To no one’s surprise, Grace Hill (Always B Miki) made it look easy with a near front-stepping journey to prevail in the $250,000 Dayton Distaff Derby for harness racing 3-year-olds and up, at Hollywood at Dayton Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 30. Driven by Doug McNair for trainer Virgil Morgan, Jr., Grace Hill stopped the timer
Fresh off top-five finishes in the $220,000 Milton Stakes Final at Woodbine Mohawk Park two weeks ago, Silver Label and Prohibition Legal head stateside where trainer Nick Gallucci hopes the homebreds can bounce back and help him capture the $250,000 Dayton Distaff Derby at Hollywood Dayton Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 30.
Hightstown, NJ Prohibition Legal (Big Jim-Catch A Wish) was an O’Brien Award-winner at age 2 in 2021, when her only loss in nine starts was a second-place finish behind Dan Patch Award-recipient Niki Hill in the She’s A Great Lady Stakes. Following a one-win campaign last year, trainer Nick Gallucci gave the female pacer
The card of harness racing slated for Saturday, Sept. 16 at Woodbine Mohawk Park features some of the sport's top two- and three-year-olds in eliminations for the Shes A Great Lady, Metro, Elegantimage and Canadian Trotting Classic plus nine of the sport's top older pacing mares in the $220,000 Milton Stakes final.