Now 10 years old, millionaire trotter Dayson returned to the races following an eight-month layoff with a convincing 1:54.1 triumph in Miami Valley’s top conditioned trot on Tuesday (Jan. 10).
After a couple runner-up finishes in qualifiers, the accomplished son of Conway Hall added to his $1,248,506 career bankroll by wiring a good field in the $18,000 event.
Driver Chris Page sent the 6-5 favourite directly to the front and played “catch me if you can” with eventual runner-up Dans Credit (Jordan Ross) and show finisher Double A Goldrush (Trace Tetrick). It was the 44th victory in 110 lifetime starts for Dayson, but just the second in the last two years. His other most recent win was April 1, 2022, at The Meadowlands in 1:54. Dayson took his lifetime mark of 1:51.2 almost seven years ago as a three-year-old.
Burke Racing, Weaver Bruscemi, J & T Silva and Larry Karr own the veteran millionaire gelding.
The score was Page’s third on the night and matched both Tetrick and Brett Millers’ hat tricks for leading driver honours on the day.
Racing resumes Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 11) with the normal 4 p.m. post time.
(Miami Valley Raceway)