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Sunday’s (April 26) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Miami Valley Raceway and Saratoga Casino and Raceway.

Rehab Mountain wins seventh Open Trot of season at Miami Valley

Lebanon, OH — The 8-year-old Rehab Mountain established a new lifetime mark by winning the Sunday afternoon $15,950 Open Trot at Miami Valley Raceway.

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Rehab Mountain has been the most consistent horse at Miami Valley Raceway in 2015. He won the Open Trot in 1:54.1 on Sunday.

The veteran altered son of Duke Of York has been on a meet-long roll at Miami Valley, winning seven races with three places and one show in 13 trips behind the Woebkenberg starting gate. Trainer-driver Brad Hanners has guided his stable star to $66,376 in earnings over the past four months, the most of any horse at the meet.

First off the wings as usual, Rehab Mountain led the strong seven-horse field to the quarter-mile marker in :28.1 until allowing odds-on favorite Southwind Pepino (Sandy Beatty) to quarter-move to the front and lead the group through middle fractions of :56.3 and 1:25.2.

At the three-quarter pole Southwind Pepino made an uncharacteristic break in stride, allowing Rehab Mountain to inherit the front end once again. With a :28.4 closing panel the winner held off J J Hall (Kayne Kauffman) and Run And Tell Pap (Chris Page) in 1:54.1, a tick better than his previous lifetime best.

The B6 Racing Stable owns Rehab Mountain, who is rapidly approaching $300,000 in career earnings.

— Miami Valley Raceway

Saratoga Casino and Raceway
Fox Valley Veto (Pizzazzed) won his first local Open Trot on Sunday afternoon at Saratoga Casino and Raceway. The Heidi Rohr-trained 4-year-old finished third in last week’s trotting feature but on Sunday parlayed a pocket trip to victory. Fox Valley Veto’s first local score came in 1:56.2 at odds of 7-2 as he got the best of Slugfest (Jay Randall) who was seeking his third straight Open win. Slugfest won a photo for second over eventual third place finisher Stirling Cadet (Frank Coppola Jr.). The victory was one of four on the matinee card for reinsman Jim Devaux.