Dayton, OH – Hall of Fame driver David Miller recently left the east coast to return home to Ohio and he wasted no time making the Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway winner’s circle. Miller win his first start as a Dayton regular when he guided Louisville Gb to victory in the $28,000 Filly & Mare Open Handicap Pace Wednesday (Nov. 26) night.
A pair of Virgil Morgan, Jr. trainees battled for the early lead with Hey Hey Mama (Luke Hanners) and Trick Of The Light (Tyler Smith) taking the top two spots past the opening panels in :28.3 and :57.1.
Louisville Gb was pulled off the rail in fourth and was right behind the leader at the three-quarters in 1:24.2.
Miller was able to tuck behind Hey Hey Mama, who was looking for her fourth straight Dayton win, around the final turn.
The ear pulls were pulled on Louisville Gb at the top of the lane and the Great British bred mare responded with a :28.2 final quarter into a stiff headwind to record the half-length score in 1:53.
Hey Hey Mama was five lengths better than Hungry Lizzo (Trevor Smith) for second.
The five-year-old daughter of Sweet Lou is trained by Robert Cleary for the partnership of Kenneth Jacobs and Wendy Storrier.
Miller would go on to win for a second time on the card when he steered Pizzelle to an open length score in night’s final race.
The $28,000 Open Handicap Trot was won by a dominate Oh Look Magic (Chris Page) in gate-to -wire fashion.
Caviar Gold (Tyler Smith) timed the gate put was a step slower than Oh Look Magic, who was assigned the outside post position #6.
The five-year-old Lookslikeachpndale controlled the pace and fractions of :27.2, :56.2 and 1:23.4.
Oh Look Magic cruised to 3 ¼ length win over Caviar Gold in 1:52.2.
Oh Look Magic has won five of six Dayton Raceway starts this season for the Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi.
Page would win four races on the 14-race card.
Dayton Raceway will be dark on Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday and will return on Friday (Nov. 28). Free past performance pages are available at www.hollywooddaytonraceway.com.