Pemberville’s John Konesky III drove three winners and had one second to lead the way at the Wood County
Fair’s harness racing program Wednesday.
All told, county-owned horses won five of the 11 races contested.
Konesky won the 2-year-old colt trot with Jess Perfect. Jess Perfect made a move down the stretch to get
past HappyGoSteve to win in 2:12.3.
In the 2-year-old filly trot, Konesky won in 2:13.2 with Lofty Jessica, making a move past the
three-quarters to get to the front.
Konesky then won the final race of the night, a conditioned trot for winners of at least $3,000 in 2011,
with This Sands Hot, an 8-year-old gelding, in 2:04.2 Distant Memories cut some wicked fractions,
getting to the first quarter in :28.4 and to the half in :59.4. This Sands Hot then took the lead at the
three-quarters.
Konesky owns This Sands Hot out-right and Jess Perfect and Lofty Jessica with his son, Patrick of Bowling
Green.
Benjamin Ott of Lucky was the owner two winners, both driven by Tony Martz.
Martz and Ott won with Friskie D in the 2-year-old filly pace in 2:08.3, with a move past the
three-quarters, and with Our Little Filly, in 2:03.3 in the 3-year-old filly pace. Our Little Filly hold
on to win at the wire with three horses across the track.
Mark Headworth also won twice, with Nanner in the 3-year-old cot trot in 2:09.3 and Arizona Dawn in the
3-year-old pace in 2:03.4. Arizona Dawn made a big move at the head of the stretch on the way to the
win.
The fastest mile of the night was a 2:01.4 effort by T Red, driven by Larry Stone, in a conditioned pace
for winners of at least $4,000 in 2011. T Red made a big move just past the half to get to the lead,
pacing the third quarter in :28.3 and coming home 30.2 for a final half of :59 for the 6-year-old
gelding.
Other winners were: Tatas Flash, driven by Rodney Conner, in the 2-year-old colt trot, trotting the last
quarter in :31.2 to win in 2:11.2; My Cup Of Tea, driven by Skip De Mull, in a division of the
3-year-old filly trot in 2:16.3; and JustAbout, driven by Tom Moore Jr., in a division of the 3-year-old
filly trot in 2:08.2.
Other results for county-owned horses were: Carry’s My Mom, owned by Gerald Burris of Bowling Green,
second in a division of the 3-year-old colt trot; Just Plain Jesse, co-owned by the Koneskys, second in
the 3-year-old colt trot; Striking Success, co-owned by Jim Burris of Rudolph and Michael Lee of
Bradner, third in a division of the 3-year-old filly trot; Donkey Ears, owned by Ott, third in the
3-year-old colt pace; Turning Tide, co-owned by Jim Burris and Lee, third in a division of the
3-year-old filly trot; Oh So Elegant, co-owned by Dan Venier of Pemberville, fourth in a division of the
3-year-old filly trot; La’Sent, owned by Ronald Zeman of Perrysburg, fourth in the conditioned trot; Poh
Poh, owned by Zeman, fifth in the conditioned pace; and Jesse’s Touch, co-owned by K.J. Phillips of
Custar, was scratched in the 2-year-old colt trot.