Gallant Bob Winner Scaramouche Tops Steel Valley Sprint

A field of 11 3-year-olds are scheduled to break from the gate Nov. 21 in the $250,000 Steel Valley Sprint Stakes at Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course.

Trainer Guadalupe Preciado sends out Nicholas Cammarano Jr.'s Gallant Bob Stakes (G2) winner Scaramouche  as the 3-1 morning-line favorite. The Munnings   gelding is sitting on a three-race win streak while also looking to prove that he can secure a win away from his home turf.

Irad Ortiz Jr. travels in from his New York base for the ride.

Video: Gallant Bob S. (G2)

Second choice on the morning line at 7-2 is Hoist the Gold , entering off a second-place effort at Keeneland in the Perryville Stakes Oct. 22. Trained by Dallas Stewart for Dream Team One Racing Stable, the Mineshaft   colt is looking for the first stakes win of his career.

Trainer Larry Rivelli starts two for owner Carolyn Wilson in Golden Hornet , who is making his first start in stakes company, and Roger McQueen , a stakes winner last year at age 2. Roger McQueen made an early splash in his career, breaking his maiden by five lengths before scoring a half-length victory in the Runhappy Ellis Park Juvenile stakes. The Steel Valley Sprint will be his first start in a little over a year however he will be entering off a bullet half-mile work in :47.

Two last-out allowance winners in Knocker Down  and Tejano Twist  promise to add some intrigue to the race. Travis Murphy-trained Knocker Down skipped home by six lengths over a sloppy track at Churchill Downs Nov. 12 and will be looking for his first stakes win. Tejano Twist, trained by Chris Hartman, enters the race off an allowance win on Oct. 14 at Keeneland in which he beat fellow Steel Valley Sprint competitor Knocker Down by a length. The win marked his first victory since the Lively Shively Stakes in November of 2021.

Monday's racing program will see a total of five stake races, including the inaugural running of the $100,000 Youngstown Oaks for 3-year-old fillies sprinting six furlongs. In its first edition, trainer Brad Cox will be looking to take the win by sending out grade 3 winner Girl With a Dream . The filly will be facing eight rivals in her first start since competing in the Davona Dale Stakes presented by FanDuel (G2) in March of this year.

First race post time for the nine-race program is set for 12:45 p.m. ET with the feature set to go off at 4:03.

Handicappers will be treated to an all-stakes Pick 4 and a mandatory payout of the Buckeye Jackpot Pick 6. The Buckeye Jackpot Pick 6 starts in the fourth race with an approximate post time of 2:06. The all-stakes Pick 4 begins in the 6th race with an approximate post time of 3:03 and includes the $75,000 Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Distaff, the inaugural running of the Youngstown Oaks, the Steel Valley Sprint, and the $75,000 Cardinal Handicap for Ohio Registered horses.