Claim To Fame Series

Alexa Skye Breaks Through In Miami Valley Main Event

February 16, 2023

Alexa Skye has been knocking on the door for six straight starts, with three-place finishes and three show finishes, and finally burst through on Thursday in the $28,000 Mares Open at Miami Valley Rac...

Mustang Beach

Mustang Beach Ekes Out $35,000 Win At Miami Valley

February 14, 2023

The richest race at the 2023 Miami Valley Raceway meet thus far produced a thrilling photo finish as expected on Tuesday (Feb, 14).

Chase The Ace

Chase The Ace With Third Trainer For Miami Valley's Series Final

January 17, 2023

Chase The Ace, by virtue of a dominant 1:53 win in the second and final preliminary leg, established herself as the favourite for next week’s $22,500 final of the Claim To Fame Series for $12,500 fema...

Sly Little Fox Lands In Miami Valley Open

January 11, 2023

Lightly raced Sly Little Fox (driven by Jordan Ross), the lone mare in an accomplished field of eight open trotters, scored in her initial start in the $30,000 Open Trot at Miami Valley Raceway on Wed...

Levi Shocks Them In Claim To Fame

February 24, 2022

Despite an outside post, a sloppy track and 25-1 odds, Levi pulled a major upset in Thursday’s $35,000 championship leg of the Claim To Fame series for $30,000 claimers at Miami Valley Raceway.

Jeffrey P winning at Miami Valley Raceway

Jeffery P Powers To Preferred Win

February 21, 2022

Jeffery P, as he is prone to do, left the gate alertly on Monday and prevailed in gate-to-finish fashion for his initial success at Miami Valley in his second attempt in the $30,000 Open Handicap Trot...

Sectionline Bigry winning at Miami Valley Raceway

Sectionline Bigry Circles Miami Valley Pacers

February 17, 2022

Sectionline Bigry (Brett Miller) recorded his fifth straight on-the-board finish in five 2022 tries on Thursday (Feb. 17) at Miami Valley Raceway.

Dojea Gizmo winning at Miami Valley Raceway

Miami Valley Open To Dojea Gizmo

February 10, 2022

Dojea Gizmo, who won the final two Opens at Hollywood Dayton Raceway in December, got his initial triumph of the 2022 season Thursday at Miami Valley.

Ageless Wonders On Display At Miami

February 01, 2022

Like ageless wonder Tom Brady and the world’s finest wines, a lot of good harness horses seem to get better when they should be past their prime. The current Miami Valley Claim To Fame Series for $20,...

Big City Pearl winning at Miami Valley Raceway

Big City Pearl Upsets Again

January 31, 2022

Overlooked in the betting due to the presence of four foes with over $100,000 each in earnings over the past year, Big City Pearl captured the $30,000 Open Trot at Miami Valley on Monday at odds of 10...

Billabong Beach sweeps to victory in the Claim To Fame final

Billabong Beach Crowned Claiming Champion

January 26, 2022

A balanced field of nine, all of whom finished either first or second in the two preliminary legs of the Claim To Fame series for $8,000 male pacers, went postward in Wednesday's (Jan. 26) $22,500 cha...

Always Be Lucy winning at Miami Valley Raceway

Always Be Lucy Lands In Claiming Series

January 25, 2022

If the race would have been one yard shorter, heavily favoured Atlantic Star would have completed a sweep of the three-week-long Claim To Fame series for $12,500-priced pacing mares. As it was, Always...

Big City Pearl winning at Miami Valley Raceway

Bombs Away For Big City Pearl

January 24, 2022

If fans of Big City Pearl had $2.20 in their pockets before Monday’s Open Handicap Trot at Miami Valley and risked their last two bucks on the four-year-old Chapter Seven mare they had a $100 bill whe...