Driver Brett Miller has been one of the top racers in the state of Ohio for more than 25 years and he reminded the other drivers that he is still a force to be reckoned with as he made six trips to the Hollywood Gaming winners circle at Dayton Raceway on Saturday (October 18).
In the $28,000 Open Pace, Miller and Surreal Ideal were assigned the #8 outside post and made a three-wide move at the three-quarter mark to record a ½ length score in 1:49.4.
The Bord Dance N (Jeremy Smith) received the first call and passed the opening quarter in :25.4.
He’zzz A Wise Guy (Sam Widger) reached the top at halftime in:54.2.
Surreal Ideal took the cover from Humble A (Tyler Smith) and Rick Wink (Chris Page) to take fourth at the three-quarter mark in 1:21.3.
The seven-year-old gelding son of So surreal passed the remaining competitors and crossed the line half a length ahead of Rick Wink’s dead heat and a closing Crunch Time A (Trevor Smith).
SURREAL IDEAL REPETITION
The judges later determined that Crunch Time interfered with A Later Dudes (Luke Hanners) around the final turn and was thus disqualified to sixth place.
Downbytheocean (Josh Sutton) was elevated to the top three.
Surreal Ideal is owned by the partnership of 518 Group and Gitup Racing. Vernon Beachy is the winning trainer.
Miller would pick up his other wins with Tellitlikeiseeit ($4.60), Fox Valley Monaco ($15.80), The Devils Own N ($6.40), Pullingthestrings ($6.20) and Midnight Rocker ($11.20).
In the $24,000 Open II Pace, Alta Revelry N (Jeremy Smith) went from worst to final in the final quarter mile to post a 1 ¾ length victory.
The lead was changed a few times in the first half: Twin B Seamonster (Chris Page) in the quarter in: 26.4 and PJ Lou (Brett Miller) in the half in: 55.1.
PJ Lou kept the lead through the three quarters in 1:22, where Alta Revelry N started its chase in ninth.
With a final quarter of :26.4, Alta Revelry N made up more than 11 lengths to beat the tiring PJ Lou and Rockabilly Rebel N (Luke Hanners) in 1:50.3.
Antonia Storer trains the New Zealand-bred son of Sunshine Beach for JMF Racing.
Dayton Raceway returns to action Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 21) with a 14-race card starting at 4 p.m.
For full race results, click here: American trotting results
By means of Jay Wolf for Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway
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