My True Delight and Phil Fluet equaled the track mark of 1:52.1 for aged pacing mares on Saturday night at Tioga Downs in the $14,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace
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The duo found a spot in the middle of the pack as Nip N Attack and Howard Parker cut through fractions of :27.3, :55.1, and 1:23. Corey Braden edged out of the pocket with Golden Falcon N to challenge around the last turn, but My True Delight was too strong three-wide through the lane, and captured her second victory of the year.
Judy Lanpher owns and trains the six-year old daughter of Bettors Delight-My True Art. The victory lowered her lifetime mark by a full second, and with the winner’s share of $14,000 increased her lifetime earnings to more than $192,000.
In the first leg of the M&J Oil and Lube Pace, Touch And Go and Howard Parker pulled to the front past the three-eighth’s pole and never relinquished the lead. The duo paced through fractions of :28, :56.2, and 1:23.3 before sprinting away from the field in :28.3 to stop the tele-timer in 1:52.1.
It was the third win in nine starts for the four-year-old son of Life Sign-Go Lightly. Nick Giberson trains Touch And Go for Suttons Bay Racing, and the mile of 1:52.1 established a new lifetime mark.
In the second division of the pacing series, the 1-4 betting favourite Cheyenne Knight did not disappoint his backers. Trainer-driver Bruce Clarke sent the four-year-old Dragon Again-Cheyenne Sabrina gelding three-wide down the backstretch to open up on the field. It was the fifth win in eight starts for Cheyenne Knight who captured the first leg in 1:52.3.
(Tioga Downs)