A Million Dances surged off a second-over trip and got up in time to win the featured $30,137 conditioned claimer on Tuesday, March 17 at Miami Valley Raceway.
Unhinged (Austin Hanners) was the fastest off the car, leaving quickly getting to the front. Caviar Creek (Tyler Smith) settled in the pocket with Massive Desire (Brett Miller) following along in third. A Million Dances was dropped back off the gate and settled in sixth by David Miller as Unhinged led the field single file past the opening quarter in :27.3. As they passed the stands for the first time and headed into the half turn, Flight Of Fritz (Sam Widger) pulled from fifth and began his first-over journey, advancing through the midway point in :56.2.
A gapped-out A Million Dances finally joined the outer flow on the backstretch, following Flight Of Fritz second-over and slowly gaining ground on the leader Unhinged. As they passed three-quarters in 1:26, Unhinged continued to show the way with Flight Of Fritz pulling up to within 1-1/4 lengths. Caviar Creek saved ground from the pocket while A Million Dances closed in from second-over. Halfway down the stretch, all four horses formed a line as they battled to the wire, but A Million Dances had them measured and got up to win by a neck in 1:56.2. Flight Of Fritz went a big mile for second while Unhinged hung on for third. The top five horses were separated by a length at the wire.
A Million Dances, a Steve Carter trainee, took her fourth win of the year in nine starts and the 14th of her career in 52 attempts, pushing her lifetime earnings to $289,997. James Crawford owns the four-year-old daughter of Dover Dan-A Cool Million. The win price was $5.60.
David Miller made four trips to the winners circle on the 14-race card while Tyler Smith picked up three wins. Brett Miller and Trace Tetrick scored two wins apiece.
(Miami Valley Raceway)