Despite being the youngest horse in a full field of Open mares at Dayton Raceway on Friday night (October 30), Somewhere Sweet showed why she was the richest horse in the $12,000 feature race.
The sophomore daughter of Somebeachsomewhere, who finished third in the Jugette five weeks ago, was driven by Chris Page. Somewhere Sweet sat chilly in mid-pack through brisk early fractions of :26.1, :54.1 and 1:22.4, then swept to the front on the final bend and held off Yankees Lady (Kyle Ater) and Electric Dancemove (Jeff Nisonger) to win by open lengths in 1:52.2.
Brian Brown trains the talented lass, who is owned by the Miller's Stable Inc. The winner's share of the purse pushed the Somewhere Sweet's 2015 bounty over $200,000 after winning just one race and earning $11,634 at age two.
Driver Jason Brewer scored a 'grand slam' on the program, triumphing with four horses all from his father Jeff Brewer's large stable. Medoland Lindeylou copped a $5,000 conditioned pace for female pacers in 1:53.1, Forceful Gale captured a $6,000 conditioned trot in 1:57.1, State Street Liz won a $5,000 distaff pace in 1:53.4, and Flying Crystal won the mares $8,000 to $10,000 claiming handicap in 1:53.3.
Kayne Kauffman also enjoyed a successful evening by scoring his own four-bagger to strengthen his second-place position in the current local driver's dash standings. Kauffman, who recently eclipsed $10 million in career purse earnings, won the opening two races with Winbak Jake for trainer Sherif Cunmulaj in 1:56.1, then steered trainer Vince Gomez's Chantal to a 1:53.2 tally in a $6,500 claiming race. He capped off his quarter of victories with Artistic Fusion from his own stable in a $7,500 top conditioned event, and took the nightcap with Virgin Girl for conditioner Katie Dircksen.
Keep It Sweet (Chris Page) equalled the local track record for four-year-old trotting mares when she scored in 1:55.1 in a $6,000 trot. Owned by John McGill and Brian Carsey and trained by Chris McGuire, Keep It Sweet topped Speed Hanover (Shawn Barker II) and Really Deep Chip (Kayne Kauffman).
Racing resumes Saturday night (October 31) with a 12-race Halloween-themed program featuring a $12,000 Open Pace and an $11,500 Open Trot.
(Dayton Raceway)