Winning Legends (Justin Huckabone) and Ideal Jimmy (Jody Jamieson) captured Sunday's (May 30) co-featured $9,000 Opens on their respective gaits at Tioga Downs.
Winning Legends ($7.00) breezed to an easy win in the Open Trot.
Winning Legends worked forward to seize control from Creekside Pete (Corey Braden) just before hitting the first quarter in :28 and rating a :57.4 half. I Got The Looks (Drew Monti) advanced first-over up the backstretch, but Winning Legends shook off that challenge and led to three-quarters in 1:25.1. Turning for home, Creekside Pete popped out of the pocket and took to the chase, but Winning Legends was too strong and won easily in 1:54.3. Creekside Pete had to settle for second; I Got The Looks finished third.
Winning Legends is a six-year-old gelding by Winning Mister trained by Huckabone for owner Jonathan Applebaum. It was his third win of the season and the 18th of his career.
Ideal Jimmy ($7.90) charged late to take the Open Pace.
Ideal Jimmy went straight to the lead but yielded to Rebellious (Wally Hennessey) just after a :27.1 first quarter. Rebellious controlled the pace through middle splits of :55.2 and 1:22.3. As they headed to the stretch, Ideal Jimmy pounced out of the pocket and went right on by in deep stretch to win in a lifetime best of 1:50.1. Rebellious was second; Waimac Attack N (Michael Merton) finished third.
Ideal Jimmy is an eight-year-old gelding by Western Ideal owned by D R Van Witzenburg and trained by Erv Miller. Ideal Jimmy won for the fourth time this season. He now has 29 career victories.
Live racing returns to Tioga Downs on Friday (June 4) starting at 6:15 p.m. For more information, go to www.tiogadowns.com.
(Tioga Downs)