Nichols, N.Y. -- Sent directly
to the front for the second consecutive week, Dan Clements's Its Payday Friday
($3.30) registered another pillar-to-post victory, drawing clear of his seven
rivals in Saturday (June 6) evening's $14,000 Open Trot at Tioga Downs.
The 5-year-old Kadabra gelding
made all the pace with his owner at the lines, clearing B L Class Act (Jim
Meittinis) through a :27.4 first quarter. He subsequently staved off a
first-over challenge from I'm Fabulous (Jim Taggart, Jr.) on the backstretch,
edging clear off the far turn after a :57.2 middle half. Its Payday Friday
ultimately put three lengths on B L Class Act, proving a solid winner in
1:54. Massacaia (Phil Fluet) overcame mid-race traffic trouble to claim
third, rallying up the pegs in the final yards.
Renaldo Morales, III trains Its
Payday Friday, who earned his fifth win on the season and the 14th of his
career.
The weekend of harness racing
at Tioga Downs concludes with an 11-race card on Sunday (June 7)
afternoon. Post time is 1:30 p.m. Eastern time.
