Lebanon, OH — Four divisions of $30,000 male claiming pacers comprised the final preliminary round of their Claim To Fame Series at Miami Valley on Sunday (Jan. 17). The top 10 money earners in the preliminary rounds secured spots in next week’s $37,500 final.

Voracity cemented his place in the $37,500 final of the Claim To Fame series for $30,000 claimers with his second consecutive win at Miami Valley. Conrad photo.

Winners in this leg were Voracity (Brett Miller, 1:51.3, $6.00), Ginger Tree Marty (Chris Page, 1:53.2, $3.20), So So Delightful (Trevor Smith, 1:53, $13.60) and Dont Judge A Book (Billy Mann, 1:51.4, $6.00).

Voracity and So So Delightful were repeat winners in the series, but both will race for new connections in the final as they were claimed by new owners for $39,000 — a 30 percent premium over the starting base price.

Due to a tie for ninth in the standings, 10 qualified for the final. They are: Voracity, So So Delightful, Ginger Tree Marty, Secret Threat, Dont Judge A Book, Venom, Dashing To Da Wire, Never Say Never N, Revelry and Shane Adam.

There were also two divisions of Claim To Fame action for $10,000 claiming trotters. Air Assault (Kayne Kauffman, 1:57.3, $4.40) and Infrontandforgetit (Josh Sutton, 1:59.1, $6.20) were victorious and secured spots in their $22,500 final.

There were no repeat winners in the series, so the $10,000 trot final should be a wide open affair. Air Assault had the highest earnings with a win and a third-place finish, followed by Master Of Excuses, Infrontandforgetit, Windsun Missile, Here’s The Magic, PC Foreign Affair, Unforgetable, Jailhouse Buckaroo and Ozymandias.