Tough Muscle lives up to his name

DAYTON, OH – Tough Muscle (Musclesprinctonian) eclipsed the $100,000 seasonal earnings plateau with his seventh harness racing win of the year, but his first in the $23,000 Open at Dayton Raceway, Tuesday, Nov. 1 and responded with a 1:53.3 victory.

Driver Chris Page decided to blast off the gate and front the parade of seven top notch trotters through an opening panel in :27.2.

Unpressured throughout Tough Muscle hit subsequent teletimers in :56.4 and 1:24.2 before completing the featured mile with a three length advantage.  Talk About Valor (Travis Seekman) and Lane Of Stone (Jeff Nisonger) were next to cross the finish line. Trained by Ron Burke, Tough Muscle paid $11.80 to win. He is owned by Burke Racing, LLC and Weaver Bruscemi, LLC.

Racing resumes Wednesday (Nov. 2) at Hollywood Dayton Raceway and continues on a Tuesday through Saturday schedule through December 30.  Post time is always 4:00 p.m.

TOUGH MUSCLE REPLAY

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From Hollywood Dayton Raceway