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Young Eddie Miller just keeps rolling along. Tonight at Scioto Downs the talented youngster defeated nine others when he guided Bold Strategy to a gate to wire win in 1:56.3 in the $7,500 leg of the Great Lakes Amateur Drivers Association series.
Sent off as the betting favourite in the contest, Bold Strategy returned a $3.80 win mutuel.
With the crowded field Miller had little choice other than sending his trotter to the front from post five and they got first call at the quarter in :28.1. Surprisingly most drivers had found a seat for their steeds along the pylons and Miller was unchallenged as he led the competition by the half in :58.2
Eddie Miller and Lonnie Graber won their respective $7,800 trotting events hosted by the Great Lakes Amateur Drivers Association on Saturday night (May 1) at MGM Northfield Park.
In the first split, Miller and Cowboy Country hugged the pylons from their back-row start to land in fifth while Curleys Son (Marion Chupp) and Shake It Off Lindy (Don Sherman) sparred for the lead through a :28 first quarter. At the halfway point, Curleys Son enjoyed a three-length lead, but had to brace for Cowboy Country, who angled out to challenge. Still, Curleys Son showed the way by the :57.4 half and 1:27.4 third stanza. But, when the field rounded the final turn, Cowboy Country asserted himself and went on to a 1-1/4-length win in 1:58.1 Curleys Son was an easy second, and Starsaboveallerage who was parked the entire mile finished third for Steve Oldford.
Racing fans in the Midwest are witnessing a rising star in Eddie Miller. The 22-year-old mid-westerner is off to a great start this season, and after his 1:57.2 driving victory on Saturday (April 3) with Star Chip at Northfield Park, he now has three wins in five seasonal starts.
Last season from a limited amount of trips behind the starting gate, Miller won six times.
Sent at odds of over 13-1 in the Great Lakes Amateur Driver s Association (GLADA) Trot, Miller s charge buzzed away from post 5 and settled in behind Better Call Saul in a :28 first quarter. Then he sat still trailing the pacesetter by the half in :57.4.
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