Big City Pearl beats Miami Valley’s best boys in open trot
At 0h02, on March 8, 2022 • By MIAMI VALLEY
Big City Pearl, the only mare in the field, reached the finish line first in the Monday (March 7) $28,000 Open Handicap Trot at Miami Valley Raceway.
Driver Kayne Kauffman got away mid-pack with the talented 4-year-old daughter of Chapter Seven, then moved to the outside just past the quarter mile marker which was reached in :27.3 by last week’s winner Pass The Vape (Dan Noble). The early move proved to be the winning one when it flushed out odds-on favorite Pick Me Upper (Tony Hall) and provided live cover all the way to the head of the stretch.
Shortly after Pick Me Upper was able to collar Pass The Vape as the field straightened out for the stretch drive, Big City Pearl was freshest of the contenders and brushed to the lead in convincing fashion.
Despite the fact Big City Pearl had two Open wins at Miami Valley in late January, the LeWayne Miller trainee was dispatched at 11-1 odds and paid $25.80 to win. Pick Me Upper held for second with Miller stablemate Two O B Wonkenobi rallied for a third-place finish. The victory pushed Big City Pearl’s 2022 earnings at Miami Valley over the $50,000 plateau for the Miller 101 Racing Stable.
