Dayton, OH — Joelsyy Hanover used a gate-to-wire effort to score a 27-1 upset in the $28,000 Open Pace in Saturday action (Oct. 25) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
Tyler Smith sent Joelsyy Hanover out of the outside post seven and grabbed the lead past the opening quarter in :27.1.
Crunch Time A (Trevor Smith) and Alta Revelry N (Jeremy Smith) were the first to move and applied pressure past the half in :55.3 and three-quarters in 1:22.4.
Joelsyy Hanover used a :27.2 final quarter to hold off a fast-closing Pj Lou (Brett Miller) by a half-length in 1:50.1.
Alta Revelry N was just three-quarters of the length back in third.
Joelsyy Hanover is co-owned by trainer Jessica Millner and Andrew Coblentz.
The seven-year-old gelded son of Jk Endofanera paid $56.60 to win.
The four-year-old gelded son of Bettor’s Delight is trained by Alicia Hanners for Lases Racing.
The night’s biggest upset came in the $11,000 conditioned pacing event in race #8.
Four More Years used a patient drive from Koltin Noble and a late three-wide move to score a 31-1 upset.
The bettor’s choice, Go Pikacho Go (Chris Page) grabbed the early lead from post #8 and was able to control the fractions of :27, :56.3 and 1:24.2.
Early moves by Caviart Eden (Kayne Kauffman) and K Man Jack (Brett Miller) provided excess cover for the eventual winner.
As the field of ten turned for home, Go Pikachu Go held on to a precarious lead, but it was Four More Years that was the fasted and crossed the line a half-length clear of K Man Jack in 1:53.1.
The entire field was within 3-1/2 lengths of the winner.
Noble owns and trains the seven-year-old Always B Miki gelding.
Tyler Smith and Brett Miller both scored grand slams with four wins apiece on the 14-race card.
Dayton Raceway returns to action on Tuesday (Oct. 28) with a 4:00 p.m. post time.