Columbus, OH — Dan Noble had a driving grand slam Friday (June 9) at Eldorado Scioto Downs, in the midst of surpassing 7,000 driving wins.

Win 6,999 came behind Dragons Revenge, trained by his wife Christi, in the second race, while win 7,000 came behind the Chris Short trainee Word Out in the third.

The 40-year-old driver from Xenia, Ohio, made his first matinee start at the age of 13 and has now been behind the gate 38,974 times. Noble, the son of Sam “Chip” Noble III, got his first official win at his hometown fair, the Greene County Fair, behind Dr Elbon in 1999. The duo won by four lengths in 1:59.1 for Noble’s dad, who both owned and trained the 8-year-old gelding.

Noble was the 2011 North American leading dash winning driver with 773, hit win 5,000 at Miami Valley on March 25, 2018 and surpassed $50 million in purses on Oct. 19, 2022. He shows no signs of slowing down as he has consistently had over 2,000 driving starts per year since 2011 and is on pace to do so again in 2023 with 1,020 in the first six months of the year.

Featured on the Friday night card at Scioto was the $30,000 Open Trot, won by Smoking Jet in 1:52.3. The 6-year-old gelded son of Triumphant Caviar is trained by Ron Burke and owned by Burke Racing, Weaver Bruscemi and driver Chris Page. Smoking Jet now has two wins and two fourths in four starts this year at Scioto, with over $84,000 in total earnings this year in just nine seasonal starts.

The $30,000 Falcon Almahurst final, for Buckeye Stallion Series eligible fillies and mares who did not start in the first leg of the OHSS, was won by Beautiful Seaside in 1:51.2. Melby Ober Jr. trains the Downbytheseaside filly for owner/breeder Matt Rowe. She now has five wins in nine career starts and $55,460 earned lifetime.

Velocity Lady (Brady Galliers) took the Fillies & Mares Open II at Scioto in 1:51.1. Owned by Galliers Racing and Look Ahead Racing, the 6-year-old daughter of Bettor’s Delight earned her third victory in nine starts this year and 17th victory in three seasons of racing. Velocity Lady now has her eye set on hitting $250,000 in lifetime earnings.

The 90-day Scioto Downs live racing season goes through Saturday (Sept. 16). Racing is held each Tuesday and Wednesday with a 3:15 p.m. first post and Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays with a 5:50 p.m. first post. Follow @SciotoRacing on Twitter for all the details of the 2023 racing season at Eldorado Scioto Downs.

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