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Eldorado Gaming Scioto Downs, formerly known as Scioto Downs Racino, is a horse racing track and casino in Columbus, Ohio, owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment.The venue opened in 1959, as the Scioto Downs track, and became Ohio's first racino with the addition of video lottery terminals (VLTs) on June 1, 2012.
Aerial view of the facility in 1994. Beulah Park opened in Grove City, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, in 1923.It was the first thoroughbred racetrack in Ohio.At its close it was one of only three tracks in Ohio to offer live thoroughbred racing, the others being Thistledown in North Randall and River Downs in Cincinnati.
The track's premier race is the Grade III Ohio Derby. The track also hosts numerous overnight handicaps and minor stakes during its April to September racing season. Ungraded handicaps and stakes run in 2010 are: [13] Angenora Stakes; Dr. T. F. Classen Memorial Stakes; Mike Rowland Memorial Handicap; J. William (Bill) Petro Memorial Handicap
The Ohio Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid-to-late June at Thistledown in North Randall, Ohio. The Grade III stakes for three-year-olds is run on dirt over a distance of 1 1 ⁄ 8 miles. The race currently offers a purse of $500,000.
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White Abarrio won the $3 million Pegasus World Cup by 6 1/4 lengths at Gulfstream on Saturday. Sent off at 5-2 odds, White Abarrio paid $7.60, $3.80 and $3. Locked returned $3.20 and $2.40, while ...
Wheeling Downs began its life as a thoroughbred horse race track in 1937 and continued in that capacity until a 1962 fire heavily damaged the property, keeping it closed for the next 5 years. [1] When it reopened, it switched to standardbred harness racing. During this period, attendance at the park languished. [2]
Memorial contributions can be made in Skip’s name to "The Skip Salome Family & Friends Christmas Day Dinner Fund," c/o Park National Bank, 50 N. 3rd St., Newark, OH 43055, or The Ohio Quarter ...