Third round Pop-Up series winner Dandy’s Ms Swifty (inside) and Delight Moon (outside) will tangle again in Sunday’s $20,000 ICF two-year-old pacing final. (Four Footed Fotos) 

By Mike Paradise for the IHHA 

 A threesome of $20,000 state-bred freshman series finals will be decided Sunday evening at Hawthorne Racecourse and in two of the showdowns it’s anyone’s guess who will be the betting favorites at post time, let alone which horses will come out on top.

 The second race Pop-Up series for ICF two-year-old pacing fillies may have only six horses going to the gate however it had a different winner in each of its first three legs—Adalecia (Travis Seekman), Time To Ryde (Kyle Wilfong) and Dandy’s Ms Swifty (Casey Leonard).

 And the Tom Simmons youngster Delight Moon (Brandon Bates) was just a head short of her sixth first season triumph last week. Mattie Shark (Jua Franco) and Carli Bay (Wyatt Avenatti) are the race’s longshot hopefuls.

 Time To Ryde, from the Jim Eaton stable, does her best racing up-close and the move from the seven slot to the pole position could be huge for her chances. Delight Moon shouldn’t be far off leaving from the three. Adalecia has had command in all three of her series races and likely will on be or near the front again, while Dandy’s Ms Swifty comes off a lifetime mark and possible swift early fractions by others could benefit her.
 

 The fifth race series for Illinois bred first season males is an intriguing contest with a full field of ten horses with two of the likely favorites, Mazin Blazin (Casey Leonard) and Super Shark (Travis Seekman) landing the seven and ten posts, respectively.

 Mazin Blazin is sharp and capable of getting up in time for his third consecutive triumph. Super Shark has a pair of series wins under his belt. Then there’s Doctor Cruise (Kyle Husted) from the barn of Tim Simmons who has been first or second in all three series contests and was just a head behind Mazin Blazin last week.

 Hezarengade (Juan Franco) notched a series victory in his second leg drew well with the three slot while obtaining the eight post could make tonight’s task a difficult for Fox Valley Carlos (Todd Warren) the probable swift pace will help the late rushing Amy Husted trainee who comes off a pair of close-up second place finishes.

 Almost Gone (Kyle Wilfong), My Buddy Steve (Cordarius Stewart), Fox Valley Bruin (Todd Warren), Ashlees Silver Guy (Brandon Bates) and Who’zz This Sky (Brandon Bates) are longshot possibilities.

 The seven race Pop-Up series trot final does have a very likely post time favorite in Lous Amazon from the barn of trainer Steve Searle. The sizeable freshman filly followed a second-place finish to first leg winner Change The Tune (Travis Seekman) with strong back-to-back successes in legs two and three with Casey Leonard.

 One of three Flacco Family Farms owned and bred trotters in the field, Lous Gambler (Clark Fairley) and Lous Enchantress (Todd Warren) are the others, Lous Amazon looks to be in great shape with the two-slot as she aims for her sixth first season victory.

 Change The Tune gets away from the four post for trainer Gerald Hansen and figures to be the main danger to Lous Amazon. Slots five through eight will be manned by Ally Baba (Brandon Bates), Honolulou (Cordarius Stewart), Gritty Gator (Bobby Smolin) and the first-time starter Slipside (Mike Brink).

 First post Sunday is 7:10 p.m.