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Mini horses to parade on Super
Night
at Scioto
Thursday, September 08, 2011
by Dean A. Hoffman, for Scioto Downs
Columbus,
OH --- Having a Nisonger
behind a horse on the track at Scioto Downs isn’t anything unusual as
Jeff
Nisonger has long been one of the top drivers at the track. On Saturday
night
(September 10), however, Jeff’s wife and two daughters are going to
take their
turn in the spotlight as they will lead the post parades for several
Super
Night races driving registered mini horses.
So
while Jeff is driving in the
pari-mutuel races, wife Stacey and daughters Alexa and Abby will be
leading the
way in post parades.
The
two minis are named Patches and
Blue. Blue is a black-and-white 9-year-old registered mini gelding.
He’s owned
by the Nisonger family. Patches is a 13-year-old red-and-white gelding,
a
registered mini horse, and he’s owned by the Hagemeyer family, long a
fixture
in Ohio harness racing.
Scioto’s
Saturday night program consists of
14 races including eight Ohio Sires Stakes championships.
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