Charge Me Up received a confident drive from Luke Hanners, going gate-to-wire to capture the featured $28,169 conditioned claiming pace on Friday evening, Nov. 13 at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
Starting from post nine, Charge Me Up left alertly and seized control before the quarter. Hanners dictated the pace through fractions of :27, :56.1 and 1:24.3. As the field turned for home, heavy favourite Ss Druidstone (Trevor Smith) ducked into the passing lane, but came up a half-length short in the 1:52.4 mile. Sky Dog (Marvin Luna) finished three lengths behind in third.
Charge Me Up is trained by Virgil Morgan Jr. for Delaware owners David Hamm and Glenn Phillips. The four-year-old son of Heston Blue Chip won for the 10th time during his career spanning 29 races.
He returned $29.20 to win as the 13-1 fourth choice on the tote board.
A 14-race card will wrap up the Dayton Raceway week on Saturday at 4 p.m.
(With files from Dayton Raceway)