Santa warms one up at Dayton Raceway

DAYTON, OH. – The highly competitive weekly Hollywood Dayton $30,000 Mares Open produced yet another winner on Thursday (Dec. 23) as Rose Run Vision triumphed in 1:53.

Somebodyslilly (Brandon Bates), winner of the previous two Opens, left alertly from an assigned outside post position to lead the field through fractions of :26.1, :56.3 and 1:24 before yielding to Rose Run Vision, who enjoyed a two-hole trip throughout for driver Trevor Smith.

Marloe Hanover (Brett Miller) was best of the rest in the talented nine-horse field to finish third.

Trainer Don Eash’s Eash Racing Stable owns the four-year-old Time To Roll lass who has 22 on-the-board finishes in 35 seasonal starts, including seven wins. Her 2021 earnings climbed to $128,720 with the victory.

ROSE RUN VISION REPLAY

A $24,000 Mares Open II pace was also contested with Mildrix (Josh Sutton) emerging victorious in 1:53.2. The six-year-old daughter of Real Desire also used the frontstepping strategy to best Voluptuous (Dan Noble) and GD Rockin Kay (Mitch Cushing).

The Peter Redder trainee has nine wins on the year and increased her career bounty to $289,706 with her 22nd triumph. Mildrix is owned by her trainer in partnership with Wilfong Racing LLC.

Following a three-day Christmas break, the final week of the annual Hollywood Dayton meet will include 2:00 matinees on Monday through Thursday, Dec. 27-30.

For full race results, click here.

From Hollywood Dayton Raceway