The 2019 racing season is fast approaching at Eldorado Scioto Downs. The 90-day meet will begin on May 7 and conclude on Sept. 7 and will offer racing on a Tuesday-through-Saturday schedule.
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Beaver sends five to Hackett final for 3-year-old fillies
Trainer Chris Beaver advanced five of the six sophomore trotting fillies he entered into Miami Valley’s James K. Hackett Memorial eliminations on Monday (April 8) to the $40,000 final next week. The trotting specialist swept both $15,000 eliminations of this Hackett split, one of a series of four races featuring top Ohio-sired trotting and pacing colts and fillies prepping for the upcoming Ohio Sires Stakes season.
Penultimate rounds of Matchmaker, Levy on tap this weekend
This weekend, Yonkers Raceway hosts the fourth — or penultimate — rounds of both the Blue Chip Matchmaker and George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series.
Lifetime marks in Delaware 3-year-old trotting finals
Both $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund 3-year-old trotting finals resulted in lifetime marks on a chilly but still Monday night (April 1) at Dover Downs.
Jim Devaux wins five at Monticello
On any given day, there are a handful of drivers at Monticello Raceway that can win five races in a day. Monday (April 1) was Jim Devaux’s day.
Sunshine Meadows to host qualifiers Friday
Sunshine Meadows Training Center in Delray Beach, Fla. will hold qualifying races on Friday (April 5) at 11 a.m.
Distaff pacers kick off Weiss Series at Pocono
The Bobby Weiss Series, a traditional launching pad for young talent named after the man who developed the racetrack at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono into one of the most popular surfaces in the world, opened its 2019 campaign during the Monday (April 1) twilight card, with all three first-round winners posting lifetime bests.
Kauffman wins Brown Memorial in driving return
Driver Kayne Kauffman captured the $20,000 final of the Robert J. Brown Memorial with Voyage To Paris in his return to the sulky on Monday afternoon (April 1) at Miami Valley Raceway, one week after a most unfortunate racing accident in which he injured his back and knee.
Schwartz wins NAADA event at Monticello
The third leg of the North American Amateur Drivers’ Association spring trotting series was contested at Monticello Raceway on a pleasant Thursday afternoon (March 28). When the judges declared the race official, Alan Schwartz and his sturdy charge Ladys Big Stormont ($6.10), emerged victorious.
Harrah’s Hoosier Park meet prepares to launch
Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino will kick off their 26th season of live harness racing on Friday (March 29) with a total of 14 races, highlighted by full fields and quality racing. A total of 128 horses have been entered for the season opener that includes eight races dedicated to the newly-formed Harrah’s Hoosier Park Claiming Challenge. First post is 6:30 p.m.