Former O'Brien Award winner Duly Resolved ($4.50) and driver Tyler Miller led gate-to-wire in the $21,918 Open Handicap Trot at Tioga Downs on Saturday, July 13.

Duly Resolved just about pushed the gate open and went right to the front in a :28 quarter. Miller rated a :29.2 second quarter for the favourite to be first to the half in :57.2 then picked up the tempo to three-quarters in 1:25.1 and cruised home a 1-1/2-length winner in 1:55 flat. The pocket-sitting Makadushin N Cheez (Bruce Aldrich Jr.) was second best and Heavens Pic (Aaron Byron) finished third.

Duly Resolved is a five-year-old gelding by Resolve out of the Muscle Mass mare, Motown Muscle. He is currently campaigned by trainer Jeff Cullipher for owner Pollack Racing. A winner of five of his 17 seasonal starts, Duly Resolved has earned a total of 14 victories lifetime and nearly $930,000 in purses.

Miller drove three winners on the card while Cullipher and Rob Harmon each had training doubles.

Live harness racing returns to Tioga Downs on Sunday, July 14 with a 14-race card starting at 1 p.m.

(With files from Tioga Downs)