Classicist repeats in Open at a price

LEBANON, OH – Despite drawing the outermost post position, Classicist (Captaintreacherous) and driver Chris Page) cruised to a second straight local harness racing triumph in the $30,000 Mares Open Pace at Miami Valley on Thursday (Jan. 5).

Her 1:53 score came on the heels of a winning 1:51.2 effort on December 29 during closing week at Hollywood Dayton.

Page and Classicist pushed the gate away intent on securing the front end prior to the :28 first quarter clocking.  From there, the 5-year-old mare backed the half off to :57.1, then sped home with a pair of quarter miles in :28 and :27.4 to seal the deal.

Longshot Single Girl (Trevor Smith) was second across the finish line in the full field of ten, prompting a $100 exacta payoff.  Alexa Skye (Mitch Cushing) secured the show dough.

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Ron Burke trains Classicist, who now has banked $347,952 for owner Eric Good. Sent off at odds of 6-1, she paid $15.60 to win.

There will be no racing on Friday (other than a half dozen qualifiers) or Saturday.  Miami Valley racing resumes on Sunday with the start of the regular Sunday through Thursday live racing schedule.  Post time is always 4:00 p.m.

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From Miami Valley Raceway