Penpaperpaige takes Open in final strides to the wire

Dayton, OH – It was a thrilling harness racing finish in the Fillies and Mares Open Pace Friday (Oct. 6) at Hollywood Dayton Raceway that saw Penpaperpaige (Pet Rock) claiming victory in the $25,000 event.

Starting from post 5 Penpaperpaige retreated off the car to situate herself in sixth while Shesonebadmomma fronted the field to a quarter in 28. Alexa Skye made a pocket pulling move to then front the field to a half mile time in 56.3 and three-quarters in 1:24.2.

After a second over bid Penpaperpaige swooped four wide as the field fanned into the stretch to win the three-horse finish by a head in a mile time of 1:52.2, a 28.2 last-quarter.

Penpaperpaige is trained by Jeff Smith and driven to victory by son Tyler Smith, who co-owns the mare with daughter Maevyn Smith and Bet The House LLC. Penpaperpaige now bankrolls over $590,000 and now holds 22 lifetime victories to her resume. Penpaperpaige paid $2.30 to win.

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With the six-horse field of Open Trotters scratched down to a field of five, it was Caviar Gold (Explosive Matter) who found triumph in the $25,000 event.

Leaving from Post 3 Caviar Gold and driver Aaron Merriman made a quick move off the car to make every pole a winning one through fractions of 28.1, 57.3, 1:24.4 to win by one-and-three-quarters of a length in 1:53.2, a 28.3 final quarter.

Caviar Gold is trained by Chris Beaver who co-owns the gelding with Bill Manes and RBH Ventures. The Open Trot victory now puts Caviar Gold over $408,000 in career earnings and was his 11th lifetime victory. Caviar Gold paid $1.10 to win.

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Also, on the card driver Brett Miller enjoyed four driving wins. Miller began his grand slam in Race 3 with Lee Loo for trainer Jason Brewer, followed by Anns Marina Delray in Race 5 for trainer Mark Winters and Shadows Dancer in Race 8 for trainer Chris Mc Guire. Win number four came in Race 11 with Scenic Adventure for trainer Herman Hagerman.

The tandem of driver Tony Hall and trainer Anette Lorentzon celebrated a driving and training triple. Together, Hall and Lorentzon kicked things off winning with Cleopatra AS in 1:56 in Race 10, Ferretti in Race 12 in 1:55.2 and Iwont Backdown AS in 1:54 in Race 13.

To close out the Friday evening card drivers Sam Widger, Tyler Smith and Tony Hall all celebrated driving doubles.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting Results