Dayton, OH — Pass The Vape (Trevor Smith) pulled a mild upset in Hollywood Dayton Raceway’s $18,400 Open Trot on Thursday (Dec. 17), dashing through the snowflakes for a 1:55 triumph over favored Lady’s Dude (Josh Sutton), who finished a length behind.

Pass The Vape rode the pocket and reached for a a 1:55 score in Thursday’s Open Trot at Hollywood Dayton Raceway. Conrad Photo.

Sutton rushed even money favorite Lady’s Dude to the lead quickly with strong second choice Pass The Vape finding the pocket. The two heavyweight trotters remained one-two through the first half of the mile, clocked in a moderate :57.4. It wasn’t until near the third timing station that Pass The Vape was flushed from the pocket when an outer tier led by It’s A Herbie (LeWayne Miller) began to form. The eventual winner was lapped on the frontrunner when the third beam was tripped in 1:26.3, and then overtook his main adversary during the closing :28.2 panel.

Lionel Watiker owns the 25-time winner whose earnings have eclipsed $460,000. The 5-year-old homebred son of Dejarmbro is trained by Watiker’s son, Derek.

Racing at Dayton resumes Friday (Dec. 18) and Saturday (Dec. 19) with the new 4 p.m. post time still in place.