09/26/25The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) will live stream “Saturday Night at the Races” presented by the Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital on Sept. 27 from Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.

The live stream, which can be seen on the OHHA YouTube channel and Facebook page as well as HarnessRacingOhio.com, will begin at approximately 6:30 p.m. Coverage of the 14-race card with a total purse of $3.65 million includes eight divisions of the Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championships and four $250,000 Dayton Oaks Derby Grand Circuit races. First-race post time is 6:30 p.m.

OHHA Public Relations and Outreach Assistant Ashley Dailey and Little Brown Jug Publicity Director Jay Wolf will host the “Saturday Night at the Races” coverage.

“Saturday Night at the Races” is sponsored by Dublin Valley Farms, Hickory Lane Farm, Midland Acres, and North American Standardbred Sale.

09/26/25Three horses — Big Ranger, Demonic Niko, and Mocha Hill — are looking to complete Ohio Triple Crown-winning seasons on Saturday (Sept. 27) as Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway hosts the 2025 Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championships for trotters.

Saturday’s 14-race card features purses totaling $3.65 million and includes eight divisions of the OSS Scarlet Championships and four Dayton Oaks Derby Grand Circuit races with two consolations. The four divisions of the Scarlet Championships for trotters have purses of $300,000 each. First-race post time is 6:30 p.m.

Freshman trotter Big Ranger is looking to continue an unbeaten season by claiming the Ohio Triple Crown. The In Range colt out of Big Blue Bird is 6-for-6 thus far with $220,610 in earnings. Those six victories include one in each of the first two legs of the Triple Crown — the Ohio State Fair Stakes at Eldorado Scioto Downs and the Ohio Breeders Championship at Delaware — as well as the first, fourth, and fifth legs of the OSS. His lifetime best of 1:54 came in the Next Generation, which was his first start in a purse race. Trainer Ronnie Gillespie has been in the sulky with Big Ranger all season, including getting his 1,000th career driving victory at the State Fair Stakes on July 31. Gillespie will be back in the bike on Saturday leaving from post four in hopes of yet another milestone moment.

“If he gets a good draw, I feel really good about him,” Gillespie said in August of Big Ranger’s Triple Crown chances. “That’s what I’m shooting for is the Triple Crown.”

After that interview, Gillespie and Big Ranger went on to claim a victory in the OBC on Sept. 16, setting up the possibility of claiming the Triple Crown. Other top contenders for the OSS Championship for freshman colt trotters include Ready Russell, Rose Run Banker, and Special Moni. Ready Russell (David Miller) was a perfect 5-for-5 in the OSS this season and has six victories in eight starts with $144,811 in earnings. His lifetime best of 1:54 came in the fifth leg of the OSS at Scioto where he broke his own track record for freshman trotting geldings. Trained by Deborah Swartz, the son of Ready For Moni topped the OSS standings with 255 points — well ahead of second-place Big Ranger with 153 — and will leave from post six. Rose Run Banker (Chris Page) and Special Moni (Aaron Merriman) tied for third in the standings with 125 points each. The Ron Burke-trained Rose Run Banker will leave from the rail. He has hit the board in six of eight seasonal starts with two wins. Special Moni, a Chris Beaver trainee, is a two-time OSS winner this season and will leave from the far outside.

The freshman filly trot division has a Triple Crown candidate in Demonic Niko (Yannick Gingras). The Erv Miller trainee was 4-for-5 in the OSS this season with her lone blemish being a runner-up showing to Setyoursightshigh in the fourth leg. The In Range filly out of Cant Stop Marie posted wins in the OSFS in 1:57.1 and the OBC in 1:56.2. Her lifetime best of 1:55 came in the fifth leg of the OSS at Scioto on Sept. 1. She has hit the board in all nine seasonal starts with seven wins and two seconds and has $241,260 in earnings. She compiled 230 points to lead the OSS standings and will leave from post five. Speedbewithyou (Austin Hanners), who finished second in the standings with 185 points, posted wins in the first, fourth, and fifth legs of the OSS. The Mission Accepted filly is trained by Todd Luther and has hit the board in seven of eight starts this season with four wins and $145,142 in earnings. She will leave from post two. Leaving next to Demonic Niko will be Miller stablemate Lucky Lady Volo (Atlee Bender) in post four. The In Range filly has two wins this season, both of which came in the OSS, and finished third in the standings with 150 points. Setyoursightshigh (Dexter Dunn), a two-time winner in the OSS, has hit the board in all eight seasonal starts with six victories and has $365,000 in earnings.

