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Big Ranger became 2025's lone Ohio Triple Crown winner (victories in the State Fair, Breeders Championship and Sires Stakes final) when he captured his $300,000 Scarlet Championship for 2-year-old male trotters on Saturday at Hollywood Gaming Dayton Raceway in a track record 1:53 4/5.
No winning tickets were held in Saturday night's (September 27) Pick 5 wager at MGM Yonkers Raceway, triggering a $4,248.17 carryover and a $15,000 guaranteed pool in the sequence when racing resumes on Monday (September 29).
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Trainer Ron Burke won three times and driver Todd McCarthy had a double in the four Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championships for pacers on Saturday night at Hollywood Gaming Dayton Raceway.
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Ervin Hanover and driver Louis Roy returned to Ohio on Saturday night and authored a new track record in capturing the Grade 2 $250,000 Dayton Pacing Derby in 1:47 2/5. A son of Captaintreacherous, Ervin Hanover gamely held off another son of the top stallion with Captain Albano just a head back in second.
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A swift move right before the quarter pole by Dexter Dunn proved to be the difference, as Twin B Joe Fresh left rival Sylvia Hanover parked the mile and romped in the Grade 2 $250,000 Dayton Distaff Derby at Hollywood Gaming Dayton Raceway on Saturday night. The defending Horse of the Year paced to a 1:48 4/5 mile while capturing her fifth victory in eight starts this season.
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Lexus Kody, the 3-5 favorite, wound up getting shuffled to last early on the final turn but weathered about the worst journey you could draw up with a wide and powerful kick that carried him to a 1:51 4/5 victory in the Grade 2 Dayton Trotting Derby for free-for-allers on Saturday night at Hollywood Gaming Dayton Raceway.
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M-M's Dream backed up her victory on Little Brown Jug Day in the Miss Versatility Series final with a 1:51 3/5 triumph in the Grade 1 $250,000 Dayton Oaks Derby for older trotting mares on Saturday night at Hollywood Gaming Dayton Raceway.
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From out of nowhere, another hotshot 3-year-old has jumped onto the list of candidates for the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
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The third jockey named to ride Reef Runner turned out to be the winning jockey on the gelding in Saturday’s Grade 2 Eddie D Stakes for turf sprinters at Santa Anita.
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A month after he won his fourth consecutive Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap, Gold Phoenix won the Grade 2 John Henry Championship on Saturday at Santa Anita. It was his fourth try in the race.
