by Dean A. Hoffman, for Scioto Downs

Columbus, OH — Scioto Downs will celebrate America’s birthday with a racing card that consists of 15 races, including eight divisions of Ohio Sires Stakes. Each of the Ohio Sires Stakes events will be contested for a purse of $16,000.

Post time on Saturday is 1 p.m.

Also on the card is the $11,000 final of the Dream Of Glory trotting series. Rose Run Keepsake and Lancer Springs are the two favorites in the final. Both have won this season in 1:57.3f.

The holiday program at Scioto also features an Open Handicap Pace with such noted veterans as Stringtowner, Newbegining, Jate’s Boy, Final Flash, and Caramel Dumpling in the field.