Sophomore filly Mocha Hill (Page) rounds out the trotting Triple Crown contenders. Trained by Burke, the What The Hill filly out of Socha Hanover finished tied for ninth in the OSS standings but posted a victory in each of the first two legs of the Triple Crown. She won a division of the OSFS in a lifetime-best 1:54.3 and a division of the OBC in 1:55. She has eight career wins and $363,277 in earnings and will leave from post three. Aunt Laura (Dunn), who was the OSS champion as a 2-year-old, is looking to claim back-to-back titles after topping this year’s standings with 155 points. The Virgil Morgan Jr. trainee posted wins in each of the first two legs of the OSS this season as part of four overall victories in 12 starts. The Uncle Peter filly has seven lifetime wins and $371,108 in earnings and will leave from post seven. Dream Something (Tyler Smith) and Jailhouse Pearl (Hanners) — two-time OSS winners this season — finished second and third in the standings with 154 and 134 points, respectively. Dream Something is an Uncle Peter filly trained by Miles Wollam. She has hit the board in eight of nine seasonal starts with three wins and will leave from post four. Jailhouse Pearl is a Long Tom filly trained by Eric Nesselroad. She has hit the board in 11 of 13 starts this season with four wins and will leave from post two.

Sophomore trotter Lt Loverboy (Brett Miller) is looking for a second straight OSS championship after winning the title as a 2-year-old in 2024. The Long Tom gelding trained by Daren Harvey scored victories in three of the five legs of the OSS this season, including a lifetime-best 1:52.1 in the third leg, and sits stop the standings with 175 points. He has hit the board in 17 of 20 career starts with $469,734 in earnings and will leave from post eight. Another three-time OSS winner this season, Battle Hill (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.), was second in the standings with 168 points. Trained by Matthew Burkholder, the Marseille gelding has six wins in 10 seasonal starts and will leave from post five. He has hit the board in 16 of 19 lifetime starts with 10 wins and $373,705 in earnings. Jet Wings (Dunn), who was third in the standings with 154 points, posted two OSS wins this season and has six victories and six seconds in 16 starts on the year. Trained by Morgan Jr., the What The Hill gelding has hit the board in 25 of 31 career starts with 10 wins and $232,644 in earnings and will leave from post three.

The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association will provide live-streaming coverage of the OSS Scarlet Championships as part of its “Saturday Night at the Races” program on the OHHA YouTube channel and Facebook page as well as HarnessRacingOhio.com.

09/26/25Crocodile Station is looking to stake his claim to an Ohio Triple Crown-winning season on Saturday (Sept. 27) as Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway hosts the 2025 Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championships for pacers.

Saturday’s 14-race card features purses totaling $3.65 million and includes eight divisions of the OSS Scarlet Championships and four Dayton Oaks Derby Grand Circuit races with two consolations. The divisions of the Scarlet Championships for freshman and sophomore filly pacers and freshman colt pacers have purses of $300,000 each, with the division for sophomore colt pacers going for $400,000. First-race post time is 6:30 p.m.

