The stars were out in full force on Friday (Oct. 30) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, with four six-figure stakes races for 3-year-olds, headlined by Al Papi putting on a dazzling display with a 1:47.4 stakes record following an all-out war with stablemate Melillo in the $160,000 Monument Circle for 3-year-old pacing colts.
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Family ties: ‘Rangers’ set for Breeders Crown stage
Senena Esty is excited for this weekend’s Breeders Crown finals at Eldorado Scioto Downs, she just doesn’t want to think about them. Esty and her husband, Jeff, own Spring Haven Farm in Utica, Ohio, located about an hour northeast of Scioto Downs. Two Breeders Crown trotting finalists – the brother and sister duo of 3-year-old colt Big Ranger and 2-year-old filly Blue Ranger – hail from the Estys’ breeding operation. Both horses, by In Range out of the mare Big Blue Bird, head to their finals as elimination winners.
Diabolic Hill, Big Ranger capture Crown 3YO Colt Trot elims
The two $25,000 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Trot eliminations on Saturday night (Oct. 17) at Eldorado Scioto Downs saw Diabolic Hill and Big Ranger emerge victorious.
Big Ranger and Tom Largo cruise in OBC Sophomore Colt Trot
Big Ranger (Tim Tetrick) and Tom Largo (Ronnie Wrenn, Jr.) used identical 1:55.3 efforts to capture divisions of the $122,050 (div.) Ohio Breeders Championship for 3-year-old colt trotters on Tuesday (Sept. 22) at the Delaware County Fair.
Big Ranger, Seaside Shuffle repeat in Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championships for 3-year-olds
Sophomores Big Ranger and Seaside Shuffle repeated their freshman success during Ohio Super Night on Saturday (Sept. 12) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Big Ranger’s connections eye second Ohio Sires Stakes Championship
Big Ranger will face eight rivals in Saturday’s $300,000 Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championship for 3-year-old male trotters in his first start since last month’s Grade 1 Hambletonian Stakes.
Ohio looks to make its mark in Hambletonian
Ohio-bred Big Ranger won his Hambletonian elimination this past weekend easily in rein to Tim Tetrick, stopping the timer in a career-best 1:50.
Big Ranger makes big move in poll rankings
Hambletonian elimination winner Big Ranger made a big move in the Week 8 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Wednesday (Aug. 5).
Big Ranger made favorite for Hambletonian
Big Ranger, who won one of last week’s two eliminations for the Winning Key Farm Hambletonian at The Meadowlands, drew post 4 for Saturday’s $1 million Grade 1 final and was made the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the 101st edition of the sport’s premier race for 3-year-old trotters.
Apex, Big Ranger convert in Hambletonian elims
Apex, Marcus Melander’s millionaire trainee, stamped himself as a likely favorite for next week’s $1 million Grade 1 Hambletonian by way of a gutsy 1:50.4 win the first $100,175 elimination for the 101st edition of the classic for 3-year-old trotters on Saturday (Aug. 1) at the Meadowlands. Big Ranger delivered a statement win in the second elimination, leaving his nine foes well in his wake for a decisive 1:50 score.