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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 East Coast stalwart and has named Aaron Merriman to drive. Merriman recently notched his 13,000th driv...

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 as he’s racing, it’s part of my dad. Every ACL (farm) horse is going to be part of my dad, but es...

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 set for this Saturday (May 15) at the Big M. Ocean Rock will make his season’s debut in this week’...