Big Bucksalot: won two of his last three in Ohio

Big Bucksalot became the third runner by Neolithic to win twice in 2025 with a wire-to-wire score over a sloppy track at Mahoning Valley.

With Brandon Tapara in the saddle, the 5-year-old gelding bred by Julie Jackson cruised past the markers in :22.91 and :46.68 and was drawing off nearing the wire to win by nearly three lengths in 1:04.96 for the 5 1/2 furlongs. Big Bucksalot paid $5.60, earned a check for $7,800 and is now 6-1-2 in 24 starts with a bank account of $75,802. Before his pair of victories in Ohio, he had previously won three times at Tampa Bay Downs and once at Gulfstream Park.

The gelding was claimed out of the race.