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Lionel and Derek Watiker, better known through their family company Lionel Construction, moonlight as a champion owner-trainer harness racing duo. ....
Pass The Vape hit the board in half of his starts, winning eight times, as he is named the 2020 Ohio Aged Trotter of the Year. Pass The Vape, son of Dejarmbro out of Vapor Rises, started 24 races for trainer Derek Watiker and his father, the owner, Lionel Watiker. Pass The Vape earned $109,642 in 2020. Pass The Vape scored his biggest win of the year in the $85,000 Ohio Sires Stakes Aged Trotting Championship at Hollywood Gaming Dayton Raceway. “It’s nice having a homebred perform so well,” said Derek Watiker. “He shows up every week and I’ll take a full barn of racehorses that show up every week.“ ....
Conrad Photo DAYTON, OH. - Pass The Vape (Trevor Smith) pulled a mild harness racing upset in Hollywood Dayton s $18,400 Open Trot on Thursday, dashing through the snowflakes for a 1:55 triumph over favored Lady s Dude (Josh Sutton), who finished a length behind.
Sutton rushed even-money favorite Lady s Dude to the lead quickly with strong second choice Pass The Vape finding the pocket.
The two heavyweight trotters remained one-two through the first half of the mile, clocked in a moderate :57.4.
It wasn t until near the third timing station that Pass The Vape was flushed from the pocket when an outer tier lead by It s A Herbie (LeWayne Miller) began to form. ....
Pass The Vape pulled a mild upset in Hollywood Dayton s $18,400 Open Trot on Thursday, dashing through the snowflakes for a 1:55 triumph over favoured Ladys Dude, who finished a length behind. Sutton rushed even-money favourite Ladys Dude (Josh Sutton) to the lead quickly with strong second choice Pass The Vape (Trevor Smith) finding the pocket. The two heavyweight trotters remained one-two through the first half of the mile, clocked in a moderate :57.4. It wasn t until near the third timing station that Pass The Vape was flushed from the pocket when an outer tier lead by Its A Herbie (LeWayne Miller) began to form. Pass The Vape was lapped on the front-runner when the third beam was tripped in 1:26.3, then overtook his main adversary during the :28.2 closing panel. ....
The daughter of Uncle Peter, despite being handicapped to the outside of a talented full field, swept to her third Open class harness racing victory in her last four starts in 1:52.4 on Thursday (Dec. 10) at Hollywood Dayton Raceway.
Sensing a torrid early pace, driver Brett Miller tucked Refined into the three-hole along the pylons halfway through the :26.1 opening panel. After just 3/8ths of a mile, however, she was flushed back into the outer flow by Pass The Vape (Trevor Smith) and she responded by taking command just before the :56.1 halfway juncture. Following a :28 third quarter, Miller and Refined tacked on a :28.3 closing quarter to easily hold off Pass The Vape and third place finisher Whata Swan (Tyler Smith) in the day s feature with a $17,800 purse. ....