Dayton, OH — Miss You N (Jeremy Smith) was her normal impressive self in Hollywood Dayton Raceway’s top race on Friday (Dec. 11), the $16,100 Mares Open Pace.

It was the 6-year-old daughter of Betterthancheddar‘s seventh visit to the winner’s circle in her last eight starts.

The feature race was sandwiched by two other top condition events for distaff pacers, and their results were even more eye-popping.

Miss You N returned to her winning ways in the $16,100 Open Mares Pace at Hollywood Dayton on Friday. Conrad Photo.

Miss You N assumed her usual spot in the front of the field during a :26.2 first quarter, and then showed her heels to the field throughout the remainder of the 1:52.1 mile. The Bethinator (Tyler Smith), who ended Miss You N’s win streak last week, closed from the back of the pack in the final quarter and finished second, with the aid of a placing against original runner-up Checks On The Way. It’s Time For Fun (Kyle Wilfong) also benefitted from the placing to grab third.

Carl Howard and Bottom Line Racing LLC are partners on Miss You N, who increased her seasonal earnings to $138,930 and her lifetime bounty to $308,410. She is trained by Virgil Morgan Jr.

A race earlier on the program, the gray mare She’sgotitgoingon stepped to a 1:51.1 win in the $13,500 top conditioned dash for distaffers. After suffering the misfortune of being declared a non-starter due to early interference last week, the 4-year-old daughter of Tellitlikeitis rebounded with authority this week for the owner-driver-trainer couple of Don and Krista Harmon. It was the eighth lifetime win for She’sgotitgoingon, who missed her lifetime mark by just two-fifths of a second. Western Sierra (Tyler Smith) was the runner-up, with Mildrix (Brett Miller) crossing the line third.

In the race following the Open, a real rarity occurred: a track record in mid-December over Dayton’s five-eighths-mile oval. Sugar Dance (Brett Miller) stopped the timer in 1:50.3, the fastest mile by a 4-year-old mare in the track’s seven-year history. The previous mark of 1:50.4 was shared by Cult Icon and Allbeastnobeauty, both earned in October outings in previous seasons.

Sugar Dance bested Rosemary Rose (Chris Page) and Danikova (Jeremy Smith) in the $10,350 clash for non-winners of $5,750 in their last four starts. The 4-year-old daughter of Ghee’s House is trained and co-owned by Sandra Hennessey with partner Paula Sugars.

Miller, the dash leader at the current Hollywood Dayton meet, notched another three-win day. Josh Sutton also won three races, bringing his total over the last two days to eight. Jeremy Smith, Tyler Smith and Brady Galliers all had driving doubles.

Racing resumes at 4 p.m. on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 11), with a 14-race card on tap.