Scioto Downs would like to remind all horsepeople that the payments deadline on a number of series for the 2009 season are due on April 15.
For pacers, payments of $300 are needed to nominate to the Capital City Pace for both males and female. Each event will have four $7,500 legs and a $15,000 (est.) final.
A payment of $250 is the nomination fee for the April Star Pace for pacing females while payments of $200 are due for the Stienam Pace for mares and the Billy Dart series for stallions and geldings.
The nominating fee for the Falcon Almahurst, Floating Dream, and the Steamin Demon Pace is $150 for each event.
There will be many racing opportunities for trotters at Scioto this season with $300 nominating payments for both males and female into the separate Heart Of Ohio trotting events. These will have four legs at $7,500 each and a $15,000 (est.) final.
The Dream Of Glory for three-year-olds and up on the trotting gait requires a $250 nominating fee.
The Killbuck Mary for females and the B F Coaltown for males each require a $150 nominating payment.
Both the Capital City events for pacers and the Heart of Ohio trotting races were restricted to Ohio-sired horses in the past, but are now open to the world.
Scioto Downs begins its 51st season on May 8 and continues through September 19. Its Labor Day program features “The Best of the Rest” for Ohio Sires Stakes competitors that did not qualify for the Super Night finals. Each of the eight “Best of the Rest” events will be raced for a purse of $7,500.
For more information on the Scioto Downs series races for 2009, see www.sciotodowns.com or call Jason Roth at (614) 491-2515.