$33k donated during OHHA inaugural Charity Night

Grove City, OH –Ten Miami Valley area charities benefited from the generosity of Ohio harness racing horsemen as part of the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association’s first charity night at Miami Valley Raceway.

The charities participating in the event were paired with a horse in the eighth race Sunday night April 23.  Each charity received a donation from the OHHA for participating, with the top three finishers receiving larger donations.  First place received $10,000, second place received $5,000, and third place $3,000.  All other finishers received $2,000 donations.

Austin Hanners took Arbin three-wide around the final turn and rallied down the stretch to claim victory for The Live Like Maya Foundation, netting the charity which supports pediatric cancer families and life-saving pediatric cancer research a $10,000 donation.

Threshold with Trace Tetrick finished second for Feed The Hungry Project earning the charity $5,000, while Dragthechipsmyway Kayne Kaufman finished third for Miracle Horses Healing Hearts at Sarajevo Stables and the Humane Society of Warren County received $3,000.

The Human Society of Warren County’s original entry was scratched, and they chose Dragthechipsmyway to represent their charity.

The other charities represented were Family Promise of Warren County, Folds of Honor Foundation, GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center, Safe on Main, Threads of Miami Valley, and Warren County and Veterans Suicide Prevention Coalition.

A total of $33,000 was donated to the charities by the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association.

by Frank Fraas, for the OHHA