In Your Room and Mike Simons won the $16,000 Open Handicap Trot on Saturday night at Tioga Downs.
Leaving from post position number three in a field of seven, Simons settled In Your Room in third as the field went to the quarter in :27.4 with favourite Spice It Up Lindy pressing to the front. Spice It Up Lindy and Jim Meittinis gained control of the race and took the field through a half-mile in :56.1 as Simons got underway with In Your Room first over. In Your Room surged to the front by the three-quarters in 1:24.4. Around the final turn, she was in total command and opened up on the field to win by three in 1:53.4.
The mile was a new lifetime mark for the five-year-old daughter of Cr Excalibur and Chris Image, who is trained by Gail Wrubel and owned by Classico Stables of Pennsylvania.
Strong Hope and Mike Merton closed late to be second while Spice It Up Lindy hung on for third.
(With files from Tioga Downs)