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LEBANON, OH – Little Rocket Man (Rockin Image), despite drawing the outermost post position, won a harness racing cavalry charge to the wire and was victorious in the $100,000 Pace Baby Pace Invitational honoring the memory of the late Pacey “The Wizard” Mindlin on closing day at Miami Valley Raceway (May 6). A neck separated […]
Racing Secretary Gregg Keidel definitely thinks outside the box when it comes to harness racing. Keidel, the racing secretary at Miami Valley Gaming & Raceway in Lebanon, Ohio created the Bill Dailey Memorial Medley—a three event series that features pacers racing in five-eighth’s mile, one mile, and one and one-quarter mile races over a three-week […]
LEBANON, OH. – Saulsbrook Genesis (Sunshine Beach) now shares the title as the fastest horse ever over the Miami Valley five-eighths mile harness racing track. He tied the 1:49 record set by Nuclear Dragon in 2018 on Sunday (Mar 05). The five-year-old son of Sunshine Beach won the $30,000 Open Handicap for driver Chris Page, […]
Lebanon, OH — As the calendar is rapidly approaching a flip to 2023, so is the venue for live harness racing in southwest Ohio. On the heels of a successful 2022 season at Hollywood Dayton Raceway, which ends this Friday (Dec. 30), live action moves to Miami Valley Raceway on Monday (Jan. 2). The draw […]
LEBANON, OH. – The James K. Hackett Memorials, which have signaled the opening of the Ohio stakes harness racing season for decades, are right around the corner at Miami Valley Raceway. Originally introduced at old Lebanon Raceway, the Hackett Memorial was picked up by Miami Valley when it opened nine years ago and has been […]
LEBANON, OH. – The $30,000 championship final of the Dr. Dan Farwick Memorial Trotting Series, to be contested next Wednesday (April 6), shapes up to be quite a competitive fray based on results of the final two preliminary harness racing heats on Wednesday (March 30) at Miami Valley. Fox Valley Britzka (Trace Tetrick) managed his […]
LEBANON, OH. – Three harness racing divisions of “Claim To Fame” series races for $8000 claimers went postward at Miami Valley on Wednesday (Jan. 12). When the dust settled driver Trace Tetrick had handled the lines of all three winners for three different trainers. All three winners were among the ten hopefuls claimed during first […]
DAYTON, OH – Hollywood Dayton Raceway has announced a unique method of boosting purses for the month of December, the final month of the track’s annual fall-winter harness racing meet. Every normal class that was offered in November will get a one-time opportunity to race for more money in the closing weeks. On the day […]
DAYTON, OH – Hollywood Dayton Raceway is pleased to announce an across-the-board purse increase, effective Monday, November 1. The overall effect will be an approximate increase of 15% in the average daily harness racing purse allocations. “The combination of continued brisk VLT business in our casino, increases in our average daily handle and the fact […]
DAYTON, OH – Harness racing owner Casey Clemens’ homebred, Jailhouse Sam, who has been a resident of the Sandy Beatty Stable for six years, pulled a mild upset in Hollywood Dayton’s $24,000 Open Trot on Thursday (Oct. 7). The 7-year-old son of Victory Sam won for the sixth time this season and 30th time overall to […]
DAYTON, OH.- Hollywood Dayton Raceway ushered in its eighth harness racing season on Friday (Sept. 24) and driver Tyler Smith stole the show. The talented 28-year-old reinsman captured six consecutive races in the middle of the card to grab the early lead in the dash standings. Dubbed “The Silver Bullet” by track announcer Barry Vicroy, […]
