Most of Ohio’s finest three-year-old colts and geldings were showcased at Miami Valley on Saturday (April 24) in a pair of $50,000 Scarlet & Gray Invitationals.
In the trot, Winning Ticket ran his win streak to three with a convincing 1:54.1 victory over stablemate Panzano and Lockbox. Driver Aaron Merriman made every call a winning one through fractions of :28, :58 and 1:26.4 before closing in :27.2 to win in hand by over two lengths. A winner of an elimination and the $40,000 final of the recent James K. Hackett Memorial at Miami Valley, the son of Triumphant Caviar now has seven wins in 11 starts, and his bounty has grown to $147,547. His sophomore season has started with three victories in three tries, earning $52,500 in purses.