Grove City, OH — Ten Miami Valley area charities benefited from the generosity of Ohio horsemen as part of the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association’s first charity night at Miami Valley Raceway.

The charities participating in the event were paired with a horse in the eighth race Sunday (April 23). Each charity received a donation from the OHHA for participating, with the top three finishers receiving larger donations. First place received $10,000, second place received $5,000, and third place $3,000. All other finishers received $2,000 donations.

The Live Like Maya Foundation celebrated winning a $10,000 donation from the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association with the help of Austin Hanners and Arbin. Conrad photo.

Austin Hanners took Arbin three-wide around the final turn and rallied down the stretch to claim victory for The Live Like Maya Foundation, netting the charity which supports pediatric cancer families and life-saving pediatric cancer research a $10,000 donation.

Threshold with Trace Tetrick finished second for Feed The Hungry Project, earning the charity $5,000, while Dragthechipsmyway and Kayne Kauffman finished third for Miracle Horses Healing Hearts at Sarajevo Stables and the Humane Society of Warren County, receiving $3,000.

The Human Society of Warren County’s original entry was scratched, and they chose Dragthechipsmyway to represent their charity.

The other charities represented were Family Promise of Warren County, Folds of Honor Foundation, GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center, Safe on Main, Threads of Miami Valley, and Warren County and Veterans Suicide Prevention Coalition.

A total of $33,000 was donated to the charities by the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association.