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Grove City, OH – The harness racing driver-trainer duo of Cameron and Jessica McCown won two of the seven $20,000 Buckeye Stallion Series races for freshman colt pacers Saturday night (July 19) at MGM Northfield Park. HEERZ CORINTHIAN REPLAY In the second division, McCown took Heerz Corinthian three-wide around the final turn, exploding down […]
Grove City, OH – The Ohio Standardbred Development Fund has announced several changes for the 2025 Ohio Sires Stake harness racing program. The changes include: All horses must start in at least two Ohio Sires Stakes legs to be eligible to start in the championships. In any Ohio Sires Stakes race leg, there shall be no more […]
Grove City, OH – The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) will be giving away five large-screen televisions, tickets to a football game, Roku sticks, and subscriptions to Racetrack Television on Saturday, December 14th at MGM Northfield Park in Cleveland. The giveaways are part of Northfield Park’s Santa Sack Fan Appreciation night. The contest is free […]
Grove City, OH – The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association is hosting a photo contest for the cover of the 2025 Ohio Standardbred Stallion Directory & OHHA Membership Directory. The OHHA is looking for pictures of foals by a registered Ohio harness racing stallion. Please submit all photos to publications@ohha.com. The deadline to submit your pictures […]
Grove City, OH – Austin Hanners and Aaron Merriman didn’t let the rain and sloppy track bother them as they each won a pair of Ohio Sires Stakes $100,000 Gray Championships Sunday night, October 13, at MGM Northfield Park. Hanners won the two-year-old colt pace and three-year-old filly trot while Merriman captured the two-year-old filly trot and […]
Grove City, OH – Two Ohio colts and one filly will look to write their names in the record book as Triple Crown winners with victories in the $300,000 Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championships on Saturday night (Oct. 12) at MGM Northfield Park. The colts, two-year-old pacer Rick Wink (Bit Of A Legend N) and […]
Grove City, OH— Harness racing driver Chris Page won four races Sunday night (Oct. 6) at MGM Northfield Park, collecting his 7,000th career win during the process. Page entered the night with 6,997 wins. He inched closer to the milestone guiding Mcfehr to the win in the opener. He pulled to within one of the mark […]
Grove City, OH – The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) continues its “Five Days in Delaware” coverage with the Trackside Live Speaker Series at the Delaware County Fairgrounds on Wednesday and Thursday morning before the Jugette, September 18 and the Little Brown Jug, September 19. This year’s lineup is: Wednesday, September 18 8:30 AM Little Brown Jug […]
Grove City, OH – The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association is awarding seventeen scholarships, totaling $15,000, to harness racing college students for the 2024-2025 academic year. The OHHA Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors and students enrolled in a degree or certificate program. Graduate students are eligible if they are enrolled in a harness […]
Grove City, Ohio – Lt Loverboy (Long Tom) was in the spotlight again Wednesday night (August 14) at MGM Northfield Park as he won for the third time in Ohio Sires Stakes harness racing action, capturing one of three $50,000 divisions. Starting from the far outside sixth post position, Lt Loverboy with Aaron Merriman was last off […]
Grove City, OH – The Wood County Fair in Bowling Green, Ohio is the home fair for Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association past presidents Steve Bateson and John Konesky lll. The 2024 fair will be one the two won’t soon forget. Bateson and Konesky were harness racing winners and set track records with the horses they […]
Grove City, Ohio – Seaside Diva (Downbytheseaside) went gate to wire, winning the $100,000 division of the Ohio Sires Stakes for three-year-old harness racing filly pacers at MGM Northfield Park on Saturday (July 28). Seaside Dive is now three for three in the Sire Stake legs. Out of the gate, Seaside Diva and Chris Page refused to […]
Grove City, OH – Aaron Merriman and Chris Beaver teamed up to win two of the four $50,000 harness racing divisions in the Ohio Sires Stakes for two-year-old colt trotters Monday evening at MGM Northfield Park. The pair won the opener with Uncle Moneybags and won the final division with Caviar Creek. Merriman took Uncle […]
Grove City, OH — The Ohio Sires Stakes and Buckeye Stallion Series take center stage at MGM Northfield Park Monday night (July 15). Four $50,000 divisions of two-year-old colt trotters are on tap in OSS action with five $20,000 divisions in the BSS will be contested for freshman filly pacers. In the first Sires Stakes […]
Grove City, OH – The duo of harness racing driver Chris Page and trainer Ron Burke continued their domination of the freshman ranks of the Ohio Sires Stakes winning three of the four $50,000 divisions for filly trotters Sunday (July 14) at MGM Northfield Park. The pair won four of five OSS events Saturday night […]
There will be no matchup between the two top three-year-old harness racing trotting colts Karl and T C I this Saturday night (July 13) at The Meadowlands. They both drew into separate $135,000 divisions of the classic Stanley Dancer Memorial stake named after one of the greatest trainer-drivers in the sport. This could be the […]
Grove City, OH – Ohio harness racing freshman pacers and filly trotters will open Ohio Sires Stakes action at Eldorado Scioto Downs and MGM Northfield Park on Saturday and Sunday night (July 13 and 14). Scioto Downs will host two $65,000 divisions of filly pacers and three $50,000 divisions of colt pacers while Northfield Park […]
Grove City, OH – Clever Cody (The Panderosa) and Rose Run Zane (Racing Hill) have each won the first two legs of the Ohio Sires Stakes. Saturday night (July 6) the two will meet for the first time this year in the first $65,000 harness racing division for sophomore colt pacers. Clever Cody, the 5-2 […]
The distinct pink harness racing colours of Ashburton trainer John Morrison featured in the winner’s enclosure twice at Addington last night. First starter Watching Brief (He’s Watching) showed she has plenty of quality when she led all the way and won by three and three quarter lengths. She qualified just three weeks ago. “I’ve always […]
Grove City, OH – The Ohio Two-year-Old Filly Pacer of the Year, Seaside Diva (Downbytheseaside), has started a defense of her harness racing title with a bang. She has won all four of her starts earning just under $100,000. She looks to remain undefeated Saturday night in the second leg of Ohio Sires Stakes action […]
Grove City, OH – The first time Holley King met the harness racing horse that was representing the Home For Families charity she knew there was a connection. Tom Swifty did not disappoint King as he rallied down the stretch to win, giving Home For Families the $10,000 top prize at the second Ohio Harness […]
Grove City, Ohio – The deadline to apply for the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) harness racing scholarship is fast approaching. Completed applications must be postmarked by June 15, 2024. Application and requirements are available on the OHHA website. The scholarships are available to graduating high school seniors and/or students enrolled in degree or certificate programs. […]
Grove City, OH – The perfect match between charity and harness racing was at the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association’s charity night Saturday (June 8) at MGM Northfield Park. By The Dawn’s Early Light, a charity that makes positive impacts and helps to bring normalcy to a foster child’s life that is directly affected by addiction […]
Grove City, OH — Dancin Moon (Dancin Yankee) and What An Ocean View (Downbytheseaside) were repeat Buckeye Stallion Series harness racing winners during second leg action Saturday, June 8, at MGM Northfield Park. In the fourth of six $20,000 divisions, Jeremy Smith took Dancin Moon to the lead and never looked back, cruising to an easy […]
