New lifetime marks for the winners were set in the last Open Trot and Filly & Mare Open Pace of the 2024 racing season at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday, Sept. 13.
Trotting mare Refined (pictured above) won her fifth Open of the season when she took the $33,784 top trot in 1:51.2, shaving one-fifth of a second off her lifetime mark.
The opening quarterly was hotly contested in :26.4 when Oh Look Magic (Chris Page) parked Adamsville Road (Kayne Kauffman) through most of the first turn. Adamsville Road eventually dropped in the pocket while Refined was pulled from third and easily made the front before going under the wire for the first time for driver Dan Noble. Refined led through fractions of :55.1 and 1:23.1 before winning by three lengths over Oh Look Magic. Adamsville Road was third.
Refined is trained by Virgil Morgan Jr. for owners Joyce McClelland and Larry Wills. A career winner of 44 races, the eight-year-old daughter of Uncle Peter now has $1.28 million in lifetime earnings.
High Flyin Filly took the $35,135 Filly & Mare Open Pace in 1:49.3, which bested her previous mark by more than a second.
Chris Page settled the Ron Burke trainee fourth from post seven while My Red Sea (Eric Goodell) set fractions of :26.1 and :55. By the 1:22.3 third quarter, High Flyin Filly was first-up and just a length back. The duo battled through the wire with High Flyin Filly getting up to win by a half-length over My Red Sea. Alexa Skye (Dan Noble) took advantage of the pocket trip and was third.
High Flyin Filly, another Ohio-sired mare, is by Domethatagain and owned by Burke Racing and Weaver Bruscemi. She went over the $300,000 earnings mark with her 21st career win.
Closing night on Saturday, Sept. 14 will have 17 races. First post is 5:45 p.m.
(With files from Scioto Downs)