It was a magical double for driver Dan Noble thanks to his sweep of Monday’s Claim To Fame Series championships at Miami Valley Raceway.
He guided Classic Comedy, trained by his wife Christi, to a narrow victory over Justabitofcharm (Chris Page) in the split for $8,000 pacing mares and followed up by battling back in the stretch to cop the $20,000 claiming trotters division.
Classic Comedy needed every foot of the racetrack to finally wear down the pacesetter Justabitofcharm in 1:55.2 over the sloppy surface. It was the 33rd career win for the nine-year-old daughter of Classic Card Shark. Her half of the $17,500 purse boosted her lifetime bounty to $200,000. She is owned by James Morris, who claimed her from the first leg of the series.
Another Breath, an eight-year-old son of Lou’s Legacy, was actually headed by runner-up Hill Side (Jordan Ross) early in the stretch, but fought back to capture the $30,000 trotting race in 1:55. For A Dreamer (Brett Miller) grabbed the show dough.
Trainer Virgil Morgan, Jr. and partners Carl Howard and Bottom Line Racing LLC also plucked the winner from the first leg of this series. Another Breath is a well known trotter in Ohio as he has won the majority of his 24 triumphs and his $458,226 in earnings at Ohio tracks throughout his career.
Racing resumes Tuesday at Miami Valley when the features will be the final pair out of nine Claim To Fame series that have been conducted in January at the southwest Ohio five-eighths mile oval. Male pacers racing for $8,000 claiming tags will chase a $22,500 purse while the $12,500 claiming distaff set will battle for over $20,000.
(Miami Valley Raceway)