In Your Room and Mike Simons made it two in a row at Tioga
Downs on Saturday night in the $16,000 open handicap trot.
Leaving from post
position number five in a field of seven, Simons moved to the front past the
quarter mile mark of the race in 27.2. The duo would then control all the
fractions of 55.3 and 1:23.3 before opening up on the field around the final
turn. In the stretch, In Your Room was asked for minimal urging from Simons and
was well clear to win in a new lifetime best of 1:53.
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| In Your Room just misses the track record |
The mile was just two-fifths of a second off of the track record for aged trotting mares established
by Autumn Escapade and George Brennan in last year's Miss Versatility.
Strong
Hope (Mike Merton) came first over from third to finish second, while New York
Attitude (Jim Marohn Jr.) was third, and Brookroad Knight (Corey Braden)
rounded out the ten cent superfecta.
Gail Wrubel trains the 5-year-old daughter
of Cr Excalibur – Chris Image for the Classico Stables LLC of Pennsylvania who
recorded her fourth win in 11 starts in 2013.
Mike Simons enjoyed a four bagger on the night's 12-race
card, while Greg Merton posted a driving double.
Tioga Downs continues live racing action on Sunday, June 2nd
with a post time of 1:30pm, for more information on Tioga Downs please visit us
online at www.tiogadowns.com.
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