Dp Freedoms Chrome headlines Smith's four-win haul

Dp Freedoms Chrome (For You Almostfree) capitalized on a front-end trip to capture the $30,000 Open Handicap Trot on Wednesday night (Nov. 4) at Hollywood Gaming Dayton Raceway, giving harness racing driver Jeremy Smith one of his four victories on the card.

Scratched down to a field of seven, Hilltop Sonar (Chris Page) let alertly, but was quickly rebuffed by the rail sitting Bargain (Luke Hanners).

Instead of taking a spot along the rail, Dp Freedoms Chrome marched to the top and passed the opening quarter in :27.2 over the sloppy surface.

The five-year-old For You Almostfree stallion enjoyed a :30 second quarter breather, with the only pressure coming from a first-up effort by Woman Of Passion (David Miller).

Smith gave Dp Freedoms Chrome his cue and thanks to a :27.3 third quarter, was able to open up some daylight on his foes.

Dp Freedoms Chrome tripped the timer in 1:54.2.

Bargain narrowly edged Reggianito (Hugh Beatty, Jr.) for second in a five-way photo finish.

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A model of consistency, Dp Freedoms Chrome won for the 35th time in 71 career efforts, banking nearly $490,000.

The Iowa bred is trained by Wayne Oke for Aimes Racing.

Earlier in the night, Smith picked up a pair of wins using first-up efforts with Mehelpingyou (1:54.2) and a maiden breaking Pictures Of Lily (1:57).

In the $13,000 condition claiming pace, Smith had She’s As Well winging it on the front end and cruised to a 7 ¾ length win in 1:53.4.

Thanks to his grand-slam, Smith vaults to the top of the Dayton Raceway driver’s standings with 48 wins, one ahead of Luke Hanners. Chris Page is third with 44 victories.

Racing continues at Dayton Raceway at 4:00 pm on Thursday (Nov. 5) with a 14-race card.

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

By Jay Wolf for Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway