Spice It Up Lindy and Jim Meittinis established a new track record for aged gelding trotters on Monday evening at Tioga Downs.
Leaving from post position two in a scratched down field of five in the $16,500 Open Trot, Meittinis wasted no time getting Spice It Up Lindy to the front. The duo trotted by an opening quarter in :27.1 with Aruba Vacation (Fern Paquet, Jr.) setting in second.
Spice It Up Lindy kept the fractions honest despite the short field by the half in :56.3 and three quarters in 1:24.3. Around the final turn, Meittinis was receiving pressure from a first over Sand Top Gun (Howard Parker) and asked Spice It Up Lindy for more. The nine-year old son of SJs Caviar–Spice World responded winning by open lengths in 1:53.1. Manningly (Mike Simons) closed late to be second, while Monsignor Flan (Lewayne Miller) was third.
Santo Zuzolo trains Spice It Up Lindy who won for the fifth time in eight seasonal starts.
The mile of 1:53.1 erased the track record for aged gelding trotters of 1:53.3 that he had previously held with Woody Woodrow and Aruba Vacation.
(Tioga Downs)