Little Rocket Man, despite drawing the outermost post position, won a cavalry charge to the wire and was victorious in the $100,000 Pace Baby Pace Invitational honouring the memory of the late Pacey “The Wizard” Mindlin on closing day at Miami Valley (May 6).
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Fan Of Terror not only extended his win streak to four with a 1:51.2 score in the Saturday (Jan. 30) Open Pace at Miami Valley, but he scored his 50th win as well. The nine-year-old gelded son of Western Terror sports a bankroll of $530,234.
Owner Therl Hensley’s prize possession closes out the month of January with four wins in four tries, equaling his win total from 2021. All four victories came in gate to wire fashion as trainer Peter Redder has kept Fan Of Terror on the top of his game all month, banking $36,150 for his current month’s efforts.
Longshot Big Bad Mike managed to nose out Shadyjake for second, with Tivo Hanover, Benson Boys N and The Dark Shadow also picking up paychecks in the 10-horse field.
Hollywood Dayton s leading driver in 2020 was Brett Miller. Leading trainer title went to Ron Burke, represented in photo by second trainer Jason Ludwig. Presenting them with cash rewards for their feats were OHHA rep Brett Merkle, race secretary Gregg
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DAYTON, OH. - When JDS Chancey Design (Tyler Smith) won the 14th and final race at Hollywood Dayton Raceway on Wednesday (Dec. 30) afternoon, the curtain dropped on a very successful seventh annual live harness racing meet.
Despite a reduction in race dates from 78 in 2019 to 64 in 2020, due to the Covid 19 pandemic, total all-source handle increased by almost $4 million.
I want to thank the entire racing staff and the entire Dayton Raceway horse community for putting on an outstanding show, despite a number of unusual out-of-the-ordinary obstacles that had to be overcome, said Director of Racing Jason Bluhm. Everyone should take pride in what was accomplished and look forward optimistically to what e