Scioto: Dan Noble collects 7,000th career victory

Dan Noble scored four victories on Friday (June 9) at Eldorado Scioto Downs, in the midst of surpassing 7,000 driving wins.

Win 6,999 came behind Dragon's 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 1/5 for his dad, who both owned and trained the 8-year-old gelding.

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Noble was the 2011 dash winning driver, hit win 5,000 at Miami Valley on March 25, 2018 and surpassed $50 million in purses on October 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 par to do so again in 2023 with 1,020 in the first six months of the year.

--press release (Scioto)--