Columbus, OH – The fillies Mega Money (1:53.3) and In The End (1:53.4) set new lifetime marks winning their respective $65,000 divisions of the Ohio Sires Stakes Saturday (July 5) at Eldorado Scioto Downs, while the gelding LT Loverboy set a new mark of 1:52.1.
Brett Miller and Jet Wings won the other colt division in 1:54. The duo got away fifth from post three and waited for the dust to settle as the race went through an opening quarter of :27.2. When the field went towards the :56.2 half, Jet Wings pulled second over, then went three-wide heading to the 1:25.1 third quarter.
Jet Wings won by a length over What A Buckeye (Tyler Smith) with Long Highway (Hugh Beatty) finishing third. Jet Wings was a $85,000 Ohio Selected Yearling Sale purchase and now has $143,675 in earnings. Virgil Morgan, Jr. trains the What The Hill gelding for the Joyce A McClelland Stable.
Mega Money (Aaron Merriman) was the first to set a new lifetime mark in the first race on Saturday’s card.
She got the perfect pocket trip behind stablemate Triump Over You (Dan Noble) who set every fraction of :26.3, :55.4 and 1:24. Sitting chilly until the top of the stretch, Mega Money came up on her outside to win by a head in 1:53.3. Jailhouse Pearl (Austin Hanners) came up the passing lane to finish second, with Brink Street (Chris Page) coming three-wide around the last turn to get up for third.
Mega Money is trained by co-owner Chris Beaver for Patricia Stable, L A Express Stable and Sjoblom Racing. Saturday’s victory was a new lifetime mark for the Triumphant Caviar filly who now has $230,743 earned in 16 lifetime starts with five victories.
In The End (Noble) took the other filly division in 1:53.4. The pair got away third through the :27.1 quarter, pulled first up just as the field was about to hit the :56.1 half and kept grinding it out through the 1:24.3 third quarter. In The End won handily by a length over Dream Something (Smith), with Rose Run Allison (Page) getting up for third. In The End, by Lionhunter, was bred, owned and trained by Anette Lorentzon. The filly now has six wins and $94,450 earned in 15 lifetime starts.
Darren Harvey’s LT Loverboy took the fastest trot division setting his new lifetime mark of 1:52.1. Miller took the Long Tom gelding off the gate from post six and settled in fourth as the field battled to an opening quarter of :26.2. Pulling first over as the field went under the line for the first time, LT Loverboy ground it out through the :55 half and 1:22.4 third quarter before taking the lead in the stretch and winning by a length and a half over Scrappys Love (Noble) and Vekna (Kayne Kauffman).
A $60,000 Ohio Selected Yearling Sale purchase, LT Loverboy now has $421,405 earned with nine wins in 15 lifetime starts for owners Wayne Mast, Jr. and Callam Racing.
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. A special late first post of 6:45 p.m. on Friday, September 12 will help accommodate horsemen attending the Ohio Selected Yearling Sale. More information about racing at Scioto can be found on the Eldorado Scioto Downs website.