The Tompkins–Geers grand circuit rounded out its four day race weekend on Monday evening at Tioga Downs. One lone $65,910 division for three-year old filly trotters brought the curtain down on grand circuit weekend
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Go Go Dancer, in rein to Brian Mattison, was sent off as the prohibitive race favourite and wasted no time getting control of the race past the quarter in :28.1. From there, Mattison rationed out comfortable fractions of :59 and 1:27.3 as Refuse To Lose and Howard Parker pushed first up on the outside. Around the final turn Go Go Dancer had one challenger left in the pocket with Tap Tap Dance and Dan Daley, but down the stretch Go Go Dancer was too strong and won by open lengths in 1:57.1.
The win was the fourth of the year for the three-year-old daughter of Credit Winner-Princess Gladiator for the partnership of Winske, Michaels, Smith, and the Kelley Racing Stable. The winning trainer was Paul Kelley. The victory increased her seasonal bankroll to more than $88,000.
In the $18,000 Open Handicap pace, Tioga regulars Winbak Dimensions and Jimmy Marohn, Jr. struck the front and never looked back posting a new lifetime mark of 1:50.4. Jim Perry trains the 8-year old son of Village Jove-Exact Dimensions for William and Jack Heinz of Ohio.
(Tioga Downs)