Dayton, OH – Chris Page won four races on the card, including the $28,000 Open Trot in Wednesday (Oct. 1) action at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
Trevor Smith hustled Kildare King quickly off the starting gate’s wings and brought the field of seven past the opening quarter in :27.
Oh Look Magic, who was assigned the outside post 7, patiently made his way to the front at the half in :55.3.
Spaaaanzano (Tyler Smith) was the first to challenge the new leader before the three quarters in 1:24.
The 5-year-old gelding by Lookslikeachpndale had plenty in reserve and drew off by 4-3/4 lengths over stablemate Prince Of Honor (Austin Hanners) in 1:52.2.
Kildare King held on for third and the other Chris Beaver trainee, Spaaaanzano, was fourth.
It marked the fourth straight win for Oh Look Magic, who is trained by Ron Burke for the Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi.
With the grand slam, Page increased his meet leading win total to 16, two ahead of Jeremy Smith, who also had a four-bagger tonight.
Molly Bloom and driver Cameron McCown scored the night’s biggest upset with a 25-1 victory in the $7,000 Conditioned Pace for fillies and mares.
Babe’s Darla (Luke Hanners) grabbed the early lead, parking the heavy favorite, Fear Our Fayth (Chris Page), during the opening quarter in :28.
Fear Our Fayth was unpressured during the next quarter in :56.2.
McCown sent Molly Bloom first up to pressure at the three-quarters in 1:25.1.
Molly Bloom wore down the leader and defeated Babe’s Darla by a half-length in 1:54.3.
Artistic Cut (Tyler Smith) was third.
The 5-year-old Western Vintage mare is owned by Gg Racing and conditioned by Jessica McCown.
Live racing continues Thursday (Oct. 2) at Dayton Raceway with a 14 -race card. First post will be at 4 pm.