I Know My Chip, a nine-year-old Ohio-sired son of Deep Chip, notched his 44th victory with a win in the $22,500 Open Trot on Tuesday (March 2) afternoon at Miami Valley.

Despite having just one start under his girth, the winner was favoured and didn’t disappoint with a 1:54.2 front-stepping performance for driver Brandon Bates. Black Mamba As, the recently crowned champion of the Howard Beissinger Memorial Medley, was a game place finisher with MVP Luke picking up the show dough.

Walter Haynes Jr. trains I Know My Chip for owners Brian Carsey, Black & White Stable and Casey Myers. Bred by Kim Dailey, the bay gelding has earned the vast majority of his $1,059,688 bankroll racing in the Midwest, particularly Ohio and Indiana.

A pair of final preliminary divisions of the Ray Paver Jr. Memorial Series for non-winners of four or $40,000 trotters were also contested.

Coconut Kate became the only repeat winner in the series when she downed SM Count On Me and Bluebird Deacon in 1:55.4. Susie D also advanced from the first split to the $25,000 championship leg next week. Peter Redder conditions Coconut Kate for owner Therl Hensley.

Howyadoinbub was victorious in the other division, topping Deswanslittlelorie and Miss Smead in 1:55. The trio of top finishers will also be joined by fourth- and fifth-place finishers, Swan Fashion and Just For Us in the final. Bobbie Jo Brewer trains Howyadoinbub, who won the recently completed Robert J. Brown Memorial Series, for owners Kevin Manley and Brian Georges.

(Miami Valley Raceway)