Shebestingin, in rein to David Miller, captured her $23,883 division of the Tompkins-Geers Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies Sunday at Tioga Downs, and she did so with the greatest of ease.
Getting away third in a field of six, Shebestingin waited as Jim Morrill Jr. and Give Me An Amen took the field by the quarter in :28.1. As the field headed towards the half, Give Me An Amen was still in control by the half-mile mark in :56.2 as Shebestingin began her first over bid. Down the backside, Shebestingin unleashed a wicked :26.1 third quarter brush to clear and open up on the field by three-quarters in 1:22.3. Around the final turn, the question was not if but by how many for Shebestingin and David Miller who crossed the wire shut down in 1:50.4.
Joe Holloway trains the three-year old daughter of Bettors Delight–Armbro Tussle for Val Dor Farms, Ted Gewertz, and L & L Devisser LLC. The win was the sixth of the year in ten seasonal starts for Shebestingin who increased her seasonal earnings to more than $176,000.
In the other division for three-year old pacing fillies, JK Black Beauty and David Miller captured the five-horse race in first-over fashion with a new lifetime best of 1:52 for trainer Linda Toscano.
In the second division for three-year old pacing colts, Bet The Moon and Jim Marohn, Jr. upset the heavily favoured Doctor Butch (Jim Morrill Jr.) after sitting the pocket through fractions of :27.2, :56.2, and 1:23.4. As the field headed down the stretch, Marohn pulled Bet The Moon to the outside and paced by the pacesetter to win by a length and a quarter in a new lifetime best of 1:51.4. Ron Burke trains the three-year old son of Bettors Delight–Sun N Moon for Edwin Gold.
Dont Ya Know (David Miller) captured the other division for three-year old pacing colts with a front-end victory in 1:52.3 for trainer Joe Holloway.
Tioga Downs passed a milestone on Sunday afternoon, as in the sixth race of the day Fireyourguns with his 1:50.4 victory became the 5,000th two minute mile in history of Tioga Downs.
(Tioga Downs)