The curtain fell Monday afternoon on the 2021 Miami Valley Raceway season. Leading driver Dan Noble and leading trainer Ron Burke were congratulated in the winner’s circle immediately after the pair combined to win a $50,000 Ohio Sires Stakes race with Heart Of Chewbacca.
Noble won 160 races during the 86-day meet to top Brett Miller, Trace Tetrick, Tyler Smith and Chris Page in the standings. All five won over 120 races, and all five racked up purse earnings over $1.2 million. Burke recorded 54 wins to edge Tyler George, Virgil Morgan, Jr. and Christi Noble. All four managed stables that earned over $400,000 during the meet.
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Miami Valley Raceway has canceled its programs for Monday (Feb. 15) and Tuesday (Feb. 16) due to travel safety concerns and forecasts of up to eight inches of snow and dangerous wind chill factors.
An emergency make-up program has been scheduled for this Wednesday (Feb. 17), which will include eight paid-in events that were originally scheduled Monday and Tuesday, plus the Open Trot and one or two randomly selected overnight events.
The regularly scheduled qualifying races for Wednesday will still take place, but after the completion of the shortened 2:05 p.m. (EST) make-up program which should end at approximately 5:15-5:30 p.m. (EST).