By john manzi
for the Billings Series
How
do you stop her? That’s probably a question that many amateur drivers are
asking. Now for the second consecutive night at Yonkers Raceway “Hurricane
Hannah” Miller again emerged victorious over her competition when she guided
Hidden Identity to a gate to wire triumph in the $15,000 Billings east region
semi-final. The previous evening, over the same Yonkers double oval, the
talented miss won the seventh leg of the NAADA spring trotting series.and
will finish as the top point earner in that eight week two track series.
However,
tonight at the Westchester County double oval the Billings mid-season semi
final in the east region was up for grabs and Hannah drove aggressively
after starting from the eight-hole. She gunned the Tom Milici-trained
Hidden Identity for the lead despite starting on the far outside. and half-way
around the first turn Hannah’s charge was in front and they led the field by
the first stanza:29.1.
“The
starter let us go sooner which certainly helped the outside horses and we made
the top relatively easy since my horse left like a runner,” Hannah related via
telephone as she headed to the airport to catch a plane to Illinois the see her
grandma who is recuperating from knee surgery.
Once
on top Hidden Identity coasted along relatively unchallenged until the field
headed up the backside. When they approached the third stanza “Coach Paul”
Minore tipped Wygant Prince and they began to chase down Hidden Identity.
As
the two leaders trotted into the final turn Wygant Prince had collared Hidden
Identity and they raced side by side around the turn and were just noses
apart at the top of the lane.
“We
got away with easy fractions and my horse wasn’t tired and when we straightened
for home he shifted gears and began to trot away from Wygant Prince and we won
it by length in 2:00.2,” Hannah said.
Third
place went to Landonfitz and driver Dave “Steady as” Yarock.
