Dave Miller appreciated the return to Thursday night racing
as he scored six wins on the card. Two of those wins came in the Super
Bowl Trotting Series which got underway tonight.
The first of the Buckeye “Super Bowl” triumphs was Donatella
Hanover, sent off an even money favorite, she ranged up on the outside into the
final turn, swooped to the lead and trotted strongly trough the stretch to
score in 1:55.3 for trainer Jimmy Takter. Donatella Hanover is owned by
Christinatakterandthekids. Miller’s “other” score in the trotting series
came with Ray Hall, who broke in his previous start but had no such trouble
tonight leading from start to finish in 1:54.4 and winning by just over one
length. Ray Hall is owned by Bruce & Patricia Soulsby and The Wall
Bros. Stable.
Earlier on the card, Home Turf took his division of the
Super Bowl by one length, holding off Cocotier in 1:56 for John Campbell.
Trained by Co-Owner Noel Daey for Mirva Bogucki.
The most impressive winner in the first round of the Super
Bowl trotting series was Time To Quit. Patiently handled by Yannick
Gingras, Time To Quit moved smoothly to the lead on the far turn, opened up
willingly in the stretch and was wrapped up coming to the wire, holding off
Dough Dough in the process. Time To Quit appears as the horse to beat in
the series for Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and Philip Collura,
trained by Ron Burke. Round Two of the Super Bowl will be contested
Thursday, January 16th with the final set for Wednesday, January 22nd.
Live Handle showed a 23-percent increase compared to this
same night last year, while the export yielded a 21-percent increase, resulting
in a total handle increase of 21-percent over 2013.
Racing returns on Friday, with first post time of 7:15 P.M.
