Mission Accepted dominates again at Miami Valley

Lebanon, OH — The Ron Burke stable has another superstar on its roster, having assumed the training of Mission Accepted for his 4-year-old campaign. As part of the Burke Brigade, Mission Accepted has reeled off three straight impressive triumphs in Miami Valley Raceway’s weekly $25,000 Open Trot, all from assigned outside post positions, to start his 2019 campaign. The latest win came Monday afternoon (April 22) in 1:52.3 with driver Brett Miller.

Content to let Pass The Vape (Derek Watiker) and Pittsburgh Hanover (Brady Galliers) each take a turn on the front end through fractions of :27.3 and :55.3, Mission Accepted gradually moved up to third on the outside at the 1:23.3 three-quarters station, then breezed home in a :29 final panel to hold off the fast-closing No Whip Chip (Dan Noble). Pittsburgh Hanover held on to garner the show dough.

The son of Manofmanymissions won 12 of 21 races at ages 2 and 3 for veteran Ohio conditioner Jeff Conger, earning a hefty $370,454. Owners Knox Services Inc. and David Wills have opted to hand the reins to Burke now that the Ohio juvenile events are in Mission Accepted’s past and he’ll soon likely be tackling the top older trotters in the sport.

Racing resumes Tuesday afternoon (April; 23) at Miami Valley with a 14-race matinee commencing at 2:05 p.m. There will also be a special “make-up” matinee program on Thursday afternoon (April 25).

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