Freshman pacer Crocodile Station (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) is seeking to secure the 2025 Ohio Triple Crown after scoring wins in each of the first two legs in the Ohio State Fair Stakes at Eldorado Scioto Downs and the Ohio Breeders Championship at Delaware in 1:52.3 and a lifetime-best 1:52, respectively. The Downbytheseaside gelding out of Camera Lady was a two-time winner in the OSS this season and closed the series in fourth place in the standings with 130 points. Trained by Michael Hitchcock, he has $129,232 in earnings and will leave from post four. Pet Project (Trevor Smith), I’llbetyourboots (Yannick Gingras), and Lindy Dragonwater (Chris Page) each posted three OSS wins this year and finished as the top three in the freshman colt pace standings with 175, 168, and 153 points, respectively. Pet Project and Lindy Dragonwater were both winners in the OSFS. Trained by Kim Dailey, Pet Project has a lifetime best of 1:51.2. The Pet Rock gelding posted wins in the second, third, and fourth legs of the OSS and has $113,700 in earnings. He will leave from post six. A winner in the Next Generation at Scioto, I’llbetyourboots recorded victories in the first, second, and fifth legs of the OSS, the last of which came in a lifetime-best 1:51.4. The Summa Cum Laude gelding is trained by Ron Burke and has six wins in nine seasonal starts with earnings of $163,860. He will leave from post five. Leaving from post three is Lindy Dragonwater, a Downbytheseaside gelding trained by Burke. He scored wins in the first, fourth, and fifth legs of the OSS, posting a lifetime-best 1:51 in the fourth leg. He has $140,680 in earnings.

She’safirewoman (Luke Hanners) highlights the freshman filly pace field after going a perfect 5-for-5 in the OSS this season, including posting a lifetime-best 1:51.4 in the second leg. The Catch The Fire filly trained by Mark Winters has hit the board in all nine seasonal starts with eight wins and one second to go with $171,576 in earnings. She is atop the OSS freshman filly pace standings with 255 points and will leave from post seven. A pair of two-time OSS winners this season, Burke trainees Shacarri (Page) and Seaside Shuffle (Wrenn Jr.), finished second and third in the standings with 130 and 102 points, respectively. Summa Cum Laude filly Shacarri has hit the board in six of eight seasonal starts with four wins and $184,325 in earnings and will leave from post four. Seaside Shuffle will leave from the rail. A Downbytheseaside filly, she has hit the board in seven of eight starts this season with three wins and earnings of $163,062.

Virgil Morgan Jr. stablemates Odds On Chesapeake (Dexter Dunn) and Odds On Hialeah (Hanners) highlight the field of sophomore filly pacers as the top two in the standings with 230 and 205 points, respectively. Odds On Chesapeake was 4-for-5 in the OSS this season with her only blemish coming as a runner-up to Odds On Hialeah in the fourth leg. Her lifetime best of 1:49.3 came in a Jugette elimination race at Delaware on Sept. 17, and she finished second in the Jugette Final. She has hit the board in 11 of 12 seasonal starts with nine wins and has 13 lifetime victories and earnings of $503,500. She will leave from post four. Odds On Hialeah will leave from the far outside and is looking to repeat as OSS champion after winning the title as a 2-year-old in 2024. The Lather Up filly posted three OSS wins this season, recording a lifetime-best 1:50.3 in the first leg. She has hit the board in 15 of 17 lifetime starts with $540,056 in earnings. Rose Run Aimee (Wrenn Jr.), who was third in the standings with 125 points, will leave from post seven. Trained by James Ehrsam, the Racing Hill filly has hit the board in 10 of 12 seasonal starts with five wins and has $138,746 in lifetime earnings.

