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It will be a wide-open affair Saturday night at MGM Northfield Park as six three-year-old colt and gelding trotters set their sights on the $100,000 purse in the second leg of the Ohio Sires Stakes (OHSS).

All eyes in the horse racing world may have been focused on Churchill Downs Saturday afternoon (May 5), but in the harness racing world the main attraction was at Miami Valley Raceway in Ohio where there were $535,000 in stakes events. The main attraction was the $100,000 second annual Pacey "The Wizard" Mindlin Pace Baby

Ohio’s top 2023 pacers opened Ohio Sires Stakes action with wins on Saturday, May 4 at Miami Valley Gaming, including Pepsi North America Cup eligible Clever Cody, who turned in a dominating performance to win his season debut.

Once taking the lead away from Royal Precedent after the opening quarter mile, undefeated Tennessee Tom (Long Tom) never looked back en route to capturing the $50,000 final of the James K. Hackett Memorial Trot Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at Miami Valley Raceway. The 1st race feature for three-year-old colts and geldings, saw Royal Precedent

Hung Over showed no ill-effects of pre-Jug partying and cruised to a 1-1/2-length victory in the $131,906 Ohio Breeders Championship freshman colt trot in Tuesday (Sept. 19) action at the Delaware County Fair. 

Fresh off a win in the Canadian Pacing Derby, Tattoo Artist shipped south to Eldorado Scioto Downs to take the $260,000 10th annual Jim Ewart Memorial Pace in 1:48.2 on Saturday, Sept. 9.

Sugar Instead (Volstead), Rose Run Yolanda (Triumphant Caviar), Grand Revival (Creatine), and Tennessee Tom (Long Tom) were crowned as the best in the harness racing trotting divisions of the Ohio Sires Stakes in 2023 after winning their respective $300,000 Scarlet Championships on Saturday (Sept. 9) night at Eldorado Scioto Downs. Sugar Instead and driver Ronnie

The fourth leg of the Ohio Sires Stakes wrapped up Saturday (August 19) at Eldorado Scioto Downs with two $55,000 divisions of two-year-old colt trotters.

Harness racing drivers Aaron Merriman and Brett Miller each took three divisions of Ohio State Fair action Friday (August 4) at Eldorado Scioto Downs. Merriman took two out of the three 2-year-old trotting colt divisions. Royal Precedent (Creatine) won the first $56,500 division for 2-year-old colt trotters in 1:56.1. Merriman left from the six hole

Drivers Aaron Merriman and Brett Miller each took three divisions of Ohio State Fair action Friday (August 4) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.