Ohio harness racing fans will get a treat on Saturday, with the leading pacing mare in North America Sylvia Hanover stopping in with an eye on the top prize in the $100,000 Cleopatra Pace at Eldorado Scioto Downs, part of a star-studded stakes program. A 5-year-old daughter of Always B Miki, Sylvia Hanover enters the Cleopatra following a pair of stakes wins where she defeated the 2024 Horse of the Year Twin B Joe Fresh. "We gave her a few days off following the Lady Liberty (August 2)," said Shawn Steacy, who trains the mare. "We schooled her last Friday (August 15) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and she went a good mile. She's not much for training, but she knows when it's time to race." Sylvia Hanover may be making her first career start at Scioto Downs, but the mare can handle herself around a five-eighths- mile oval. In the Clara Barton at Plainridge Park on July 20, Sylvia Hanover came from off-the-pace and romped in a world record 1:47 2/5 clocking. She followed up that mile with a 1:48 2/5 victory in the Lady Liberty at the Meadowlands. "She's gotten bigger and stronger this year," said Steacy. At times during her career Sylvia Hanover would seem to lose focus within a race, but Steacy believes over time some of those tendencies have gone away and Sylvia Hanover has been more professional on the racetrack. On Saturday night there will be no rivalry with Twin B Joe Fresh as her connections have passed on the Cleopatra. Sylvia Hanover drew post three with regular driver Tim Tetrick in the sulky. With no Twin B Joe Fresh to tackle this time she'll meet eight others, all trying to make a name for themselves. Bath Bomb (post seven) is a 4-year-old by Ohio sire Lather Up that has enjoyed a big year primarily racing in Kentucky. Bath Bomb has eight wins in 11 starts this year for trainer Per Engblom and has earned slightly more than Sylvia Hanover with $276K banked just this season. The Cleopatra will go as race 11 of 16 on the Scioto Downs program with a first post listed at 5:52 p.m. (EDT). ► Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter Two $100,000 stakes events for sophomores are co-featured, with the $100,000 Moni Maker (race six) and the $100,000 Nadia Lobell (race 10) offering some local talent Grand Circuit exposure.  In the Moni Maker trainer Chris Beaver sends out a pair, with Mega Money (post one) looking for her sixth win of the season. Pennsylvania Sire Stakes leg winner Country Victory (post three) may not have the win total of her rival, but she's been racing well with Grand Circuit-types much of the year. Seven fillies showed up for the $100,000 Nadia Lobell, with trainer Virgil Morgan Jr.'s Ohio-sired fillies likely to take center stage. Odds On Chesapeake (post two) and Odds On Hialeah (post five) are multiple stakes winners. Odds On Hialeah took a month off following her only defeat of the season, then came back to capture a pair of Ohio Sire Stakes, including one over the Scioto five-eighths oval in 1:51 on August 1. Trainer Joe Bongiorno will send out recent New York Sire Stakes upset winner Fansville (post four) in the Nadia Lobell. The daughter of Huntsville won for the first time this year in the August 15 $174,000 Empire State-sired event at Yonkers, coming from well off-the-pace in a 1:54 mile. The $100,000 #Senditin Invitational (Race 9) is likely to be the bettors' race it was named for with 10 horses entered. Little Rocket Man (post six) got back on the winning track after fading in the stretch in the Dan Patch Stakes. The 9-year-old son of Rockin Image prepped for this race with a wire-to-wire 1:48 2/5 mile on August 16 over this surface. The $2.3 million winner Charlie May makes his 101 st career start in the #Senditin and gets the pole position while trying to regain winning form. Charlie May paced to a 1:49 1/5 mark over this track in June but has gone winless since. Joe Gerrity Memorial champion Binge On Yankee (post five) will try to light up the board again on Saturday for trainer Todd Luther. The 5-year-old by Stay Hungry was a 43-1 winner in the $250,000 Gerrity at Saratoga on July 19. The winningest horse this year in the #Senditin Invitational is Women Layer. The Virgil Morgan Jr.-trained 4-year-old has captured 10 of his 11 starts this year with many of those wins coming in Kentucky. The son of Sweet Lou overcame post seven to win an Open at Scioto on August 9, pacing to a career best 1:47 3/5 mile on that occasion. Women Layer drew post 10 in the second tier for Saturday’s contest.