Burke stablemates Rick Wink (Page), Fear The Hate (David Miller), Harrisburg Heist (Todd McCarthy), Sippinonsearoc (Gingras), and Swingtown (Wrenn Jr.) highlight the field of sophomore colt pacers as the top five in the standings. Bit Of A Legend N colt Rick Wink was a three-time winner in the OSS this year and led the standings with 166 points. Leaving from post three, he has five wins in 11 seasonal starts and has hit the board in 18 of 20 lifetime starts with 13 victories and $589,970 in earnings. Fear The Hate was second in the standings with 115 points and will leave from post seven. A two-time winner in the OSS this season, the Fear The Dragon colt has eight wins in 15 career starts with $143,050 in earnings. Harrisburg Heist, Sippinonsearoc, and Swingtown finished in a three-way tie for third in the standings with 77 points each. Downbytheseaside colt Sippinonsearoc won the OSS title as a 2-year-old in 2024 and has 12 career wins and $1,010,900 in earnings. He will leave from post two. Fellow Downbytheseaside colt Swingtown will leave from post nine. He has 10 wins and $827,094 in earnings in 23 lifetime starts. Harrisburg Heist, a Downbytheseaside gelding, has hit the board in 12 of 15 seasonal starts with eight wins. He has $283,777 in lifetime earnings and will leave from post eight.

The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association will provide live-streaming coverage of the OSS Scarlet Championships as part of its “Saturday Night at the Races” program on the OHHA YouTube channel and Facebook page as well as HarnessRacingOhio.com.

07/10/25Effective Sunday, July 13, 2025, Ohio State Racing Commission Rules will be changing.

*Click here for details on changes regarding claiming, delivery to the paddock, warm up, and the introduction of a Fair Start Pole at all pari-mutuel tracks.

07/06/252025 Freshman Focus

Join us as we traverse the Buckeye State and take a look at Ohio Sired two-year-olds in training.

02/23/25As announced at the Dan Patch Awards Ceremony on Sunday, February 23, Eldorado Scioto Downs will host the 2026 Breeders Crown.

"The Hambletonian Society is excited and proud to be bringing the 2026 Breeders Crown to Scioto Downs and the Ohio Harness racing community," said John Campbell, president and CEO of the Hambletonian Society, which owns and services the Breeders Crown races.

Breeders Crown October 2026

02/18/25The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) is excited to announce the launch of its new online platform, OhioHorseJobs.com.

The website, designed to connect job seekers with opportunities in Ohio’s growing Standardbred industry, is now live and accessible to all.

Ohio Horse Jobs is a resource aimed at supporting the state's horse racing industry by providing a centralized hub for employment opportunities. The site will offer a wide range of positions in training and caretaking as well as track maintenance, veterinary technicians, and administrative roles within the harness racing community.

"We continuously hear that one of the biggest challenges for horsemen is finding people to work. The launch of Ohio Horse Jobs is a pivotal step in strengthening the connection between employers and potential employees in our industry," said OHHA Executive Director, Frank Fraas. "This platform will help us build a stronger workforce, expand opportunities, and ensure the continued success of Ohio’s harness racing industry."

In an effort to continue to support Ohio's Standardbred horse owners, breeders, trainers, and drivers, as is our mission, the development of this resource for all in the equine industry enhances the services OHHA provides.

01/19/25OHHA is pleased to offer a new Scholarship to students pursuing a career in the equine industry. Whether a certificate program or a masters' degree, OHHA wants to support those who will work in and serve this valuable component of the healthy agricultural business in our state. Funds for the scholarship are collected primarily from our raffle and auctions held at the Annual Awards ceremony and banquet each year in January. It is only fitting, then, that the award be presented at that same event.

2025 was the inaugural year for this award. Applications were accepted and reviewed by members of the Board of Directors' Banquet Committee. OHHA was pleased to present the $2500 scholarship to Aubrey Schwartz.

01/18/25Sugar Instead, Ohio’s 3-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year, has been named the 2024 Ohio Horse of the Year.

We interviewed Sugar Instead's connections at our recent banquet.

11/15/24Frank Fraas named Ohio Harness Horsemen's Association Executive Director

The OHHA is proud to announce that Frank Fraas has been named Executive Director. Following a National Search, the board was confident that Frank's experience with the organization and his relationships with Ohio horsemen made him a clear choice.

Click for the press release here