Two divisions of 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters
headline Friday night's card at Tioga Downs led by morning line favorites
CrazzyCrazzy (Jim Morrill Jr.) and Flyhawk El Durado (Jim Morrill Jr.).
The
first division will go to the post in the evening's fourth race for $54,181 led
by the Casie Coleman trained CrazzyCrazzy. The 2-year-old son of Crazed –
Striking Vintage is coming off a debut win in the NYSS at Monticello with an easy two and a half
length victory in 1:59.1. Jim Morrill also did the steering that day on
CrazzyCrazzy and will once again be at the controls.
Flyhawk El Durado |
In the second division for $55,181, Flyhawk El Durado will
look for his third straight win on the season. The 2-year-old son of Conway
Hall – El Paso Gal opened his career with a second and a win in NYSS
competition for driver, trainer, and co-owner Jimmy Whittemore before being
sold privately to Martin Scharf where he now resides in the care of trainer
Mark Ford. In his first start for the new connections, Flyhawk El Durado
captured the Tompkins-Geers at Tioga Downs in a new lifetime best of 1:57.3.
Flyhawk El Durado will start from post position number three in a field of nine
in Friday night’s ninth race on the card.
Tioga Downs will also offer five divisions of the New York
Sire Stakes Excelsior series on Friday night's 12-race program which begins
with a post time of 6:50pm. For more information on Tioga Downs please visit us
on our website at www.tiogadowns.com .
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