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LEBANON, OH – Dan Noble drove the winners of both Claim To Fame Series championships on Monday (Jan. 25). He guided Classic Comedy, trained by his wife Christi, to a narrow harness racing victory over Justabitofcharm (Chris Page) in the split for $8000 pacing mares and followed up by battling back in the stretch to cop the $20,000 claiming trotters division.


Classic Comedy needed every foot of the racetrack to finally wear down the pacesetter Justabitofcharm in 1:55.2 over the sloppy surface. It was the 33rd career win for the 9-year-old daughter of Classic Card Shark. Her half of the $17,500 purse boosted her lifetime bounty to $200,000. She is owned by James Morris, who claimed her from the first leg of the series.


Another Breath, an 8-year-old son of Lou's Legacy, was actually headed by runnerup Hill Side (Jordan Ross) early in the stretch, but fought back to capture the $30,000 trotting race in 1:55. For A Dreamer (Brett Miller) grabbed the show dough.


Trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and partners Carl Howard and Bottom Line Racing LLC also plucked the winner from the first leg of this series. Another Breath is a well known trotter in Ohio as he has won the majority of his 24 triumphs and his $458,226 in earnings at Ohio tracks throughout his career.Racing resumes Tuesday (Jan. 26) at Miami Valley when the features will be the final pair out of nine Claim To Fame series that have been conducted in January at the southwest Ohio five-eighths mile oval. $8000 male pacers will chase a $22,500 purse while the $12,500 distaff set will battle over $20,000.