By john manzi for the Billings Series
Quietly
“Hurricane Hannah” Miller keeps on winning. Her latest victory came at the
expense of five others in an eastern region Billings Trot at Yonkers Raceway on
Thursday evening (May 25).
The
talented miss, a two-time National Amateur Driver of the Year, scored her
seventh seasonal triumph when she guided Rev It Now to a gate to wire
triumph over “Yankee Joe” Lee’s Hidden Identity in a 2:00-3/5 clocking.
“He
(Rev It Now) likes the front end so I wanted to get him there and from the
two-hole this week it was a lot easier than last week when we started
from the nine hole,” Hannah said via telephone after the race was
completed.
Pushed
to a :28.4 first quarter over the sloppy racetrack by Bob “the Headhunter”
Hechkoff with The Franchise, Rev It Now soon put him away and the veteran
11-year-old Revenue S gelding led the field by the halfway point in :59.3. He
was still comfortable on the lead as he trotted by the three quarters in
1:30.2. At that point Joe Lee and Hidden Identity ranged alongside Rev It
Now but as they straightened for home Hannah’s trotter opened up daylight
and finished a two-length winner over Lee’s charge. Third place went to
Wygant Prince, handled by “Coach Paul” Minore.
“Although
(Uncle) Andy (Miller) won with him earlier this year this my first win with Rev
It Now since 2015 because he was out all last year,” Hannah added.
The
victory marked Rev It Now’s 35th of his career and pushed his
lifetime earnings to nearly $284,000. And for “Hurricane Hannah”, the
driving victory was her 80th in just 280 lifetime
starts.
Rev
It Now is owned by Ms Miller and trained by Nick Surick.
Billings
action continues on June 1st at Monticello Raceway.
