Columbus, OH — Sippinonsearoc dominated his division of the $20,000 Buckeye Stallion Series at Eldorado Scioto Downs Saturday (May 24) winning the opener in 1:49.4.
Chris Page took Sippinonsearoc off the gate and settled in third while Odds On Valhalla (Brett Miller) took the field towards the :27.3 opening quarter. Quickly pulling to take over the lead, Sippinonsearoc led at the :54.2 half and 1:22 third-quarter. The duo came home in :27.4 to win by 3-1/4 lengths. Odds On Valhalla was second with Southern Rockfest (Luke Hanners) third.
Sippinonsearoc is a Downbytheseaside colt out of the Big Bad John mare Queen Ann M. Trained by Ron Burke for Burke Racing, Weaver Bruscemi, R A S Racing and Knox Services, Sippinonsearoc now has seven wins in 13 starts and $587,000 in lifetime earnings.
Burke & Page took two more divisions of the Buckeye Stallion Series with Harrisburg Heist in 1:50.1 and Swingtown in 1:50.3. Page closed out the BSS divisions by winning the last two, teaming up with Scott Betts and Beau Brown to win with Accuracy By Volume in 1:54.1 and South Sea in 1:52.1. Other winners for the night included House of Brix for the trainer/driver, father/son duo Jeff & Trevor Smith in 1:52. The Todd Luther trainee Ohohoh Im On Fire made it three in a row, winning in 1:50.4 with Austin Hanners driving. Woodrow Blue Chip and Dan Noble won their division in 1:52.3 for trainer Ryan Miller.
Also on Saturday’s card was the $27,000 Open Pace, won by Twin B Seamonster in 1:48.4. The Steve Carter trainee led at every call of :26.1, :54.1 and 1:21.1 before posting a :27.3 last quarter to win by a half length over Helium N (Noble); Carbine (Hanners) was third. Twin B Seamonster, a 5-year-old Downbytheseaside gelding, now has 18 wins in 49 lifetime starts with $225,120 in earnings.
Racing continues with a special Memorial Day card on Monday (May 26); first post will be 4:00pm. Due to the holiday card, there will be no live racing on Tuesday (May 27), however there will be qualifiers, of which the box closes on Monday at 12:00pm.
The 90-day 2025 Eldorado Scioto Downs race meet runs through Saturday, September 13. Races are held Tuesday-Saturday with a 5:45 p.m. first post. Special holiday first posts will be 4 p.m. on June 19, 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 4 and 6:45 p.m. on Friday, September 12 to help accommodate horsemen attending the Ohio Selected Yearling Sale. More information about racing at Scioto can be found on the Eldorado Scioto Downs website.