GD Western Joe was a repeat winner in the Saturday (Dec. 19) $17,800 Open Pace at Hollywood Dayton Raceway.
It was the eighth seasonal victory for the five-year-old son of Real Desire as well as the fourth win on the program for Page. A race later, Page revisited the winner s circle to give him five wins in the first 10 races.
Despite being handicapped to the outside of the field, GD Western Joe was able to dictate the race to his foes by stepping to the front just an eighth of a mile into the fray and never needing to look back. It is not often nowadays that you see a quicker back half than front half at Ohio s commercial tracks, but that was the case in this featured event fractions were :27, :56, 1:23 and the mile was clocked in 1:51.
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DAYTON, OH. - A pair of ultra-consistent performers shared the harness racing spotlight at Hollywood Dayton Raceway on Saturday (Dec. 12).
The other was driver Brett Miller, who notched six victories on the card to increase his meet leading total to 113.
Driver Chris Page wrestled GD Western Joe into the two-hole behind Tellmeaboutit (Tyler Smith), last week s winner, in the early going. The 5-year-old son of
Real Desire was on the iron as the field approached the :27.2 first quarter station, however, so Page opted to quarter move back to the front with the 6-5 favorite.
With the field content to race single file, Page and GD Western Joe cruised past the halfway beam in :55.2, then sped up when Tivo Hanover (Kayne Kauffman) mounted a charge down the backstretch prompting a :27 flat third panel. It took a :28 final quarter for GD Western Joe to hold off Tellmeaboutit, who had shadowed the winner throughout and mounted a mild stretch challenge.
A pair of ultra-consistent performers shared the spotlight at Hollywood Dayton Raceway on Saturday (Dec. 12). One was GD Western Joe who won the $18,400 Open Pace in 1:50.2. The other was driver Brett Miller, who notched six victories on the card to increase his meet-leading total to 113.
Driver Chris Page wrestled GD Western Joe into the two-hole behind Tellmeaboutit, last week s winner, in the early going. The five-year-old son of Real Desire was on the iron as the field approached the :27.2 first quarter, however Page opted to quarter move back to the front with the 6-5 favourite. With the field content to race single file, Page and GD Western Joe cruised past the halfway beam in :55.2, then sped up when Tivo Hanover mounted a charge up the backstretch to a :27 third panel. It took a :28 final quarter for GD Western Joe to hold off Tellmeaboutit, who had shadowed the winner throughout and mounted a mild stretch challenge.