The Red Mile is set to showcase their final night session of the season on Sunday (Sept. 15) featuring $3.4 million in purses and a rare 20-cent Pick-8 wager covering all eight $400,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series finals (races 3-10).
Author: by John Berry, for the Red Mile
Chase H Hanover wins Scioto Open; Morgan, Noble take titles
For the second consecutive year, Chase H Hanover took the closing night (Saturday, Sept. 14) Open Pace at Eldorado Scioto Downs, winning in 1:48.2.
Natameri romps in Vernon Open
Natameri (John MacDonald) easily won the $8,500 featured Open Pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday (Sept. 14).
Miller wins four at Tioga
Driver Marcus Miller had a grand slam on Saturday (Sept. 14) at Tioga Downs, including a win with Building Boost in the $12,000 featured pace.
Lifetime marks fall in Scioto co-features
Refined and High Flyin’ Filly set new lifetime marks in the last Open Trot and Fillies and Mares Open Pace, respectively, of the 2024 Eldorado Scioto Downs racing season on Friday (Sept. 13).
Southwind Farms yearling videos available
Videos of the Southwind Farms yearlings that have been consigned to the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, to take place Sept. 30-Oct. 4, are now available on the Southwind Farms and Lexington Selected Yearling Sale websites.
April Ava charges to Tioga triumph
April Ava and driver Mike Simons flew home late to capture the $11,000 featured distaff pace at Tioga Downs on Friday (Sept. 13).
Bartlett wins five Excelsior finals
Vernon Downs played host to eight $55,000 New York Excelsior Finals on Friday (Sept. 13) with driver Jason Bartlett claiming victory in five of them.
Sabonis posterizes Hoosier Cup field, wins 11th straight
Sabonis headlined the Peter Haughton undercard at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday (Sept. 13), crushing in the $75,000 Hoosier Cup Final for Indiana-sired 3-year-old pacing colts for his 11th consecutive victory. The Hoosier Cup was featured along nine divisions of Indiana Sire Stakes with purses on the night totaling $1.275 million.
Dunn sweeps Haughton, Doherty Memorials
Driver Dexter Dunn made his way to Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday (Sept. 13) and swept the two richest Standardbred races in Indiana, taking the $390,000 Peter Haughton Memorial with Maryland and the $305,000 Jim Doherty Memorial with Champagne Problems.