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Northfield Park hosted a total of nine $40,000 divisions of Ohio Sires Stakes (OHSS) for 2-year-old pacing colts and fillies on Saturday night (July 10) at Northfield Park, with multiple national season’s records broken and set. Secret Side Piece began the night with a bang, winning the first OHSS division for fillies in 1:53.3, a national season’s record for driver Mike Wilder. The daughter of Downbytheseaside is conditioned by Todd Luther for Black Magic Racing and upped her earnings to $57,500 with the victory, the second of her brief career. Secret Side Piece, at 1-9 odds, bested 10-1...

Herculisa stormed to a decisive victory in the first of two $50,000 Ohio Sires Stakes (OHSS) divisions for three-year-old trotting fillies on Saturday (June 26) at Scioto Downs. The three-year-old bay daughter by My MVP was clocked in 1:52—a track record, a lifetime mark, and a national season’s record for a sophomore trotting filly on a five-eighths mile oval. Brett Miller was at the lines behind the 3-1 choice as she bested 3-5 Celebrate With Me by two lengths, with 5-1 Designer Specs nabbing show money. Trained by Virgil Morgan, Jr., Herculisa is owned by the Jesmeral Stable of Scarsda...

The Dr. Ian Moore trainee Lawless Shadow dominated older foes again at Scioto Downs, strolling to a 1:50 victory on Saturday (May 15) as the odds-on favourite. Driver Ronnie Wrenn Jr. jetted the sophomore son of Shadow Play to the front and cleared past a :26.2 opening quarter. Snagging a breather to a :55 half, Lawless Shadow readied for the backside sprint as Dojea Gizmo ground first over to take a narrow lead moving to the final turn. The pair paced in tandem by three-quarters in 1:22.2, but Lawless Shadow edged away with his inside advantage and opened ground on his competition through th...

Ohio’s casinos, racinos post another big month, blowing away pre-pandemic records for gambling revenue Updated May 10, 2021; Posted May 10, 2021 The last two months were the best two on record for the Ohio casino, racino industry. The facilities were closed or subject to curfews for parts of 2020 and and January of part of February 2021.Rich Exner, cleveland.com Facebook Share CLEVELAND, Ohio - The COVID-19 slump is over for Ohio’s casinos and racinos. The question is how much business will surge beyond where it was ever at ahead of the pandemic. The state’s 11 casinos and racinos in ...

With racing in Ontario still shut down, Dr. Ian Moore has shipped 2020 O'Brien Award winner Lawless Shadow to Scioto Downs, and the pacing colt emerged victorious in his 2021 pari-mutuel debut. Sent the odds-on favourite in a $14,000 overnight event, Lawless Shadow landed on the lead past a :27.1 opening quarter as Caribbean King revved off the pylons from fourth and dashed to the lead passing the stands first time. Lawless Shadow yielded for the pocket before a :55.3 half and remained tightly in tow behind Caribbean King while the rest of the field lost ground to three-quarters in 1:23.2. Dr...