Sam Widger was no stranger to success in Indiana in recent years, but this season the longtime driver took to calling Ohio home when it came to racing. The change has worked out well, with Widger setting a career-high with $4.25 million in purses.
Nancy Takter’s unbeaten Tactical Landing colt Karl makes his move out of Kentucky Sires Stakes domination onto the Grand Circuit, where he will put his four-race win streak on the line in the fifth of five divisions for $405,100 Bluegrass Stakes for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings on a dynamite Thursday, Sept. 28 card to open the stakes meet at The Red Mile.
Rose Run Zoey (Tyler Smith) cruised to the win in the $137,460 Ohio Breeders Championship for two-year-old filly pacers in a stakes and track record equaling 1:52.2 in Sunday (Sept. 17) action at the Delaware County Fair.
The Ohio Selected Jug Yearling Sale takes place today (Friday, Sept. 15) at the Pickaway Ag Center, Circleville, Ohio as the focus of many of the Buckeye state’s Standardbred owners and trainers has turned to a search for the next champion harness horse.
Fresh off a win in the Canadian Pacing Derby, Tattoo Artist shipped south to Eldorado Scioto Downs to take the $260,000 10th annual Jim Ewart Memorial Pace in 1:48.2 on Saturday, Sept. 9.