One Tough Girl drew off to a length and a quarter victory in the $80,000 Helen Smith on Friday, August 21 at Freehold Raceway
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The daughter of Muscles Yankee began a winning streak with the 1:57.3 mile. Princess Lindsay, a daughter of Muscles Yankee, cut the fractions and held on for second, edging out Lady In The Wind, who is by Windsongs Legacy.
This is the second straight year that trainer Chuck Sylvester has won the Helen Smith with a Muscles Yankee filly. His 2008 winner was Muscle Shirt.
The Helen Smith, carded as the featured sixth race, is restricted to three-year-old New Jersey-sired trotting fillies and is sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey.
One Tough Girl was one of two fillies to win their eliminations with Cat Manzi in the sulky. Manzi opted for Princess Lindsay in the final, while Jeff Gregory picked up the assignment behind One Tough Girl.
One Tough Girl now has two wins and two seconds in eight starts this year and improved her lifetime record to four wins, five seconds and two thirds from 18 starts for earnings of $187,340.
She is owned by Melvin Hartman of Ottawa, Ont., Herb Liverman of Miami Beach, Florida, and David McDuffee of Nashua, New Hampshire. Liverman is the filly’s breeder. She sold at the Harrisburg Sale for $155,000.
(SBOANJ)