from Miami Valley Raceway

Lebanon, OH — Driver Chris Page equaled the track record for victories on a single card Friday night (April 15) at Miami Valley Raceway by capturing seven of the first 11 races on the 14-race program.

The 32-year-old Mt. Vernon, Ohio, native now shares the mark with Josh Sutton, who managed the same feat on April 2, less than two weeks ago.

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Safe From Terror’s win in the $20,000 Mares Open was one of seven for driver Chris Page on the program.

Page guided odds-on favorite Safe From Terror to a 1:52.2 score over American Girl (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) and Addys Way (Dan Noble) in the $20,000 Mares Open Pace, her fourth win in seven tries against the best distaffers at the meet.

The 4-year-old Western Terror daughter is being pointed towards the $100,000 (est.) Chip Noble Memorial Grand Circuit race scheduled for closing day (May 8) at Miami Valley. The 17-time winner, owned by Winchester Baye Acres and trained by Jim Arledge Jr., now boasts lifetime earnings of $541,262.

Page’s other triumphs came behind Made Of Jewels AS (1:54.4, $3.80), Duel Of Truth (1:54.1, $2.80), Ginger Spice N (1:52.4, $13.00), Edita Hanover (1:54.4, $38.20), Canttakeitwithyou (1:54.1, $21.40) and Miss Princess Leah (1:54.3, $4.00).

When asked if he was having fun near the end of the night, Chris smiled and quietly said, “Oh Yeah!” A fellow driver nearby was overheard chuckling “Oh yeah, he’s a real ladies man!,” a good-natured reference to the fact that six of Page’s seven triumphs were with female pacers on his record-equaling night.

The championship leg of the Dr. Don Mossbarger Memorial Series was also contested with Ginger Tree Alexis (Sutton) winning the $25,000 race in dominating fashion over Townlinedaliscard (Kayne Kauffman) and Swinging Cami (Jeremy Smith).

Owner Howard Taylor sent the 4-year-old Dragon Again mare to trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. specifically for this series, which was limited to distaffers who had won less than six pari-mutuel races or $50,000 lifetime as of the series’ start.