Scioto Downs will kick off its 2010 season on Friday morning with 17 qualifying races
. Qualifiers start at 10:30 a.m.
Virgil Morgan, Jr., perennial leading trainer at the Columbus track, will send out a host of his stable’s stars, headed by Mypanmar, a nine-year-old stallion with earnings in excess of $1.4 million. Dan Noble will drive him in race 12.
The 1:55 trotting mare B Vs Sister, a career winner of $378,337, will guided by Chris Page, Scioto’s leading driver last season, in race nine.
Ohio champion pacing filly Hawks Cry Electra, also from the Morgan Stable, races for Noble in race 15. She won in 1:54.3 last year and banked $97,800.
Many top sophomore trotters and pacers, stars of the upcoming Ohio Sires Stakes season, will also be in action on Friday morning.
Scioto Downs opens for racing on Friday, May 7.
(Scioto Downs)