Harness racing driver Dan Noble scored a grand slam Friday (June 9) at Eldorado Scioto Downs, in the midst of surpassing 7,000 driving wins.
Win 6,999 came behind Dragon’s Revenge, trained by his wife Christi, in the second race, while win 7,000 came behind the Chris Short trainee Word Out in the third.
The 40-year-old driver from Xenia, Ohio made his first matinee start at the age of 13 and has now been behind the gate 38,974 times. Noble, the son of Sam “Chip” Noble III, got his first official win at his hometown fair, the Greene County Fair, behind Dr Elbon in 1999. The duo won by four lengths in 1:59.1 for his dad, who both owned and trained the 8-year-old gelding.
WORD OUT REPLAY
Noble was the 2011 dash winning driver, hit win 5,000 at Miami Valley on March 25, 2018, and surpassed $50 million in purses on October 19, 2022. He shows no signs of slowing down as he has consistently had over 2,000 driving starts per year since 2011 and is on par to do so again in 2023 with 1,020 in the first six months of the year.
Featured on the Friday night card at Scioto was the $30,000 Open Trot, won by Smoking Jet (Triumphant Caviar) in 1:52.3. The 6-year-old gelding is trained by Ron Burke and owned by Burke Racing, Weaver Bruscemi and driver Chris Page. Smoking Jet now has two wins and two fourths in four starts at Scioto, with over $84,000 in total earnings this year in just 9 seasonal starts.
SMOKING JET REPLAY
The $30,000 Falcon Almahurst Final, for Buckeye Stallion Series eligible fillies & mares who did not start in the first leg of the OHSS, was won by Beautiful Seaside (Downbytheseaside) in 1:51.2. Melby Ober, Jr. trains the filly for owner/breeder Matt Rowe who now has five wins in nine starts this year and nearly $52,000 earned lifetime.
BEAUTIFUL SEASIDE REPLAY
Velocity Lady (Brady Galliers) took the Fillies & Mares Open II at Scioto in 1:51.1. Owned by Galliers Racing and Look Ahead Racing, the 6-year-old daughter of Bettor’s Delight earned her third victory in eight starts this year, and 17th victory in three seasons of racing. Velocity Lady now has her eye set on hitting $250,000 in lifetime earnings.
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