Fearless Ginger used a perfect pocket trip from driver Chris Page and nailed the pacesetting Beautiful Seaside in the final strides to take the $42,254 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace on Thursday, Nov. 12 at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.

Fearless Ginger was the first to the lead, but Beautiful Seaside (Trevor Smith) wanted the top and grabbed the front before the quarter-mile pole, then set the fractions of :26.4, :55.1 and 1:22.2. An early challenge from Shadows Dancers (Tyler Smith) stalled down the backstretch, setting up a three-way final battle. Foxy Hill (Luke Hanners), who was sitting third, pulled to the outside of the leader while Page elected to wait for the passing lane. Fearless Ginger surged in the stretch and nipped Beautiful Seaside by a neck, with Foxy Hill another half-length back for the show spot.

The winning five-year-old Fear The Dragon-Ginger Shark mare is trained by Ron Burke for Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC. Fearless Ginger is now 27-for-88 lifetime. She paid $20 to win.

In the $36,620 Fillies and Mares Open II Pace, Trsshining Star prevailed in a five-across finish. Hey Hey Mama (Luke Hanners) led from the start, posting fractions of :27.3, :55.4 and 1:24 and relinquished control in the shadow of the wire to the first-up challenger Trsshining Star (Brett Miller). Trsshining Star won by a neck over closing pocket-sitter Adashious Hanover (Austin Hanners) in 1:52.3. There was a dead heat for third between Hey Hey Mama and Flo Jo (Chris Page), who were three-quarters of a length back of the winner with Hungry Lizzo (Jeremy Smith) right there in fifth.

Trsshining Star improved her record to 16-for-59 lifetime. Heather France trains the six-year-old Huntsville-Pertty Music mare for Todd’s Auto. The win price was $10.80.

A trio of drivers had triples on the 14-race card – Chris Page, Jeremy Smith and Brett Miller.

Racing continues at Dayton Raceway on Friday with a 14-race program.

(Dayton Raceway)