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Trainer Ron Burke and driver Chris Page have captured the 2020 Kaltenbach titles for the second consecutive season.
The Jerry Kaltenbach Memorial Trophies were established in 1988 and are awarded annually to the driver and trainer who have earned the most dollars competing in Ohio Sires Stakes events in a single season.
The Chris Page-driven and Ron Burke-trained Summer Touch
Trainer Ron Burke captured his third Kaltenbach training title in 2020, sending 95 youngsters postward in the 2020 Ohio Sires Stakes (OHSS) legs, Championships, and consolations. His total money earnings from these OHSS events were $1,392,500, surpassing his 2019 totals of $1,121,50 in OHSS earnings.
Burke had captured the 2014 Kaltenbach crown with $428,750 in OHSS earnings and was runner-up in 2018, before winning the 2019 title. This year his impressive assortment of two- and three-year-old pacers and trotters scored 20 wins, 19 seconds and six third place finishes in OHSS competition.