Dayton, OH – The owner/trainer combo of Caldwell Mamie Racing and Steve Carter swept the $18,000 condition claiming co-features on the Halloween card (Oct. 31) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
In the first $18,000 event, Luke Hanners fired Bars And Notes off the gates wings and slid ahead of Fear The Madness (Trevor Smith) in the first turn and before the opening quarter in :26.3.
Honest Nation (Sam Widger) was unable to find a rail position and was forced to come first up and to go the long mile. Rockinpoppin (Tyler Smith) picked up Honest Nation’s cover and used it to his advantage until Honest Nation tired and he was required to go three wide down the backstretch.
The half was in :55 and the three-quarters in 1:22.3.
With all of the action well behind the leader, Bars And Notes was able to use a :28 final quarter to widen his lead to 4-3/4 over Rockinpoppin at the wire.
Handsome Sir (Brett Miller) survived a four-way photo for third.
Bars And Notes picked up his 8th career victory and his winning time of 1:50.3 established a new lifetime mark.
In the second division, Moons Up (Brett Miller) unleashed a big third quarter move and crushed the field of nine in 1:50.4.
Marvin Luna had Twenty Five on his toes as he protected his rail position past the quarter in :27.3 and half in :55.4.
Moons Up, who left from post #6, was used hard in the opening half mile, racing on the outside and was finally clear of the leader before the three-quarters in 1:22.3.
At the top of the stretch, the sophomore son of Lather Up built up a sizable lead and thanks to a :28.1 was able to extend his lead to 6-1/4 length at the wire.
Draw Off (Pat Melloy, Jr.) came from way back to edge Bet On Sunshine (Tyler Smith) for second.
Trainer Steve Carter concluded his night with a win in race #12 with Long Armof Justice (Trevor Smith). The training triple allowed the veteran conditioner to move into fourth place in the Dayton Raceway trainer standings.
Dayton Raceway concludes its racing week on Saturday (Nov. 1) with a 14-race card starting at 4:00 p.m.