Charge Me Up delivers $29 upset

Charge Me Up received a confident drive from Luke Hanners going gate-to-wire to capture the $20,000 featured conditioned claiming pace Friday evening (Nov. 13) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.

Starting from post 9, Charge Me Up left alertly and seized control before the quarter. Hanners dictated the pace through fractions of :27.0, :56.1, and 1:24.3.

As the field turned for home, heavy favorite Ss Druidstone (Trevor Smith) ducked into the passing lane, but came up a half-length short in 1:52.4.

Sky Dog (Marvin Luna) finished third and Boomerang (Chris Page) was fourth.

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The four-year-old son of Heston Blue Chip is trained by Virgil Morgan, Jr. for owners David Hamm and Glenn Phillips.

Charge Me Up won for the 10th time during his career and returned $29.20 to win.

In the $15,500 condition claiming pace, Ati Kiss My Hocks (Kayne Kauffman) overcame post 10 and nipped the pacesetting Housethatsantablt (Tyler Smith) at the wire by a neck.

Nathan Alexander co-owns and trains the four-year-old gelded son of Dancin Yankee with HCT Stables.

The winning time of 1:52.4 was a new lifetime mark.

A 14-race card will wrap up the Dayton Raceway week tomorrow at 4:00 PM

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

By Jay Wolf for Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway