Tataria Trips Out And Doubles Up
Despite moving up the class ladder to the top level for distaffers, Tataria cruised to victory in Thursday’s main event for mares at Saratoga Casino Hotel.
The Melissa Beckwith-trained daughter of Four Starzzz Shark prevailed last week in her second local start while competing in the $10,000 claiming level, and she followed up that win with another in the $9,500 feature.
Tataria got the pocket trip behind the race’s favourite, class-dropping Milky Way Rae (Billy Dobson). The favourite faltered a bit late and Tataria cruised by in the stretch before stopping the timer in 1:53.1 over a track labeled sloppy. Longshot Post Time Terror (Phil Fluet) came on for second while Milky Way Rae had to settle for the show spot.
Tataria, who was driven to victory by Mark Beckwith, paid $5.10 to win.
Live racing continues on Friday evening with a 6:45 p.m. first post.
(Saratoga Casino Hotel)