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Cuatro De Julio etched his name into Eldorado Scioto Downs history with his track record performance in the $200,000 Charlie Hill Memorial for aged trotters on Saturday (Sept. 10).

The final leg of the Ohio Sires Stakes for two-year-old filly trotters was sweet smelling for Rose Run Yolanda and Rose Run Yanae.  Rose Run Yolanda won a leg for the third time this year while Rose Run Yanae was a first-time winner.

A pair of top notch $100,000 invitational paces took center stage at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday (Aug. 19). Tattoo Artist won the #Senditin Invitational for male pacers while Test Of Faith set a new track record in the Cleopatra Invitational for mares.

Historically, the $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial, MGM Northfield Park's signature event, has featured some of harness racing's greatest three-year-olds. The 2022 edition was no different on Saturday (Aug. 13) night.

The magic winning time was 1:53.2 in each of the three $40,000 divisions of the Ohio Sires Stakes for two-year-old filly pacers on Friday (July 15) at Eldorado Scioto Downs. 

Thirty-one of Ohio’s brightest two-year-olds went behind the gate in four divisions of the $150,000 Next Generation at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Monday.

Ohio horseman Kayne Kauffman celebrated his 1,000th career training win in Friday night's final race at Eldorado Scioto Downs.

The Battle of Lake Erie, the longest running stakes event hosted at MGM Northfield Park, has once again attracted a star-studded cast for its 2021 edition. The $200,000 event, which is carded as the 10th race on Saturday (June 5), features a competitive field of the sport’s best open pacers with a combined 287 victories. Introducing the 2021 $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie field: #1 Western Joe - This seven-year-old son of Western Ideal is the 7-2 second choice. Christopher Choate trains this Ea...

Guardian Angel AS has been part of Anna Lorentzon’s life for the better part of six years now, so it is no surprise she developed a special connection with her family’s homebred trotter. But their bond goes beyond mere success on the racetrack, where the stallion has won multiple Grand Circuit stakes and earned more than $1.5 million. “He was my father’s favourite horse of the last 10 or 15 years,” said Lorentzon, referring to John-Erik Magnusson, who passed away in 2018. “As long a...

Trainer Nancy Takter has had a number of world champions in her barn over the years, so what’s one more? Takter recently added the Ohio-bred Ocean Rock to her stable roster, with the Buckeye State’s 2020 Three-year-old Male Pacer of the Year sent her way this past winter by breeder-owner Sandra Burnett to compete on the East Coast, primarily in the Graduate Series. The first leg of the Graduate Series for four-year-old pacers was contested on May 1 at The Meadowlands, with the second leg se...