving profession in 2017.

The 2025 freshman filly trot championship went to Readi Two in 1:59.3 with coach Sandy Beatty within the sulky. Anette Lorentzon stablemates Mockingbird As (Page) and Wild As Her As (Dan Noble) completed second and third, respectively. Judy’s Moni (Anthony MacDonald) took the lead off the gate and was in entrance previous the primary three calls in fractions of :29.4, 1:00.3, and 1:30. After taking the pocket journey, Readi Two moved to the passing lane to make it three vast as Wild As Her As challenged on the surface of Judy’s Moni down the stretch. Readi Two held off a late rally from Mockingbird As from fourth place to win by half a size. The Ready For Moni filly has hit the board in all eight seasonal begins with six wins and two seconds. She scored victories in two of the 5 legs of the BSS and completed second within the standings. Owned by Robert Sharrits, she has $74,947 in earnings.

Long Tom geldings Smoke One For Me and Tom Largo received the championships within the colt trot divisions.

Smoke One For Me (Noble) used a pocket journey and made a transfer within the passing lane to win the sophomore colt trot title in 1:56.4. Nelli Up (Kayne Kauffman), a 21-1 longshot, led previous the primary three calls in fractions of :28.1, :58.1, and 1:27.2. Smoke One For Me entered the passing lane down the stretch and used a late surge to win by one and a half lengths with Nelli Up in second adopted by Letsgotoparis (Kurt Sugg) in third. Smoke One For Me, who posted wins in two of the 5 legs of the BSS this season and completed because the chief within the standings, has eight victories in 21 begins in 2025. The Christi Noble trainee has hit the board in 20 of 27 lifetime begins with 10 wins and $116,405 in earnings. He is owned by Norman Rae Racing.

Freshman colt trot champion Tom Largo (Chris Lems) took the lead off the gate and was in entrance previous the primary three calls in :29.3, :59, and 1:28. He opened up a seven-length lead getting into the ultimate stretch and received by greater than eight lengths over second-place Ready Made (Beatty) in 1:57.1. Eckert Hill Brady (Page), who made a break in the beginning, was third. Tom Largo is educated by Scott Cox for house owners Jughead Stables, G Peters, and Robert Kubiak. He posted a win in two of the 5 legs of the BSS this yr and was third within the standings. He has hit the board in six of 9 seasonal begins with 5 wins and $125,400 in earnings.

The 2025 Buckeye Stallion Series concludes with eight $25,000 divisions of Consolations on Sunday (Oct. 5) at MGM Northfield Park. First-race submit time is 6 p.m.