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Columbus, OH – The Breeders Crown Charity Challenge (BCCC), presented by Prolific Equine, continues with a horsemen’s golf outing on Tuesday morning (Oct. 20) followed by the Breeders Crown draw party. The 4-man scramble golf event, which is free for golfers to play, has a 10:00 a.m. tee time at Pinnacle Golf Course in Grove […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Following wins in the Grade 1 Dayton Distaff Derby and Grade 3 Allerage Farms, Twin B Joe Fresh (Roll With Joe) is poised to tackle a second Breeders Crown Mare Pace championship following a decisive 1:49.4 harness racing win in Saturday’s (Oct. 17) lone $25,000 elimination for her division at Scioto Downs. […]
Brady Brown never figured he would be in the spotlight of the Breeders Crown Saturday night at Scioto Downs (Columbus, Ohio) in an elimination of the $25,000 3-year-old filly trot. Owner-trainer Roger Hammer, of Johnstown, supplemented Little Road (Fordham Road-A Little Laid Back-Great George Two) into the race for $72,000. Brown, one of the top […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Lifetime Dreamer (Ecurie D Dk) and Wrong Sounds Right (Tactical Landing) took their respective Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Colt & Geldings Trot eliminations on Friday night (Oct. 16) at Scioto Downs. In the first elimination, carded as Race 6, Presidente, leaving from post six in a field of seven, glided to the front […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio Sires Stakes champion Blue Ranger matched the Scioto Downs track record she set last month when ripping out of the pocket to a 1:53.1 victory in the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday night (Oct. 16). Leaving from post 2, driver Dexter Dunn idled off the […]
After enduring a difficult year in 2025, breeder Mark Adams has found a level of comfort in watching the exploits of 2-year-old male pacer Mr Bear in 2026. Mr Bear, a son of Rockin Image-Mama’s Lil Beach who will head to Friday’s (Oct. 16) harness racing eliminations for the Grade 1 Breeders Crown at Eldorado […]
Columbus, OH – For the 32nd straight year, Virgil Morgan, Jr. topped the harness racing trainer leaderboard at Eldorado Scioto Downs with 141 wins during the 91-day meet that concluded on Saturday (Sept. 19). “I’m grateful for my help, all the people I work with, owners, clients, partners,” said Morgan. “Just a good group of […]
Columbus, OH – Sophomores Big Ranger and Seaside Shuffle repeated their freshman success during Ohio Super Night on Saturday (Sept. 12) at Eldorado Scioto Downs. Scioto hosted eight $300,000 Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championship finals on Saturday, with 3-year-old trotting colt Big Ranger and 3-year-old pacing filly Seaside Shuffle each adding a second title to their […]
Columbus, OH – Emoticon Legacy (Walner), under a hand drive, put separation on the field to set a new track and world record for 4-year-old stallions on a five-eighths-mile track, winning the $250,000 Grade 2 Charlie Hill Memorial Trot in 1:50.2 on Saturday (Sept. 12) at Eldorado Scioto Downs. An uncharacteristic break by favorite On […]
Columbus, OH – Downbytheseaside fillies won both $75,000 Ohio Sires Stakes harness racing events for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday (Aug. 28) in identical 1:51.3 miles. Sassy By The Sea (driven by Tyler Smith) took the first division for trainer Herman Hagerman. Leaving from post 4, Sassy By The Sea took the field […]
Grove City, OH – The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association is hosting a bevy of fun events for all ages at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday and Saturday (Aug. 28-29). The OHHA is hosting Charity Night on Friday. Ten participating local charities will be randomly paired with a horse in a designated race of that night’s card […]
Columbus, OH – Tempting Flames (Catch The Fire) set a new track record Tuesday (Aug. 18) at Eldorado Scioto Downs while equaling the world record on a five-eighths mile track for 2-year-old filly pacers. Taken in one of the two $75,000 Ohio Sires Stakes harness racing divisions, Tempting Flames hit the wire in 1:50, equaling […]
Columbus, OH – Ohio State Fair action concluded Saturday (August 1) at Eldorado Scioto Downs with nine divisions of 2-year-old pacers, 3-year-old pacers and 3-year-old trotters, along with the aged pace and aged trot, anchoring the 16-race card. Buckeye State Pace – 2CP After three qualifiers, Night Surfer (Luke Hanners) is now a perfect two-for-two in […]
Columbus, OH – Chris Page hit a huge driving milestone when he piloted Later Dudes (Sweet Lou) to victory in the fifth race at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Tuesday (July 28). His 8,000th win came nearly 25 years to the week of his first lifetime harness racing victory. Page’s career started in July of 2000 at […]
Columbus, OH – Two $75,000 divisions of the Ohio Sires Stakes for 2-year-old colt pacers were held Saturday (July 25) at Eldorado Scioto Downs. Both divisions went in 1:52, but each was won by horses in different stages of their freshman campaign – Night Surfer won in his first lifetime start, but it was Don’ttruckwithme who […]
Grove City, OH – Expectations were low for sophomore filly trotter Charlotte Elise in the third leg of the Ohio Sires Stakes. Despite drawing the rail, she went off as a 43-1 longshot. Even some of her connections were skeptical that a win was within reach. “I didn’t think we’d get embarrassed in there, but I wasn’t […]
Share via: More Columbus, OH – Trainer Virgil Morgan, Jr. had four winners in the Buckeye Stallion Series events for 3-year-old colt pacers on Saturday (June 27) at Eldorado Scioto…
Grove City, OH – It’s been a sort of feast-or-famine season for Touchedbythesea. The 3-year-old pacer has three wins but has missed the board in his three other harness racing starts thus far. “I think a lot of it is that he’s just learning how to race,” Knox Services’ Kris Brechler said of the inconsistency. “I’m […]
Share via: More Columbus, OH – Long-shot daughters of Long Tom swept the two $75,000 divisions of the Ohio Sires Stakes for 3-year-old filly trotters, both setting new lifetime marks…
Grove City, OH – After getting a win in the first harness racing leg of the Ohio Sires Stakes, Tom Largo (Long Tom) trainer Scott Cox was careful not to rest on his laurels. “I just try to stay humble,” Cox said at the time. “We have to go clear to September, so it’s a […]
Virgil Morgan Jr. became the second harness racing trainer in North American harness racing history to reach 8,000 wins as I Did It Myway scored in the eighth race at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Saturday, June 6, moments before the conditioner won the $138,889 Buckeye Distaff at Northfield Park on the other side of Ohio. […]
Grove City, OH – First-leg winners Lynn Range and Moolah In The Bank are set to face off in the second leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series for sophomore filly trotters on Thursday, June 4, at Eldorado Scioto Downs. Lynn Range and Moolah In The Bank are in the third of five $20,000 divisions of the BSS […]
All five Ohio Sires Stakes (OHSS) winners on Monday, May 25 at Eldorado Scioto Downs set new lifetime marks, but Big Ranger went one better and lowered a track record as he won the first $104,167 division for three-year-old trotting colts in 1:51.2. Driver-trainer Ronnie Gillespie sent Big Ranger out from post seven and made […]
Columbus, OH – Brett Miller got career driving win 11,000 on Friday night (May 15) at Eldorado Scioto Downs, five races before Skywalker Sea put her name in the harness racing record book with a 1:47.3 victory that made her the fastest 4-year-old female pacer in history on a five-eighths-mile track. Miller got his milestone […]
